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worst book you have ever read that's popular?
13 Reasons Why, I thought Hannah was spiteful and could have done so many things differently. BUT the Netflix series was great! Being that they changed a lot of stuff and had things from other people's perspectives enhanced the story.
Pride and Prejudice. I know that many people love this book but I guess it wasn't for me.
I really didn't like The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater, or The Young Elites by Marie Lu.
I just couldn't do Illuminae. So many people obsess of that series but it wasn't for me.
Sorry Red Queen, but you just weren't for me. good for anyone who isn't tired of dystopian-esque novels revolving around people (mostly kids) with superpowers.
Jasmine wrote: "I really disliked the Selection Series. I just thought it was poorly done.I'm also not a fan of The Red Queen series. Mare Barrow is the worst kind of hypocrite. Also, the second book I felt like..."
I totally agree and the last book of the selection series was not worth the money or time.
not the worst, but a lot of sarah j maas books are highly problematic that is mostly a product of her version of fae: heteronormative and sometimes abusive relationships chalked up to "well, that's just how fae are." her writing and plots are good, but i can't stand most of her fae especially in throne of glass (cough rowan), but it carries over to ACOTAR. plus, her books are overwhelmingly white. i don't hate them, but these problems are really frustrating to read about. i also didn't like the selection for some of the same reasons, namely overwhelming whiteness and heteronormativity. plus, the main character was annoying at best. i couldn't stop reading though - definitely enjoyable, but i was really frustrated with some stuff.
on another note, i can't stand november 9; i hated it. instalove and abusive relationships at its worst.
The Fault in Our Stars (hopes she doesn't get burned for hating that one). I just couldn't stand any of the characters, it was overdramatical, and I just couldn't continue it further.
I haven't come across a book that I've outright hated or thought was the absolute worst while reading it--simply because I avoid books I know or suspect are perfect candidates for tossing into a dustbin and launching that whole lot into outer space toward the sun. Therefore, I do not think the following YA books are the worst and I did find things to like in both books (they were juggernauts in their respective YA genres for a reason.) I simply could not finish them at first reading, and thus did not fangirl squee like a true devotee.
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I will re-read both books, down the line, to see if I can give them and their respective series another chance. If my opinions change with re-reads, I'll be back to make amends and fangirl squee.
jess wrote: "not the worst, but a lot of sarah j maas books are highly problematic that is mostly a product of her version of fae: heteronormative and sometimes abusive relationships chalked up to "well, that's..."I just read a little snippet of
Somebody please tell Maas to stop writing sex scenes! Before they were laughably bad, now they are just bad!
I absolutely hated......
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They were just not for me. Like, at all!
S.L.J. wrote: "jess wrote: "not the worst, but a lot of sarah j maas books are highly problematic that is mostly a product of her version of fae: heteronormative and sometimes abusive relationships chalked up to ..."yeah her sex scenes are ... questionable at best. i've read better ones in fanfiction.
and i just heard a lot of controversy on how two characters who seemingly aren't attracted to others are said by feyre to have no souls and/or be in an incestual relationship? as a person on the asexual spectrum ... uh. that rubs me the wrong way.
Shatter Me, Divergent, and the Hunger Games to name a few.
Me and Earl and the dying girl The perks of being a wallflower
Ugly Love
The Selection
The Sky Is Everywhere
Serena wrote: "Heartless, The Maze Runner"I stand with you here. *virtual high fives*
It was a miracle I finished The Maze Runner series without literally throwing it away. And don't even get me start on Heartless. I'd lost count of how many time I cringed during that book.
Stuck between saying "The Hunger Games Trilogy", "Divergent", and "Matched". For some reason, I just cannot fall in love with dystopian fiction.
- ̗̀ jess ̖́- wrote: "S.L.J. wrote: "jess wrote: "not the worst, but a lot of sarah j maas books are highly problematic that is mostly a product of her version of fae: heteronormative and sometimes abusive relationships..."But I thought everyone in Maas' books was attractive so why wouldn't they be?
I like the Maze Runner movies better than the books but maybe that's because of the cast. Littlefinger! Woo!
S.L.J. wrote: "- ̗̀ jess ̖́- wrote: "S.L.J. wrote: "jess wrote: "not the worst, but a lot of sarah j maas books are highly problematic that is mostly a product of her version of fae: heteronormative and sometimes..."attractiveness has nothing to do with it! heteronormativity is when everyone is in straight relationships,and the world doesn't acknowledge or heavily favours people in heterosexual relationships. (i'd rather have the latter; at least lgbtq+ people would exist.) maas could have put her attractive characters in same-gender relationships; the mating bond is stuck in traditional and heterosexual gender roles; all her fae males are aggressive and controlling to at least some extent. this is what i don't like.
she has the whole world to play with, yet she keeps the world in a heteropatriarchical structure, and a lot of other authors are stepping out of the traditional fantasy comfort zones. i like her writing but i would like it a lot more if it wasn't rooted in these social structures.
