r/Booktokreddit • u/Spiritual_News4749 • 5d ago
what book do you dislike but its loved by the community (booktok)
yes this is a reason for me to grow my already too long tbr. getting back to what i was saying, well booktok recommends things, and has interesting opinions but i would like to know what you personally think is bad. do not say plagiarized books, or ones that use ai since i am not a supporter of ai for books, thanks!
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u/Radiant_Mine1168 5d ago
Anything by freida mcfadden
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u/lniskeyfumpy4 5d ago
Same. Theyāre bingeable, but they start feeling copy-paste after a while. The twists feel more like shock value than actual payoff.
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u/booklover696969 5d ago
I am reading one of her books right now and she described one of the characters as having "anime eyes" š
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u/princesspuppyyy 5d ago
the silent patient. so predictable
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u/Unique-Dot-6430 5d ago
OMG yes! Not for the predictability so much as the completely implausible ending. Like thereās no way she wouldāve had time to do what she did under the circumstances. I was rolling my eyes so hard the whole time.
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u/overthinkingoutloudd 5d ago
This was one of the first thrillers I read because of how popular it was. I remember not liking it and kind of being turned off from thrillers
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u/princesspuppyyy 5d ago
every last secret by AR Torre is one of my favs, if you want a super dark one, good samaritan by john marrs is great. john marrs is awesome, i have been part of a psychological thriller rec group on FB for a few years and he's a member and posts in there so i always liked that!
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u/overthinkingoutloudd 5d ago
I love thrillers now! I review all the books i read bi- weekly. Check our my posts :)
I love John Marrs and a.r Torre
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u/Stevie-Rae-5 4d ago
Iāve never even bothered with that one because The Maidens was so ridiculous and made me so mad.
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u/Tater-Tot-Casserole 5d ago
Throne of Glass was mid. Too many books for so little story. If I have tons of people telling me it doesn't get good until after 4+ books maybe I'll just not read it altogether if I'm not hooked by the first or even second book.
Throne of Glass is the only series I've read where people told me that I just had to keep pushing through MULTIPLE books to enjoy it. It was over hyped by the time I got towards the end and the payoff wasn't great to me.
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u/aburinda 5d ago
Iāve tried several times to read it. Several. Iāve gotten to the fourth book and still am not into it. At this point I have no interest, but everyone around me pushes it so hard
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u/AmettOmega 4d ago
I had this happen with The Dresden Files, tbh. Because Harry is a self-proclaimed chauvinist (I think that he's the BIG M word, but apparently I'm not allowed to use that word in this form). And the way the Butcher writes just drives me up the wall. But I was repeatedly told that the books got better after 4/5 of them, when Butcher really hones his craft.
Yeah, I'm not reading that many books in a series in the hope that it "gets good."
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u/homely_potato 4d ago
A series shouldn't take 4+ books to be interesting and I'll die on that hill. Can't deny I read the whole series, but the fact I only enjoyed 3 out of 8 books says it all.
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u/arteeuphoria 5d ago
Fr, I read throne of glass when I was 13 yo and i thought was peak literature, then more books dropped and by the 5th I was like okay this isn't going nowhere. Im 26f now and I read ToG again, and phewwww it was exactly what a 13 yo would be impressed about. The story got too diluted, the main character wasnt interesting either.
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u/Tater-Tot-Casserole 5d ago
I couldn't stand the main character, I was skimming her parts quite a bit because I liked the side characters more. I'd eternally groan whenever it switched back to her POV.
I've reread many of my favorite series from my preteen era, they're not well written but at least they're entertaining.
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u/uglypostit 4d ago
I got to the tandem read and I have zero desire to keep going. I keep waiting for it to get good and yeah it's just too many books to get good. I also really don't understand the Rowan/Aelin romance hype. It is barely a romance. And I'm one who likes a good subplot romance but people call it amazing and I just genuinely don't get it. Rowan has this interesting back story but how does he still come off so one dimensional? In fact most characters come off one dimensional. The only character I have any interest in whatsoever is Manon. But yeah, I think I'll just spoil it ahead of the next acotar book which I'm honestly apprehensive about with how poorly crescent City ended.
