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Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amy Kaufman. Oh dear I didn’t even finish that book. I don’t understand why people liked that one so much.
Beautiful disaster by Jamie McGuire. I don't like when abuse is disguised as love. The main character was a bully. I guess it runs along the lines of 50 Shades which I've never read but watched the first movie.
The Uglies series. I only read the first two and not the last one because I could not go on. They were HORRIBLE
Throne of Glass series (the later books, at least) and A Court of Wings and Ruin
To kill a mockingbird. Worst book I've ever read
There should be a feature where we can tell if we've commented on a discussion board before because I really can't remember if I've said how much I hate the Red Queen series here. I can't believe how popular it is because it's so horrible and the characters are so annoying and stupidly dramatic and flat and oh my god. Mare was hands down, the most annoying protagonist I've ever read about, Cal had almost no purpose in the first three books because he mostly just stood there watching the rebellion, and Maven was just so annoying and the 'I can't love' thing sounded like Aveyard was trying too hard to give him some tragic backstory or something
Violet H. wrote: "
Worst book ever. It was horrible."
Seconded. Just bad writing.
"50 Shades of Gray" is still my Nr.1 worst book. I can't stress enough how bad the writing is.
Still, like it seems others will have agreed with me, Twilight and the series is still the worst thing I have ever read. It makes me so frustrated.
The Uglies series. Absolutely terrible books. I only read the first two tho. I couldn’t continue because of how horrible it was
Brianna wrote: "The Uglies series. Absolutely terrible books. I only read the first two tho. I couldn’t continue because of how horrible it was"I couldn't even get through one 😂
Lmao! I really wanted to give them a shot so I read the second but after that, I was like nope. Can’t do it
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire I've never finished it. In my opinion the whole Harry Potter serie is over rated
The Demonologist, it's on a ton of must read horror lists, but I couldn't get into it at all and I tried twice!
Tania wrote: "Fallen, The Mortal Instruments."Same with The Mortal Instruments. I never read Fallen
It would have to be either
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Couldn't even finish either of them :(
I'm currently reading The Selection series. The first one wasn't bad, but the more I read the less I like the series. I don't know, I'm reading The One right now, unless something pretty miraculous happens...
Esther wrote: "Beautiful disaster by Jamie McGuire. I don't like when abuse is disguised as love. The main character was a bully. I guess it runs along the lines of 50 Shades which I've never read but watched the..."Same. 100%. I make a point to finish books, even if they suck, I can't comfortably say they really sucked unless I know they sucked from beginning to end... that book was so hard to read, I didn't finish it. It's the only book I've DNF'd in years.
50 shades of grey. I don't know how the author managed to make the sex boring. I ended up skimming.
Yuki wrote: "Lord of the rings was boring I think iread the first 5 pages then stopped."Ha, I couldn't get through the first 5 pages, either. Heck, I couldn't get through the first five paragraphs. BUT THEN I decided just to skip the first third of the Fellowship of the Ring, and I was able to read the whole trilogy in a week. To this day, though, I still have no idea what is in the first third of the first book.
Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard. Red Queen wasn't too bad for me but this one was horrible.
It wasn't the worst book I've read but I really disliked Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. I felt like the protagonist had no backbone and was just forced around by every other character in the book and the main love interest was about as interesting as bread. I should've read it before Six of Crows if I'm being honest
People kill people. I hated it couldn’t even finish.
I didn't realize that not liking Twilight was an unpopular opinion! I mean, in the mid-late 2000s maybe, but at this point I thought the tides had turned haha! I'm not a fan of it like a lot of other people on here, though admittedly I loved it when it first came out (and I was the one who introduced it to all the girls in my grade, oops). It's definitely not my least favorite book (I think I rated it 2 stars for 'could have been worse') but it certainly isn't one I enjoy.It's not the worst book I've read, but The Night Circus seems to be super popular. And I wanted to tear my hair out while reading it. The writing style itself is admittedly beautiful, but the story bored me to tears, and besides the fact that I didn't buy the main romance, I just could not get behind the male protagonist. (view spoiler) So yeah, a mixture of those three things made me really dislike the book.
Any John Green book honestly. I cannot stand his books and I don't know why I've read so many of them to try and give them a chance.
I hate the Book To All the Boys I've loved Before. I haven't seen the netflix show but the book annoyed me so much.