Maze runner or paper towns probably. They weren't the worst, but I just didn't enjoy them very much. Red queen and miss peregrine's home for peculiar children also fall into the category for me personally since I felt that red queen was a bit generic and miss peregrines was just kinda meh(it was an okay book). PLEASE DONT HATE ON ME
- ̗̀ jess ̖́- wrote: "S.L.J. wrote: "- ̗̀ jess ̖́- wrote: "S.L.J. wrote: "jess wrote: "not the worst, but a lot of sarah j maas books are highly problematic that is mostly a product of her version of fae: heteronormativ..."True. I thought Manon would be gay but nope.
Maysam wrote: "The Hunger GamesThe Fault in Our Stars
Will Grayson, Will Grayson"
Yay. *high fives* Another person who didn't like The Fault in Our Stars.
Stephanie wrote: "Maze runner or paper towns probably. They weren't the worst, but I just didn't enjoy them very much. Red queen and miss peregrine's home for peculiar children also fall into the category for me per..."Agree with Maze Runner and Ms. Peregrine's. Peregrines went from cool concept to "where did that come from?" for me. The plot didn't build at all. And Maze Runner- I think it lacked emotion or something. I didn't even touch the second book.
Hmmm,Hush, Hush
House of Leaves
Fifty Shades of Grey
Nevermore
Daughter of the Blood
The Thousand Year Curse
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two
The Rest Falls Away
The Struggle
I just can't do insta-love or stupid main characters for the most part.
The Summer I Turned Pretty series by Jenny Han. Bleccchhhhh.
paper towns was the worst, literally a waste of time
Divergent. Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children. Not YA but I loathed The Girl on the Train
Everyone has things they like and dislike. There was a very popular book that I started reading—and I liked it (good writing), until the violence sequences that never seemed to end. It isn't violence per se that I had a problem with—I use violence in my books, too—but it seemed to me that the action descriptions were starting to dominate the book. It was as though the story was an excuse to write violent action scenes, rather than the action supporting a strong story. Maybe it got better later on. I don't know because I stopped reading it.Can anyone guess the title?
The Anita Blake series by Laurell K Hamilton, I really loved this series through the first 10 or 12 books and then it became a very long conversation between Anita, Laurell, and her psychiatrist.
Michael wrote: "Everyone has things they like and dislike. There was a very popular book that I started reading—and I liked it (good writing), until the violence sequences that never seemed to end. It isn't violen..."Alien? :P
I went to see the new one yesterday and a couple of people left the theater after the first gory scene and never came back.
I was sooo bored. This is one of the most prettiest books I read in terms of the mental images it gave me. But it as soooo slow and boring, I had to give it up. I wanted to like it, I did, I loved the concept but everything was moving way too slowly for me.
So many people told me this book was a dystopian, however the world building and explanation of this society it's what lacked the most. It is more about romance. Speaking of that, it freaked me out how one of the love interest is established as a murderer and the protagonist shows her discomfort around him, yet people ship them together.
The Twilight books and the first quarter of Vampire Academy.
"Dormia" was an over the top chase seen, in search of an ending.
Much like Dune, way to much history and funky names to keep track of. However, it made for great movies, and the inspiration for role playing games that dwarfed, ( Pun Intended ), the book in popularity. Mark
I recently finished the The Star-Touched Queen because of all the hype last year and I was so disappointed! I think highly descriptive writers often lose real action and purpose to drive the overall story. The prose may be nicely written and creative, but the plot was thin and the characters were one dimensional. I've heard Crown of Wishes is better but is it worth the read?
I read many bad books, but the worst for me is without doubt Allegiant. It is actually the only book that I wished I had not read.It isn't just that I did not like the ending, the whole book did not make sense to me, I could not distinguish Tris/Four perspectives, they both did not seem consistent to what they were in the other two books, I thought the whole genetically damaged thing was nonsense and many more reasons too long to discuss here.
Yes, Allegiant was that bad for me.
With time I dislike more and more books, a few years ago I liked almost everything I read. One of the worst things I've read is book 1 and 50 pages of book 2 from the Half Bad trilogy. I didn't get why those books are about magic yet no magic was really done in what I read. Also, for a whole book nothing really significant happened and it was the most boring book I've read.
Another book that I don't like at all and also didn't even finish was Obsidian. Literally every character was so annoying, I don't understand how somebody keeps insulting the protagonist and yet she finds the boy attractive, I really couldn't stand more than 50 pages.
Allegiant was also boring and annoying. I don't remember anything (besides the end) significant happening, it was basically walking, walking, more walking and talking. Don't even get me started about how pointless was the end.
The matched series!!! I couldn't even get past the first book
Sanibel wrote: "Shatter me..... WHY!"Vomit Metaphor. Most WTF thing I had read aside from basically the entirety of Across the Universe.
Thirteen Reasons WhyThat book was such a disappointment. Half of the reasons were stupid, I get that it wasn't the reasons individually but all of them piling up together but still. She shouldn't of had given up that easily. She seeked help ONCE and that was it? She was hoping for people to notice things and when they don't she blames them? How are they supposed to notice when you don't give them the chance to? You didn't wait at all. Please keep in mind that this is only my opinion and I didn't mean to insult or hurt anyone by it.
The Twilight series. I was not a fan of it at all.
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I actually took a couple of tries to get into that book, but I liked it better the second time around. But now I'm thinking the same thing about Strange the Dreamer.