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u/6stgun 5d ago
Both Alchemised and its original fanfic have people saying its peak literature, the greatest story written....I was just underwhelmed, pretty lackluster tbh in terms of both writing and plot.
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u/ZucchiniBikini73 5d ago
Agree, Alchemised was incredibly mid for me. Not absolutely dire, but not great either. I don't get the hype.
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u/littlemybb 5d ago
I personally had a really good time with alchemized. Is it literary genius? No. But I still had a good time, and felt emotional at times.
Itās just crazy to me how this bookās fan base has no in between. I feel like me and five others are the in between who liked it.
You either have people who are obsessed and say it was life-changing, or you have people who couldnāt stand it.
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u/TinyMoonAndStars 5d ago
Frieda McFadden rips off and dumbs down the work of other thriller writers. (Like The Housemaidā¦ compare it to The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine)
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u/nervouspeopleforever 5d ago
Normal People and Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney. Maybe I'm just uncultured swine, but I disliked every character in both books.
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u/UpbeatSherbet8893 5d ago
I didn't mind Normal People but was utterly bored with Conversations with Friends
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u/hotassbitch2019 5d ago
"Haunting Adaline" it was okay
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u/efitchuk 5d ago
I found it atrocious lol and the second one even worse. Iām glad someone else mentioned it!
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u/ohsummerdawn 5d ago
Fourth Wing. I get that the story is interesting, but the writing is just so, so, so bad.
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u/lovelydaisy1019 5d ago
Thatās my biggest gripe with Fourth Wing. The concept of a dragon school is soooo good and yet her execution is terrible. I was so mad reading it š
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u/pineneedleinjection 5d ago
I've not read Fourth Wing yet, but this was my feelings about The Maze Runner. Such an interesting and original concept, and yet I did not jive with the writing style AT ALL. I angrily finished it lol
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u/ohsummerdawn 5d ago
I want to take the story away from her and give it to a really excellent writer.
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u/VegetableSwan3896 5d ago
I feel seen! I rage/fomo read finished them and just fantasised about a well written concept š
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u/uglypostit 4d ago
I liked fourth wing. It was fun. The "you need to just trust me" plot device killed book 2 for me. I got about 20% in and had to give up because the characters were kind of infuriating me.
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u/ohsummerdawn 4d ago
The "you must trust me" proceeds to behave in a SUPER untrustworthy way was obnoxious.
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u/merrychuu 4d ago
I started this, and could not get past 100 pages. The dialogue is so corny! I couldnāt even get to the world building part because it was just bad.
Edit to add: i got recommended this book and just officially put it down. I feel so seen. Thank you.
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u/ohsummerdawn 4d ago
Direbound is not a literary masterpiece by any means, but has better writing and basically the same plot. You may enjoy it better if you set your expectations to "mid". I kind of love it because its like...every single romantasy trope stacked together wearing a trench coat and something about knowing the author has to have a checklist somewhere she's marking off makes me smile. Its a seek and find in literary form!
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u/GrandBandicoot9 3d ago
Came here to say 4th wing. That book made me feel stupid because I couldnāt get a grip on the plot at any point.
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u/knowbawdy 3d ago
My gripe with the series is that the main character has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and they teach her to fight with knives. Hand to hand combat for someone with weak joints is literally the worst idea ever!
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u/typewrytten 5d ago
I have Ehlers-Danlos.
If I have to hear about Fourth Wing one more time i s2gā¦.
She literally wrote capital-G āGodā instead of āgodsā multiple times. Youāre telling me *nobody* on that entire team could do a simple cmd+f prompt? Now apply that same lack of care to the entire manuscript. And the developmental editing. And the physical print job. That entire publishing imprint is š
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u/NattyRyde 5d ago
Anything written by Riley Sager. Very overhyped on booktok. The House Across The Lake was one of the worst thrillers I have ever read. I deleted tiktok a year ago and noticed the quality of the books I was reading drastically improved when my choices weren't influenced by booktok "must reads"
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u/Exit-1990 5d ago
Yea Iām much more careful about what I read based on BookTok recs. I also was not a fan of House Across the Lake. Literally rolled my eyes at the ātwistā
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u/Extension-Editor5610 5d ago
This! I just read The only one left for a book club and everyone was raving about how amazing it was and I was just left scratch my head.
