Overhyped book that let you down?

[Jorge]

I reread "Lolita" by Nabokov. I had read it young and quickly, and then saw both movies. What a disappointment. The picaresque demeanor of the girl (first movie) is practically non-existent in the book. The irony at times feels "flat." It makes a good job of putting us inside the mind of a pervert - or at least disturbed mature man - but that in itself is not enough not make it into the great work it is supposed to be.

[skylan :)]

I’m sorry but the cheat sheet 😭😭

[anni ౨ৎ]

if he had been with me 😭

[Alicee ˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗]

Powerless and Shatter Me were such let downs :/

[rina]

The Cruel Prince series - Hated the first book and had to drop the second.
Lightlark series - It's comically bad to me.

[alexis]

My Year of Rest and Relaxation....

[Courtney]

Lightlark but Alex Aster. Terrible.

[Lindsey]

The Grace Year

[Ireneless]

Heartless

[Krisha]

Juniper wrote: "The Cruel Prince series - Hated the first book and had to drop the second.
Lightlark series - It's comically bad to me."

I agree with you, even i dnf'ed second book! It is overhyped asf

[Asier]

Caraval and powerless

[Miranda]

Hooked. It's neither dark nor erotica.

[Shan]

The Predator
The Ritual
Leather & Lark
Does It Hurt
My Dark Romeo

[Summer]

If he had been with me😭📚

[J.A.]

jul (dragon’s version) wrote: "Caraval and Dance of Thieves, I was just so bored throughout both of them"

OMG Caraval. Why??

[Layla]

The Plated Prisoner series, I tried my best but I just couldn't finish it, it was so bad

[Krisha]

@Miranda Mctier - Yes even I've heard it's not dark at all and it's quite overhyped it seems!

[Krisha]

@Layla - Ohh that series is on my tbr.. was it that bad ?

[Bee]

the entire Plated Prisoner series by Raven Kennedy

[SObooks]

A little life I literally dnf the boook last night

[Sienna (Azriel's version)]

The first book of Caraval was disappointing tbh but the rest was better

[Val༊·˚˚]

Blackbird and the butcher, it wasn’t horrid but it wasn’t all that people made it out to be imo

[Minda]

A Court of Thorns and Roses. I just don't get the whole Stockholm Syndrome schtick and the need for love triangles. And the protagonist always thinking of herself as lesser than... I mean you kept your family alive for years girl... I think thats way more powerful and strong than a fae dude who does... whatever it is that Tamale does with his time.

[Libs]

The midnight library, omg everyone was raving about it and I was so BORED but I physically cannot DNF so had to thug it out

[Kayla]

The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller

[Anna]

The Dictionary of Lost Words

[abby {maybe in another world}]

@Kayla Brudnicki yess

[Tifa]

ACOMAF. I really loved ACOTAR and I absolutely like some of ACOWAR so far (I'm about 30% through... I adore Nesta tbh), but I'm not a big fan of the male romantic lead so ACOMAF was a bore for me.

This is SUCH an unpopular opinion, but it's how I feel!

[Blue]

ACOSF and lightlark series

[abigail]

don’t get me wrong… book lovers🥲

[Krisha]

@Blue light - ohh.. both the series are in my tbr! quite hesitant to give it a try yet since it's super hyped

[Krisha]

@Kayla brudnicki - Is the song of Achilles really overhyped? bc I was thinking of reading it this year

[Laylah Marie, Darling]

Red Queen. It was decent but I wanted to love it. And Mare just made me mad most the time🤦🏾‍♀️ and The Grandest Game. It was just ok, but I expected more…had some good scenes tho

[Tori]

anything by Colleen Hoover

[Sophieecampbell]

Red Queen The Selection We’ll always have summer

[Kay]

Shatter me and the twisted series

[Valentina]

Quicksilver ( I dnfed it) and haunting Adeline (boring but I’m still going to finish it).

[Kaylee]

We were liars. Turned out to be so mid and the plot twist was so bad imo.

[Lily]

The inheritance games. The plot was not as "dangerous and fast paced" as I had expected

[Livlyy ⭑.ᐟ]

Powerless

[chaptersofdaisy]

One Last Shot by Betty Cayouette

[Lovi]

Death's Obsession by Avina St. Graves. It's the first book I read after years bc I saw a TikTok about it, but it did nothing for me :'((

[Nusrat]

A serpent and The Wings of Night. both book.

[Kayleigh]

Cruel prince read all of them they were okay but definitely would not reread them!

[¸.·✩ alexis ✩·.¸]

okay unpopular opinion but powerless and reckless by lauren roberts. I really enjoyed the characters and they were actually amazing but the entire plot felt plagiarized from red queen, hunger games, and harry potter (yes, i know she said she took inspo) also i felt like 50% of the book was AI written, the relationship between the two main characters was actually so confusing like one second they're about to kiss and the next they're holding knives to each other's throat (in the same chapter too) im sorry 😭😭

[Hailey]

Bride by Ali Hazelwood was so hard to get through. I will never understand the hype.

[Kaylee]

Red Queen bro

[nür જ⁀➴ [semi-hiatus]]

Basically every single overhyped booktok book

[Sky]

Powerless and lightlark

[Cassidy]

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year