Disappointing Books

[T ✩ Handmaiden Of Amidala]

Are there any books - standalone or in a series - that you found disappointing or overhyped? Just curious, please respect others' opinions.

[[deleted user]]

Yeah...
The Alchemist, in my opinion, is the most disappointing book I've ever read.

[T ✩ Handmaiden Of Amidala]

I found Where the Crawdads Sing to be ridiculously overhyped. I also didn't care for City of Bones, and I couldn't finish the Maze Runner, the writing just didn't work for me.
I didn't feel particularly for the Alchemist one way or the other and I'm yet to read Shadow and Bone

[EdenB15, General Manager]

A slice of moon

[em 💌💐]

The inheritance games. How did anyone even like it? I don’t get the hype it was so predictable and poorly written

[Kenzie]

yas I agree the Inheritance Games sucked and also the maze runner

[Lauren]

The Sun is Also a Star 100%.
Barnes and Noble has those like deals where with a Starbucks purchase, you can get the book for $5. I was so sad about it too because I read Everything, Everything awhile back and loved it

[[deleted user]]

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Maidens

[shana]

The School for Good and Evil

[Bean]

Six of crows

[EdenB15, General Manager]

NOOOO i love shadow and bone

[bungisngis]

skin of the seas for me :(( i reaaallly wanted to like it but it turned a bit meh for me story-wise

[Emma Jo]

thats sad :( I have a copy ive been looking forward to reading

[bungisngis]

Emma Jo wrote: "thats sad :( I have a copy ive been looking forward to reading"

i loved the mythology behind it but i just wanted more out of the story :((

[Emma Jo]

yeah, its always a bummer when that happens. Like I just read House of Hollow and I feel like they relied too much on the creepy wierd atmosphere (which I liked btw) to carry the story. I wanted a bit more out of the characters and plot

[Emma]

I absolutely hate it when the plot is good but the way it's written isn't-

[airy]

cruel prince

[݁⋆๋⊹Amber⊹ ݁ ˖, Games and Challenges Manager]

That's too bad you thought the darkest minds was disappointing. Was it by chance because you only read the first book? Because I honestly felt the same way about that cliffhanger lol

[Madison]

The Hunger Games.

[݁⋆๋⊹Amber⊹ ݁ ˖, Games and Challenges Manager]

What part of the Hunger Games did you find disappointing?

[Madison]

All of it very just hyped it up so much and then i thought that it was just really boring.

[݁⋆๋⊹Amber⊹ ݁ ˖, Games and Challenges Manager]

yeah that's fair it was really hyped

[Madison]

Yes I just thought the set up to the game was to long and what made it worse was that I did not care for Katniss and then I tried to read Catching Fire and four even more boring and DNFed 50 pages form the end.

[݁⋆๋⊹Amber⊹ ݁ ˖, Games and Challenges Manager]

That makes sense.
Back when I first read it, years ago, 5th grade I think, it was one of the first more mature books that I'd read, because of like death and stuff in it and I guess that's what kept me interested to finish it, I mostly just wanted to learn what it was about. But I don't know, I don't remember it being terrible.

[Madison]

I just i felt very cheated with the way people talked about it they made it seem like most of it was the game so when it was over 200 pages of her getting ready for it I was disappointed and bored but like I can see why people like it is just not the books for me.

[݁⋆๋⊹Amber⊹ ݁ ˖, Games and Challenges Manager]

Yeah, I honestly forgot about that part. Usually I don't like when books spend a lot of time in one place either, it makes them feel kind of slow. But I suppose for the Hunger Games I just wanted to finish it so I'd be able to say that I've read it.

[Madison]

Same I just wanted to read the game and I liked that but it was the same thing over and over again it was just very underwhelming.

[݁⋆๋⊹Amber⊹ ݁ ˖, Games and Challenges Manager]

Agreed, it could have been better in that aspect.

[݁⋆๋⊹Amber⊹ ݁ ˖, Games and Challenges Manager]

Mockingjay I can agree was kind of boring because there was no game at all, it was just Katniss being the rebel person or whatever of district 13 and not doing really anything except cry over Peeta lol

[Emma]

You can fight me on this but I STRONGLY dislike Harry Potter as a whole.

[bungisngis]

Emma (Taylor’s Version) wrote: "You can fight me on this but I STRONGLY dislike Harry Potter as a whole."

books or movies? i find HP to be very boring

[݁⋆๋⊹Amber⊹ ݁ ˖, Games and Challenges Manager]

I don't think hp was bad but there are definitely better books out there

[Siona]

a thousand boy kisses :(

[Kayla Grace]

The Divergent series (in my opinion)

[Gabby]

the love hypothesis...

[T ✩ Handmaiden Of Amidala]

Gosh I hated The Love Hypothesis. Why did nobody tell me it was Reylo fanfic? i wouldn't have stepped a mile near it had I known.

[EdenB15, General Manager]

I feel i wont like it as ngl most of the overhyped books have not been my thing at all

[Mirthe ~]

they both die at the end :(

[Kayla]

This is probably a very unpopular opinion, but I feel like Shadow and Bone was a lil overhyped. Not saying it was bad, I enjoyed the first book especially, but I just think it’s overhyped especially because of booktok.
But books I just found disappointing would be the Gilded Ones and Divergent.

[Natalia]

Normal People by Sally Rooney
the first pages were already not for me, I could not even get to the half of the book and I think it will probably never happen

[AJ]

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before 🫥
It was written like the author was a ten year old 😭

[gabs (taylor's version)]

The summer I turned pretty!!!!
Belly was so annoying :(

[T ✩ Handmaiden Of Amidala]

Just finished the inheritance games and it was easily the most disappointing read of the year for me.

[EdenB15, General Manager]

Oh rlly haha maby i wont rush getting a copy after all

[short.goblin]

we were liars

[[deleted user]]

Bad Blood the 4th(and final) book of the Natural series. (view spoiler)[ what happened to Cassie's mom was so weird. And then they her kill her and it would've been better if they didn't do that because it ruined it but i loved the other ones (hide spoiler)]

[IRIS ❤️]

We were liars 😕

[Maya]

@ short goblin & Iris

Why did you guys not like about We Were Liars?

[T ✩ Handmaiden Of Amidala]

I did enjoy We Were Liars but I can also see why many people found it disappointing.

[Emma Jo]

same here