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worst book you have ever read that's popular?
the Shatter Me series, after the original three. I love plot twists, when the whole series has been working up to it, and you can go back and see all the little hints, but this was just....idk. I gave up on it. Defy Me is sitting on my shelf, waiting, and I'll probably never read it xD
Smol Porg wrote: "No. I don’t attack people who don’t like books that I do. I was reading one star review comments and damn the throne of glass fandom is nasty."I think that in general it's nasty in Goodreads reviews. I used to be more vocal and involved out there but the sheer meanness of people made me a lot quieter. It's not just that one fandom or all of the fandoms, it's everything.
New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking DawnI thought Twilight was a solid start then it went downhill after that.
Amelia wrote: "New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking DawnI thought Twilight was a solid start then it went downhill after that."
Breaking Dawn was okay for me, but I can see how it could be really annoying.
I missed the most obvious popular novel/movie that I can't stand: The Darkest Minds! This made me horribly depressed.
The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, Turtles All the Way Down, pretty much anything from John Green. I just seem to not connect with his writing style and characters; usually, I tend to get really bored while reading his books.
do non ya books count? i had to read the great gatsby for college - we were always tight on deadlines so i only read the sparknotes summaries but i want to light every copy of that book on fire. gatsby and her love interest irritated me to no end
The Hazel Wood. I couldn’t stand the main character. I don’t often dnf a book but her whiny voice, and I’m the centre of the universe way of being made me so annoyed. And she treated her friend like sh!t
Matched by Ally Condie.. The story started off well, but later it just went downhill.. Not sure if I will continue with the other 2 in the series..Normal People.. This was just uggghhh... No words to describe
Red White and Royal Blue. I hated the main characters, they were mean and annoying. I just don't get the hype.Selection series. Just too much drama, no action and the way third book ended is just cheap.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. How dare it be a dream!
Sabrina wrote: "Hush, Hush. Everyone I know loved the series, but I just couldn't get into the first book. I struggled to finish it and never read the others. Also, the Gone series. I stopped reading after the 3..."
Really? what did you not like about hush hush?
Twilight series was a total disappointment for me
The Hunger Games series
A court of thorns and roses. Don't kill me.
Matched by Ally Condie & The Hunger Games Series (Idk why, but I seriously didn't like any of the books; don't kill me xD)
Popular books I’ve hated! Gone with the wind
Diary of a wimpy kid
Outlander
Oldest Confederate Widow Tells All
Old Yeller
America’s First Daughter
Umm I’m not sure if it’s really popular...but the Twisted Tale series! Awfulness
Shadow and Bone *cringes* But I haven't read Twilight, so...
Don't hate me...But Fifty Shades. Honestly the whole series didnt do it for me. I read all three just because I felt like I had to, but there is such a thing as too much sex. It. Was. Constant.
To all the boys I have loved before ( which was still okay, but the other two books of the series were just ughh )
City of bones for sure. the cheese was real haha
I just finished howls moving castle. I did not hate it, but it is too popular in my opinion. The movie is still really good!
Crave by Tracy Wolff and The hating game by sally thorne
The Summer I Turned Pretty or The Inheritance Games
malibu rising! I felt like I was sitting waiting for something to happen and it never did.
As much as i adore The Raven Cycle series, i couldn't bring myself to read Shiver(tho i read it till the second book but then stopped), The Wrath and the Dawn, A Court of Thorns and Roses(read till the second book then dnfed), Shatter me, The Summer I Turned Pretty.
The Hating Game and The Summer I Turned Pretty
Twilight! I liked the movies, but I couldn't stand the agonizingly long chapters from Bella's POV. I ended up DNF-ing it like 20% through, which says a lot because I never DNF books if I've read past a prologue/chapter one
Mary Poppins. Have ya’ll read that book??? It is nowhere near as cute and musical as Disney made it. There wasn’t a spoonful of sugar in sight.
^^ I GOT IT FOR MY MOM FOR HER BIRTHDAY AND SHE SAID THE BOOK WAS SO BAD. SHE ENDED UP DNF-ING IT HALFWAY THROUGH
key word to was popular: the fault in our starskey word to is popular: ugly love
it ends with us colleen hoover. the domestic violence topic is a huge trigger for me.
Serpent and Dove (it's not bad but I just didn't like it)
Twisted Love and The Fine Print
Ellie wrote: "Don't hate me...But Fifty Shades. Honestly the whole series didnt do it for me. I read all three just because I felt like I had to, but there is such a thing as too much sex. It. Was. Constant."I feel the same as you about that one!
the atlas six, daughter of the pirate king, and the sun and her flowers
The Selection. I DNF-ed it was awful
Not sure if this counts, but Uprooted by Naomi Novik.
I'm probably gonna get some flack for this. But, I really wasn't a fan of Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean. I wrote a very, very long review going into exactly why.
Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Roberts.
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The problem with The Selection is that it starts out great and changes completely within a hundred pages. When I first started reading it, I was fascinated with the caste system of Ilea and the problems it created for everyone. I thought, "Hey, this book is going somewhere."
Then it changes into "The Bachelor" for high school girls. It was as if all of the good speculative material in there was to make it dramatic for poor little America to have gotten Selected, then dropped because now we have to get into pettiness with the girls and the royal family. Celeste is the model-esque snob, America causes a stir by not being materialistic, blah blah blah. I've kind of given up on it, myself.