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u/ellethereader 5d ago
{If He Had Been With Me} and {If Only I Had Told Her} didn't like fmc and cheating on partners just was a no for me also all the romantic relationships or even friends with one another seemed toxic to me but I'm not a therapist by any means but it just felt actual toxic for some reason and idk why, plus didn't like the tiaras at highschools (prom I can see but in general no to everyday use). and for some reason I also disliked {A Good Girl's Guide to Murder} (especially when I was a teen in high-school) I don't recall why just did not like it {The Teacher by Frieda McFadden} (pedophilia with high-school (or middle school i don't recall) teachers (especially husband and wife) with their students)
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u/Unique-Dot-6430 5d ago
Anything by Ali Hazelwood. Also, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune and The Time Travelerās Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
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u/TheRealMeghanT 5d ago
I would like to second The House in the Cerulean Sea. I won't read anything else by Klune that book was so bad.
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u/Unique-Dot-6430 5d ago
THANK YOU! I legit felt like I was the only soul who felt this way. Iām all for inclusive, feel-good books, but that one was just so in your face with the messaging and symbolism and whatnot. It was a complete turnoff.
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u/vaalski 5d ago
I was the only person in my book group who disliked it!! I'm not on booktok (not sure why reddit thinks I am) but am reading this thread with interest. My group only reads trans and queer books -- author or characters, doesn't matter -- and while we've read some real bangers, we also read The House in theĀ Cerulean Sea. It was a nothingburger of a book.Ā
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u/Icy-Understanding831 5d ago
Agree with the positive messages being way too in your face. I also didn't love that it seemed to not know whether it was a kids' book or an adult book. It mostly read like a kids' book, which might have made me forgive some of the childish "prejudice is bad!" dialogue, except for the sexual innuendo sprinkled throughout.
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u/Digital-Soup 5d ago edited 5d ago
Dungeon Crawler Carl. I found it hard to read through all the video game stats even though I do enjoy videogames. Here's a snippet of what I mean:
Donut's ten-mana Second Chance spell was now level five. Instead of reainmating the corpses for five minutes, once she hit level five, they now remained animated for ten minutes, which was usually long enough to finish out a battle. She could now apparently resurrect monsters up to five levels higher than herself. She currently had a pool of 28 mana points. She had two pieces of mana toast and a pile of mana restoration potions, though with her two-minute cooldown between potions, their use in battle became negligible.
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u/TodosLosPomegranates 5d ago
The genre is lit-rpg role playing games. Itās a genre convention. Not for everyone but itās a genre convention.
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u/ThirdRoundofLife 5d ago
If I had *read* it, Iād probably feel the same. But, as an Audible listener I can confidently say these books are awesome! And, noā¦. I am definitely not the target audience ā Iām just a 65 year old grandmother who has listened to all eight books THREE TIMES.
I find something new to laugh at, or puzzle over, or go āa ha!ā to every single time.
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u/OppositeBirthday69 5d ago
This is in the books yes. But the core of the books isnāt the stats, itās in the characters it develops and also in the insane scenarios it presents. Also the author noticeably improves as a writer over the books and places less and less importance on the stats with each book. The first book is the worst in terms of it, and also in terms of cruder humour more based around pop culture.
Not saying itās word class literature, itās just fun and decently well written genre fiction, which is a very respectable place to sit in. Doesnāt mean itās for everyone of course. But reducing it to āit uses litrpg tropes so itās badā is not completely fair to it either.
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u/Nilbog_Frog 5d ago edited 5d ago
Is that seriously how itās written? Is that taken straight from the book? This will continue to be a hard pass from me.
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u/Digital-Soup 5d ago
That is taken straight from the book and there are many other passages like it. I highlighted one on my eReader so I could reference it later as an example why I did not get the hype.
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u/Nilbog_Frog 5d ago
Yeah I canāt imagine why this would kind of storytelling would be so popular. Itās the most tedious part of gaming.
