Overhyped books that let you down!?

[Krisha]

Mine was the housemaid/Agggtm since I easily guessed all the twists and turns quite accurately, so that kinda let me down :(
How about you though!?

[kileigh♡✧]

“If He Had Been With Me” & “If Only I Had Told Her” by Laura Nowlin. They were good, but the way they were hyped up, I was expecting to have my heart ripped out and ran over 400 times LOL it was sad, but not unbearable! Still not a bad read, though.

[Cassandra 🍁☕️📚]

The Night Circus was boring to me. I thought The God of the Woods by Liz Moore was ok. I felt it was an overhyped thriller.

[ˋ°•☆&;josie.ೃ࿐]

@krisha yeah Housemaid was such a let down! Also for me, Yellowface was quite an overrated flop

[Krisha]

Yes I agree the housemaid really was a let down :(

[Laura]

Cassandra 📚 wrote: "The Night Circus was boring to me. I thought The God of the Woods by Liz Moore was ok. I felt it was an overhyped thriller."

The Night Circus felt like a game tech demo, like cool things happened but somehow none of it felt relevant. I'm stuck halfway.

[Krisha]

@kileigh I haven't read it but I'm aware about the entire plot of that book from both of their POVs (thanks to my friend).But I was glad I didn't read it bcz after hearing what it was all about, i genuinely felt it's overhyped. It was a sad read? Yes, very. But def not a read that would have me teared up! :)

[Cassandra 🍁☕️📚]

@Laura I agree. I felt like nothing happened during the competition. To me the author left a lot unanswered. I don’t think the main characters even knew how to play the game in the first place. I kept seeing a lot of five star reviews and was wondering if I missed something.

[Nat_G]

The midnight library, it wasn't bad, but I feel like it had so much more potential

[Jada]

Better Than The Movies, The Cloak Society.

[Keira]

The Nightingale

[Elizabeth]

The Night Circus and The Book Thief were both disappointments to me.
I tried to enjoy both Janet Evanovich and James Patterson, but don't.

[Sarah ♡]

I tried The Cruel Prince and its sequels, but I really hated them (I stopped reading halfway through the second book), and I still don't understand where all the hype for this series comes from

[Muneeb 🇵🇸]

None of this is true by Lisa Jewell. I was too close to be in a reading slump (AGAIN) just because of that book. The beginning was good but the last chapters were ambiguous and too predictable. Now I feel raged whenever I think about that book.

[Krisha]

@Sarah Same here. I read cruel prince and it indeed is so overhyped. I dnf'ed the second book too and don't know when I'll be resuming, that is if at all I do.

[tdadragon]

Krisha wrote: "@Sarah Same here. I read cruel prince and it indeed is so overhyped. I dnf'ed the second book too and don't know when I'll be resuming, that is if at all I do."



Me too!!!!!

[Elizabeth]

I have tried to read Holly Black, and just can't get past chapter three, regardless of which book I try. I just figured the problem was with me, since everybody on Book Tube raved about her books. Since I am in my senior years, I thought she was better suited to younger audiences.

[Sarah ♡]

@Elizabeth Sofia, I'm a young girl, and trust me, I really really dislike her books... in my opinion, she's not a good writer

[Krisha]

@Sarah I agree the writing was so bad I wasn't able to picturise anything in my head during the first half of the cruel prince!

[Hannahhh ;) [free palestine]]

agggtm, the cruel prince and six of crows. None of them were that bad but they were made out to be the best books when they’re rlly not

[Elizabeth]

Sarah, thank you so much for your post. I am a volunteer/relief library clerk at the small public library in my deep South Texas community. We are in the process of ordering new books, and I will keep in mind that maybe Holly Black's books are uncirculated because her writing is not as appealing as others. Krisha, I thank you as well.

[jessi]

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue. Everyone I knew seemed obsessed with it, so I gave it a go. Needless to say, I felt like it was a letdown. Repetitive and unlikeable characters made it difficult for me.

[Halani]

divine rivals! i really wanted to enjoy it but found it really slow

[Tanya]

Fate Inked in Blood! - Was so bizaare and honestly all over the place.

[tdadragon]

The false prince fo sho

[Platinum]

It Ends with Us and It Starts with Us (·•᷄‎ࡇ•᷅ )

[Douaaa🇵🇸✨]

Caraval!! It’s sooo overhyped and i had really high expectations and was totally disappointed, i only forced myself to finish the books for ouabh
Also the spanish love deception
Obv more books let me down but these are the ones i read this past year

[jill ౨ৎ]

the pumpkin spice cafe

[willow 🦋]

mine is def Legendborn so many people recommended it to me and i thought the that it was kinda boring

[Phrodrick slowed his growing backlog]

Any book by Rushdie is going to get a lot of coverage. For me: This one came down to a very long so what

[Rebeca]

The Serpent and the Wings of Night :(

[Anna jane]

pretty Girls

[Carrie]

I’ve just read Gild which tiktok has been raving about but I just didn’t get the hype at all. Whether it’s like ACOTAR where the first book isn’t as good as the rest maybe 🤷‍♀️

[Lylia]

Bride

[♡ Tkay!]

Throne of Glass series.

I am puuuuuushing through it.

[Sarah]

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Silent Patient were both said to be incredible, and I could barely get through either one. The former bored me, and the latter’s portrayal of psychology was just inaccurate.

[~☆~Autumn]

Nat_G wrote: "The midnight library, it wasn't bad, but I feel like it had so much more potential"

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I was unable to finish The Midnight Library as it bored me so bad. However, I loved his book The Radleys about a vampire family.

[~☆~Autumn]

Anna jane wrote: "pretty Girls"

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Oh, I agree! That was super bad and very disgusting!

[Peace]

~☆~Autumn NOT RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS) wrote: "Anna jane wrote: "pretty Girls"

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Oh, I agree! That was super bad and very disgusting!"

never read those books there before, so idk what book is that about? is it really slow?

[Anna jane]

@peace groft I dont recommend the book. The book is slow, has pedophilia saxual assult rape torture against a child has dumb main characters

[That one psychopath]

if he had been with me, daughter of smoke and Bone the entire series completely let me down

[Iris]

The long weekend by Gilly Macmillan

[Tammie P ℓօรƭเɳαɓօօҡ]

The Housemaid is Watching was a letdown. But I loved the first book: The Housemaid.

[Unaa]

The Cruel Prince and If He Had Been with Me

[Elizabeth]

I volunteer and am relief library clerk at our small public library. I'm a retired schoolteacher and switchboard operator. The library clerk and I need to weed/withdrawal library books that are no longer circulating to make room for new books.
Since this group consists of awesome readers of all tastes, backgrounds, and ages, I want to know how you feel about Cassandra Clare? Is she still problematic, or has she weathered the storm and is still recommended and popular?
I tried to read her, but was disgusted by some of the content, tropes, and attitudes. Since I'm "mature/old" I know things disgust me that don't upset others

[Krisha]

@Unaa i agree with you. Both of those were disappointing!

[Krisha]

@Unaa i agree with you. Both of those were disappointing!

[Tiffany ✨️ Bergamot Book Reviews]

I've had so many books recommended recently that were so bad. The most recent was Glitch. I'm genuinely surprised it has such a devoted following when it hit meh at best

[FacelessReviews]

FOurth Wing. I thought it would be 5 stars and I gave it 1. I would have given it zero if Goodreads had that option
Fourth Wing

[Krisha]

Was it that bad!? I've heard only good things about it and how beginner friendly fourth wing is