Oops! Famously Scathing Reviews of Classic Books From The Times’s Archive | Books - The New York Times

We called “Sister Carrie” a book “one can get along very well without reading,” dismissed “Lolita” as “dull, dull, dull,” and had nothing nice to say about “Howards End.”

A clip from The Times's review of the book "Ulysses," by James Joyce, when it came out in 1922.

What can we say? We don’t always get it right. Here’s a look back at some of our most memorable misses.
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Source: The New York Times