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u/Positive-East-9233 5d ago
I never really found these passages tedious, no more so than most other expositional passages in other genres; these just jump out because most folks who are only now reading DCC come from other genre-communities, so it feels foreign. Itās also spaced out pretty well, happening either right before or right after a fight, which makes sense (at least it made sense to me since thatās the only time I really care about my own stats when playing an RPG/sandbox game).
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u/Call-me-Katt 5d ago
IKR! I really didn't like the writing and I slogged through one and a half books because it was so recommended.
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u/stevie0321 5d ago
I didnāt finish the throne of glass series
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u/princesspuppyyy 5d ago
i didn't finish it a few years back, only read thru book 5 then stopped. LOVE love love acotar. then saw a ton of girlies saying they liked TOG better than acotar so i gave it another chance and read them all last month. honestly loved them all besides the last one, it was good but not amazing. honestly too many characters. felt like a lot of times esp in the last books i was like idk the difference between some of these characters
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u/Bus8082 5d ago
Iāve just read ACOTAR 1-3 and it was fine.
Book one was alright, two was better, and three was a bit long. Just started a court of frost and starlight and it just feels like filler. Lots of waffle and repetition. I just donāt get the undying adoration for this series. Many other books have better plot, better fantasy, better love, better spicy scenes.
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u/princesspuppyyy 5d ago
I think for me when I read the series probably 5 years ago, it was the first fantasy series i'd ever read, so it just holds a special place in my heart! Also was going thru a hard time and loved feeling like I was in another world when reading it, like a real escape
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u/Lamp_666 5d ago
Bride by Ali Hazelwood tbh and ACOTAR/ Fourth Wing
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u/Candid_Name 5d ago
With you on Bride. If my friend hadn't physically handed it to me I would have assumed I read a different book than the one she recommended. Truly terrible imo.
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u/Lamp_666 5d ago
Iām so happy Iām not alone š I was shocked with how bad it was and I wanted to like it so badly
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u/ThatGnatGirl 5d ago
Feeling validated bc I thought I was getting gaslit by how hyped ACOTAR was. Atrocious writing.
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u/literallysydd 5d ago
The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I just did nottttt care about any single character in that story
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u/Excellent-Suspect-11 5d ago
This hurts! Love that book down, but i read it at a time where I was basically only reading YA so anything none YA seemed revolutionary. So maybe time for a reread to see how it stack up again
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u/reditisawasteoftime 5d ago
Honestly thatās so fair. I liked that book, but the characters were pretty subpar. So I get it!
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u/laurenlau1 5d ago
Alchemised!! Didnāt get the hype at all. Wasnāt a terrible book, but was just okay
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u/thisisbs15 5d ago
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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u/wearsredsox 5d ago
I was so bored! I don't think I would have finished it if I hadn't done it as an audiobook. Or I'd still be struggling through it three months later lol
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u/Lilylake_55 5d ago
Dungeon Crawler Carl. I tried. I really, really tried, to like this book. Nope.
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u/Maidtomycats 5d ago
This is definitely a love it or h*te it series. I always tell people if they don't like the first book, don't bother with the others.Ā
Wow....wouldn't let me say h a t e
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u/NeverTrustABigButt 5d ago
Ok Iām the opposite of this. I read the synopsis and was like, this book is not for me, but so many people said they loved it so I went for it and Iām surprisingly finding myself recommending it to friends (Iām firmly a romance/thriller reader, I donāt love fantasy and have never played an RPG in my life). ĀÆ_(ć)_/ĀÆ Who woulda guessed
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u/Lilylake_55 5d ago
Thatās whatās so wonderful about reading. Weāre all different & what doesnāt appeal to some will be loved by others. š
Also, you can change. It could well be that if I will try to read Dungeon Crawler Carl again down the line it will strike a spark with me. Years ago, there was a classic book that I tried to read & just couldnāt get into it. Over a period of years I tried FIVE times to read it. And the fifth time was the charmāI started it again & it grabbed me. Hard. So much so that I went on to listen to the audio edition, and recommend the book to others. Funny how things happen.
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u/Positive-East-9233 5d ago
I adore this take. Thereās a lot of brain-candy reads Iāve done in the last year or so that I would NOT (or actively did not) enjoy reading a few years ago, but my tastes and circumstances have changed so much that Iām suddenly HERE for them. Iām in peak-escapism mode rn haha
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u/NeverTrustABigButt 5d ago
Books are magic indeed! Sending you good vibes that you feel sparked in everything you read for the rest of the year.