I have two books that are extremely popular that I absolutely despise the first one being Angelfall and the second which I just finished today Circe. Worst popular books EVER!!!!
I didn't like Angelfall either!Thought I was the only one.
I disliked 'Long May She Reign' which is very popular.
Um sorry but... Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Commence the hate.
Zeyah wrote: "Um sorry but... Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Commence the hate."
Yeah, that was definitely the worst Potter book.
I have no use for a lot of modern dystopia, but mainly Matched by Allie Condie (I read the first two books, and never needed to read the last one) and Breathe by Sarah Crossan (same plot! Just switch out oxygen for marraige!)
A Discovery of WitchesThe characters were so boring and unlikable and the plot just didn’t move along at all. DNF at 75%. I just don’t get the hype.
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. It's so popular, but I just couldn't get into it. The writing and plot seemed mediocre to me, not to mention that I hated all of the characters.
Also, the last two books of the Divergent series by Veronica Roth (way too depressing, angsty, not to mention it was basically just arguing all the way through).
And the Twilight series, of which I hate basically everything about.
Oh, and Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman. It wasn't horrible, I guess, but I didn't like it, and the second and third books were just repeats of the first on a different ship. I honestly couldn't tell you the difference between them. The characters, the plot, the EVERYTHING... it was just a bunch of cardboard cutouts with a different cover.
I honestly cannot think for the life of me why these books are so popular.
Also, the last two books of the Divergent series by Veronica Roth (way too depressing, angsty, not to mention it was basically just arguing all the way through).
And the Twilight series, of which I hate basically everything about.
Oh, and Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman. It wasn't horrible, I guess, but I didn't like it, and the second and third books were just repeats of the first on a different ship. I honestly couldn't tell you the difference between them. The characters, the plot, the EVERYTHING... it was just a bunch of cardboard cutouts with a different cover.
I honestly cannot think for the life of me why these books are so popular.
I forgot some...
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater I just could not get into, although I adore The Raven Cycle. The characters seemed blegh, the plot also seemed blegh... everything seemed blegh to me.
Smoke in the Sun by Renee Ahdieh was a no-no for me. Flame in the Mist was okay, but Smoke in the Sun bored me and tired me to no end. When I finished it, I sort of wanted to rip my eyes out.
The Ruby Red trilogy I also don't understand the hype around. It wasn't horrible, but it felt insta-lovey, I hated the heroine, and the other characters were kinda stereotypical. It was a great concept, but I didn't think it was executed well.
The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer I also wasn't a fan of. I enjoyed Stranger Than Fanfiction, and Struck by Lightning was alright. But I generally have a dislike of his writing style, and The Land of Stories just didn't draw me in. I don't think it was well done.
The Lie Tree by Francis Hardinge I hated. Period. It was the same way with Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel.
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, to me, was far too unrealistic and felt sort of forced. I wasn't a fan of any of the characters in that but Felicity.
Eleanor and Park wasn't as good as I was expecting, but it wasn't horrible... that being said, I gave it three stars.
Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Page I was also unable to get into. Normally I adore retellings, but that one was just horrible. It's hard for me to find an Alice in Wonderland or Wizard of Oz retelling I'm happy with.
The first book in the ACOTAR series by Sarah J. Maas I also wasn't the biggest fan of... it improved after that, I think, but I didn't think the hype was deserved after the first book. It kind of dragged and I wasn't nearly as immersed in it as I was with a lot of others.
Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi... SHE RUINED THE SERIES WITH THAT. RUINED IT.
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green felt too forced, and I couldn't relate with any of the characters in the slightest. Sad, I usually love his works.
Okay, I think that's all of them. I THINK.
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater I just could not get into, although I adore The Raven Cycle. The characters seemed blegh, the plot also seemed blegh... everything seemed blegh to me.
Smoke in the Sun by Renee Ahdieh was a no-no for me. Flame in the Mist was okay, but Smoke in the Sun bored me and tired me to no end. When I finished it, I sort of wanted to rip my eyes out.
The Ruby Red trilogy I also don't understand the hype around. It wasn't horrible, but it felt insta-lovey, I hated the heroine, and the other characters were kinda stereotypical. It was a great concept, but I didn't think it was executed well.
The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer I also wasn't a fan of. I enjoyed Stranger Than Fanfiction, and Struck by Lightning was alright. But I generally have a dislike of his writing style, and The Land of Stories just didn't draw me in. I don't think it was well done.
