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Do you follow the Hype?
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I feel like sometimes I want to rebel against the hype. If I ever read hyped books it is usually years after the hype has died down! I don't feel like I want other people to dictate what I "should" read. However, if enough people I know personally recommend the book to me and I think it is a sensible recommendation then I will listen to it.One exception was the Harry Potter series which I bought as they came out.
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For me, a book that left me pleasantly surprised was "The Fault in our Stars" by John Green. I remember I hadn't read anything by him yet and I had just started watching Vlogbrothers on YouTube and I really enjoyed it. I remember thinking that the plot sounded too sad but I decided to give it a go anyway, and by the end of the first page I was hooked and I finished the book in three days (which for me, is FAST lol) and I now consider it one of my all-time favourite books.
A book that left me recently quite disappointed was "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying" by Marie Kondo. To be fair, I did have very high expectations for this book - I just wanted it to flick a switch in my brain and turn me into a super-flawlessly-tidy-organised-superhuman... but alas, it did not. Even though I will admit that I have picked up a few tips from the book, I do feel it was over-hyped and still see it as a waste of my money and time.
That's a good idea Emma, library books can be thrown back at the library! Haha.
Tanya wrote: "Does anyone have a book that they read due to it being so "hyped up" but were then left extremely disappointed? Have you ever followed the hype and was left surprisingly impressed?."The Pisces I thought this book was going to be weirdly fantastic because of the hype behind it... MEH. It was weird so that category fit, but it was not so much fantastic.
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Emma wrote: "I tend to pick up a lot of the hyped books at the university, or public library to avoid paying literal disappointment costs..."I'm an avid fan of library rentals too! It saves the cost and sometimes saves the time reading a novel that is not worth it. :-)
I will usually try to stay away from it, but I must admit the curiosity does get the best of me sometimes! Otherwise, I will read the book in my own time, and that's when I will be either like "oooh I get it now" or "really???"