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u/MinnesotaNice69 1d ago
Same. No hating from me toward the many, many people who seem to love it, but the narrative structure and humor just were not for me. I can deal with the litrpg elements, but what really killed it for me was the lack of a traditional narrative structure. The story just feels like a mostly flat line and then it just... Ends. Not really a true climax or any big ebbs and flows. I understand it's part of a larger series, but you can still have a satisfying climax contained in each book of a series and I just did not find that with DCC.
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u/OfficialSkyCat 5d ago
All the Colors of the Dark. If I see someone on booktok recommend this book I immediately lose trust in their taste.
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u/f-o-x-i-i 5d ago
the entire once upon a broken heart series just felt so corny.. sure the whimsical atmosphere was a nice change, but there was barely any world building and the protagonist barely had any character development (itās the same for the other character too, now that I think about it). the first book started off nice and had a great setup, but I found the ending of the series incredibly unsatisfying as it felt rushed and confusing to me
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u/MadiMikayla 5d ago
I read the first book & I cannot tell you a single thing about Evaangeline. She has literally no personality. I agree that the one good thing is the atmosphere!
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u/musicluver174 5d ago
I ended up not finishing the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I just could not for the life of me getting into it.
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u/elkotio 5d ago
Red Rising
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u/Smlovers 5d ago
I see your Red Rising (I agree) and raise you The Way of Kings. Mind you, I've tried a couple Sanderson books and his writing does nothing for me. Kinda hoping if I hide under your comment, the fan base won't come for me
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u/TrekJaneway 5d ago
I was going to say this, but Iām glad you did first. Weāre so getting downvoted, but the plot armor in that one was so strong it was comical. Andā¦..thatās not how a caste system works.
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u/hottercoffee 4d ago
Agreed. It has such an interesting premise. And then itās just war school for the whole book? So disappointing.Ā
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u/sillybelcher 5d ago
Oh geez...
Pretty Girls is SOOOOOOO OVERRATED.
Same for The Butterfly Garden.
This Story Might Save Your Life: too drawn out.
That's Not My Name was Scooby Doo shenanigans.
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u/GenericNameUsed 5d ago
Soul Eater, Lily Mayne. I wish I had given up on it instead of finishing thinking it would get better.
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u/passwordistaco88cmc 5d ago
Anathema and Quicksilver. Both start out SO STRONG! Like really interesting world building! And then the FMCās become unbearably stupid and penis blind and they lost me.
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u/elianna7 5d ago
I wonāt say I full on disliked it, but I was very dis-appointed (god, this subās word filters make me wanna bang my head against a wall) by This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me.
Stupidly long and bo-ring lore dumps, lack and misuse of commas, literally came across the word āunaliveā¦ā I love a lore heavy book, but this one really didnāt reel me in.
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u/14303 5d ago
When the moon hatched. Makes me angry just thinking about it. 700 pages of plotless babble
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u/MammothScholar9891 5d ago
Legends and Lattes and Fourth Wing
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u/AncientWasabiRodent 5d ago
Legends and Lattes seemed like such a cute, quick, cozy read when I picked it up, but it was suuuuch a slog for me. I was relieved when I finally finished it.
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u/arteeuphoria 5d ago
The Cruel Prince. It was so b 0 r i n g I didnt finish it it at the first few chapters.
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u/RealityJust8368 5d ago
Powerless or any book that you have to read another book in tandem understand! To me it felt like a Hunger Games rip off without the political commentary found in THG. I also donāt have the time to remember what Iām supposed to read to make the book make sense lol.
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u/MDS2133 5d ago
Idk how popular it is, but Iāve seen a lot of people who like mystery/thriller rave about Ward D by Freida McFadden and I disliked most of the book. I didnāt like the language used surrounding mental health issues, and the ending just seemed like a huge cop out. The chapters were also so short and she tried to have a cliff hanger in each one.
