10 Bestselling Books with 80+ One-Star Reviews
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One-Star Reviews for Bestselling Books at Amazon.com
1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (669 one-star reviews)
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (396 one-star reviews)
3. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin (344 one-star reviews)
4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (169 one-star reviews)
5. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (157 one-star reviews)
6. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich (119 one-star reviews)
7. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini (118 one-star reviews)
8. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (191 one-star reviews)
9. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (96 one-star reviews)
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (81 one-star reviews)
Not that I'm encouraging one-star reviews or anything. Just offering up useless information. Be entertained (or encouraged) as suits you...
One-Star Reviews for Bestselling Books at Amazon.com
1. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (669 one-star reviews)
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (396 one-star reviews)
3. A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin (344 one-star reviews)
4. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (169 one-star reviews)
5. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (157 one-star reviews)
6. Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich (119 one-star reviews)
7. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini (118 one-star reviews)
8. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (191 one-star reviews)
9. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (96 one-star reviews)
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (81 one-star reviews)
Not that I'm encouraging one-star reviews or anything. Just offering up useless information. Be entertained (or encouraged) as suits you...
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posted by David Anthony Durham at
7:30 AM
2 Comments:
Haha. I never read Twilight, only excerpts, so I have no idea how good/bad Meyer is. But I do have to say, I love the Inheritance series, and the Harry Potter books, and I wonder how many people actually read the books and disliked them. I have a ton of friends who are avid readers, and the only complaints they've ever made about Harry Potter are that the earlier books can be a bit simplistic. But Hunger Games? Dragon Tattoo? MARTIN? REALLY? That's surprising.
Then again, maybe it isn't. Anything popular always encourages vehemence on both sides.
Yep. I'd say what it comes down to is that whenever enough people read a book a large number of them aren't going to like it. Pick any very popular book and check the one stars...
Da Vinci Code - 721
The Road - 289
Pick your book. If enough people read it, some of them hated it.
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