Give your literary minority report

I'm sure everyone has had this experience at some point: the entire world is raving about some book being the best thing in literature since The Canterbury Tales, and yet when you try it, you think it's more like an entry in the Bulwer-Lytton bad writing contest. Or maybe it isn't bad, but you don't see what the big deal is either - it was a good popcorn book, but now you can't even remember the main character's name. (Probably John. Or Jack.)

Here's a two acclaimed fantasy series I didn't like, plus one I eventually did like a lot but with major reservations which unfortunately are looking justified.

( The Chronicles of Narnia )

( The Dark is Rising )

And finally, there is one series I started off disliking immensely, but changed my mind on a re-read, though I never lost my initial wariness. (And now that the author can't seem to finish the series, I think I might be totally justified in distrusting his skills, as admirable as much of his opus is.)

Spoiler for a few character deaths, if anyone needs to know.

( A Song of Ice and Fire )

What much-loved books (or movies or shows) did you not love?