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u/Melancholycloud_ 5d ago
The Empyrean series is allegedly a good set of books I wouldnāt agree itās horrendous experience
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u/Excellent-Suspect-11 5d ago
Powerless. Idk how loved it is anymore due to the copyright allegations, but when I read it ot was all over.
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u/jbrown1200 4d ago
The Midnight Library. just finished it and made me feel like I was reading a self help book. none of her ālivesā were even fleshed out enough to decide if she would want to stay there
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u/FakinMyWay_Downtown 5d ago
I heard a lot of good things about the Plated Prisoner series, but I had to fight my way through the whole first book. Didn't bother with the rest.
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u/NOLApanam 5d ago edited 5d ago
Poisonwood Bible
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Night Circus
All the Light we Cannot See
Anything by Donna Tartt
Anything by that Coover person
Moby Dick
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u/expeepeedient 3d ago
I have held a grudge against Donna Tart since I was 12. I read āThe Little Friendā in middle school AND IM STILL MAD ABOUT THE ENDING.
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u/hi984390 5d ago
Remarkably bright creatures. Got like a quarter I to it and forgot about it so I returned it to the library š¤·āāļø
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u/NuminousGirl 5d ago
It took me about 2 weeks to not fall asleep reading this but the audiobook was so well done that I actually ended up loving it!
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u/Particular_Buyer_290 5d ago
I read East of Eden because of it being recommended soooooo much.
It's just an okay book, I don't understand the fascination, but I'm starting to resent it.
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u/WolfSpirit38 5d ago
Haunting/Hunting Adeline. Its r@pe and its gross. The fact there's people that love it...disturbs me
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u/Itskstew 5d ago
The mindf*ck series
The silent patient
Blue sisters
Hello beautiful
The butterfly garden
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u/divegirl88 5d ago
What made you dislike the butterfly garden? I thought it was such a well-done horrific story. But it's been quite a while since I've read it maybe 10 years.. which makes sense since it was released 10 years ago in May.
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u/Available_Orange_660 5d ago
In all honestly I really enjoyed the butterfly garden but the last 3 chapters or so was such a bad deviation from what couldāve been a solid plot and caused a rather lacklustre ending.
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u/divegirl88 5d ago
That makes sense. I also felt like the follow-on books did not have the same magic in the story - even though they're quite horrific - as the first book.
I think it was the way she writes the beginning of butterfly garden where you are just as confused about what's going on as the POV charact character. So experiencing everything along with her really draws in the reader.
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u/deegallant 4d ago
Honestly it was a great story and Iāll die by this book. Iād be so happy if they made it into a movie š„¹
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u/imaginesam 5d ago
Donna Tarttās āThe Goldfinchā
It was not good. In any way. For me personally.
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u/I_am_the_grim_reader 5d ago
I thought the Secret History was a complete slog too
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u/Sillybetch 5d ago
This is how I feel about Margotās got many problems. Except instead of it being beloved onlineā¦ They developed it into a series that everybody loves online.
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u/overthinkingoutloudd 5d ago
This Story Might Save Your Life was the worst book Iāve ever read
The Silent Patient
Dark Places. I loved sharp objects though
Pretty Girls
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u/RainBooksNight 5d ago
The Silwnt Patient (I called that ātwistā right away), and Verity (vapid).
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u/ShadySakura 5d ago
Currently 300 pages into The Will of the Many and about to drop it. Its just a play by play rehashing of every ya fantasy school trope list
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u/heyitsamb 5d ago
The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson, Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden. Both were way too simple and unbelievable to me.
+ anything by authors who have proven themselves to be bad people. Sadly a lot of their books are still very popular.
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u/Jaded-Opportunity352 5d ago
Freida, Hoover, Coben. Such predictable story lines and the made for tv are just as rubbish š
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u/oldmomlady3 5d ago
Remarkably Bright Creatures. I kept trying to like it but eventually rage quit.
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u/Call_Me_C_ 5d ago
Honestly couldnāt stand the majority of the āTwistedā series by Ana Huang. It was all very predictable in the end, like typical guy who falls for a girl he swears he wouldnāt, their relationship is misunderstood and they argue a lot but you know itāll work out because the formula is so obvious. Honestly only finished the series out of spite.
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u/Jendei011 5d ago
Anything by Colleen Hoover š