The Lie Tree by Francis Hardinge I hated. Period. It was the same way with Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel.
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, to me, was far too unrealistic and felt sort of forced. I wasn't a fan of any of the characters in that but Felicity.
Eleanor and Park wasn't as good as I was expecting, but it wasn't horrible... that being said, I gave it three stars.
Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Page I was also unable to get into. Normally I adore retellings, but that one was just horrible. It's hard for me to find an Alice in Wonderland or Wizard of Oz retelling I'm happy with.
The first book in the ACOTAR series by Sarah J. Maas I also wasn't the biggest fan of... it improved after that, I think, but I didn't think the hype was deserved after the first book. It kind of dragged and I wasn't nearly as immersed in it as I was with a lot of others.
Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi... SHE RUINED THE SERIES WITH THAT. RUINED IT.
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green felt too forced, and I couldn't relate with any of the characters in the slightest. Sad, I usually love his works.
Okay, I think that's all of them. I THINK.
Zeyah wrote: "Um sorry but... Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Commence the hate."
I'm not a big Potter fan, and I thought Order of the Phoenix was one of the most boring books I've ever read. 800 pages and only 30 matter!
I tried I really did, but this was like pulling teeth having them put back then pulling them again
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness. I've started this book a few times and can never make it more than half way. To me the story drags, is unnecessarily long, and could use some serious editing. I feel like there were a lot of scenes that could have been omitted entirely without effecting the story line. Also, the "romance" was not believable and the main characters were unlikable, and that alone was enough to keep me from getting invested in the story.
I pull out this book when I feel like laughing... I mean *sigh* Nora is possibly the worst protagonist I've ever come across--and I've come across some bad ones. The girl has no sense of self preservation or control. Ah yes, I'm going to let the creepy boy into my home. He is conventionally attractive and also has cool hair. Ah ha! I will most definitely let him follow me around this crappy carnival. No, no, no. You misunderstand, I'm investigating him.
HA. Nevermind--Cath is definitely worse than Nora. In short: (a) the writing style is horrible, (b) the consistency is lacking [Did Rowell write it at different stages of life, because it reads that way...], and (c) Cath isn't quirky or cute or awkward, she's just boring. Also, I vaguely remember Cath having a fetish for some blonde dude's receding hairline???
LISTEN I love Sara J Maas for ACOTAR. I would gladly give my firstborn to the woman if it meant she continued pumping out those lengthy Feysand scenes. However, Throne of Glass tisk tisk not for me. main gal: I'm soooo fierce. random boys: main gal is soooooo pretty. we're soooo captivated.
Things I Liked: the title, cute lil eskimo kisses, uhm the characters? maybe?
Things I Didn't Like: the general feeling of frustration and anger that was thrown upon me after I finally finished the book
Oh, and any John Green book ofc.
Oh my, how weird is it that some of the books mentioned are some of my favourites.!Book I hated:
Shadow of Night: I loved Discovery of Witches and was so excited for the second one - but jeeeeeeez did I struggle with it. It was physically painful to read. Deborah focused to much on being historically correct, the characters suffered.
Kings Cage: Oh my goodnessssss.! How I struggle with this. I experienced so much hate towards Mare Barrow and her 'cage' .! What kind of prison cell has a luxurious room with all around food and gowns.! Irritating to no end.
New Moon: Bella and her whining - 'nuf said
Honestly I tried to get into Red Queen
but I just couldn't. Mare was really dumb and the romance that was promised sucked.
Sarah wrote: "Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard. Red Queen wasn't too bad for me but this one was horrible."Agree - the second and third books were a total waste of time
When Dimple Met RishiHearing the name now makes me wanna yeet a book out a window
50 Shades of Grey. I’m embarrassed to admit I even read it. It was one of those things where I started reading it because it was so hyped and about 10 pages in I didn’t want to continue but I have a really hard time not finishing books that I paid for. Also, I feel more valid giving criticism on books I’ve actually read.
The Beast is an Animal omg the so called beast is only in it about 3 times maybe and too drawn out
I never finished The Hobbit
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This book was so terrible I didn't even finish it. The main character sucked so bad I don't even remember her name. Even worse, my sister loved it! I am living in a simulation. :(
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I feel like if you are already a feminist or whatever, this book is just boring, and it didn't appear at all profound when I read it. Also, I have a hard time with dystopian fiction.