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What books/series don't you like?
It's been so interesting to read what people didn't like - it seems that (for the most part) the same names keep coming up. What's even more interesting for me is that three or four of the main ones people didn't like have been at the bottom of my TBR pile because I just have this feeling that I'm not going to like them very much.
I really didn't care for Evermore, no interest in going any further in the series.And I'm reaching the end of my tether with Queen Betsy. I'll read Undead and Uneasy (only because I've already got it) and then she gets the bullet.
It takes a lot to get me to give up on a series, but why waste time on books you don't enjoy in the hope the series will get better.
I could never get into the BDB
Granted I will give it another chance but I just couldn't....and
, although they say they get better but I read the first ONLY because I promised a friend she loved them SOOOO much.
I can't read anything by Cassandra Clare or Andrea Cremer. Ugh. And hate the Twilight series. Double ugh. I found Feed extremely boring though it was well-written. Could not get into Women of the Otherworld. I hated the characters in the first book, so never went on. I'm not crazy about Chicagoland Vampires, but I have read them all.
Not to speak ill of the dead, but I could never get into the LA Banks Vampire Huntress series. I read Minion when it first came out, and just didn't like the heroine, style, or anything about it. I'm glad she found success while she was alive.. but just wasn't for me. Oh and Laurel K. Hamilton used to be a favorite of mine, but her books got so RIDICULOUS a couple years ago, I had to stop buying and reading them. She has become such a Mary Sue and both Anita and Merry have become such.. well everyone knows. It's not even attractive anymore, I'm all for a woman being sexual and taking charge of herself, but there is no reason to sleep with 4 different men in one day!
I really couldn't get into the Atlantis Series by Gena Showalter. I read the first two and stopped. I thought I would really like this series since I liked the ALien Huntress and Lords of the underworld. but I found them to be boring.
*looks on wikipedia* - Ohhhh, that's what a Mary Sue is.
I hate the bookThirst No. 1: The Last Vampire, Black Blood and Red Diceso much that I am seriously deciding whether to break my vow of making sure I finish anything that I start. This book is the worst book I have read.
Ashly wrote: "I hate the bookThirst No. 1: The Last Vampire, Black Blood and Red Diceso much that I am seriously deciding whether to break my vow of making sure I finish anything that I start. Thi..."Then don't read Rivals. Horrible. Although it's a short ebook, so you won't have to suffer long if you decide to chance it. I did write a review for it.
What a waste of time...I read half the book and then couldn't push through anymore....it was like taking foul tasting medicine while you pinch your nose closed. Yuck!
This is the first book I've ever read by this author. I found this book to be very..lacking.. My expectations were high after all the reviews I've read about this author, very dissappointing.
Spooky wrote: " This is the first book I've ever read by this author. I found this book to be very..lacking.. "I started her vampire series and was getting tired of it right around the time this book came out. It killed off the last of my desire to read anything by her. Terrible!
Let's see, my least favorites are already listed from the looks of things:
Laurell K. Hamilton - love the early AB books, no more!
Jeanine Frost - Dark Huntress - couldn't finish the first book
Kim Harrison - Rachel Morgan - started okay, now I just think Rachel's a bitch
Estep Jennifer - Elemental Assassin - loved the idea, hated the carry out
Some of my favorites are here too!:
Lilith Saintcrow - Dante Valentine - love-hate for sure but still like to re-read it. Ah Japhrimel...
Stacia Kane - Downside Ghosts - love gritty stuff and this is definitely gritty!
Spooky wrote: " This is the first book I've ever read by this author. I found this book to be very..lacking.. My expectations were high after all the reviews I've read a..."I liked the Betsy series, but the Fred one? Nope, sounded too stupid, so I've never even read them.
I have done a lot of research into vampires. From my years of research since I was about 13, these following top 5 reasons are valid and justify my reasons to hate the Twilight books and movies.1. Vampires are clinicly dead. They can not evolve (as I have been told that the Cullen family are "evolved" vampires).
2. Turned vampires can not have children. Only a pure blood, a direct decendent, born of Lilith and Kain (not turned) or their children (still not turned) can bear children; however the female pure bloods rarely survive child birth. The unborn vampire child tends to eat and tear its way out of the mother's womb when it is time for birth. The only way for the woman to survive is if a very quick C-section is done and the child is pulled out before it can do too much damage.
A pure blood male vampire will on occasion take on a female human lover, this sometimes but not always results in a half-blood. The correct name for this half-blood is Damphre, like in Vampire Hunter D Volume 01. A day-walker is created when a pregnant woman is bitten (and usually turned) and gives birth just as she is turning like in the movie/comics Blade.
3. Lilith and Kain were banished by the powers that be to the darkness for all eternity. This means that the sun light is deadly to them, for it represents the beings that banished them and beings of good. For a vampire, pure blood or turned, to step out into the sun is a instant death sentence. It is only direct sun light that can do this. As in Dracula vampire can come out on days that are thickly overcast. Since no direct sun light is hitting them, they can walk about during the day, but they are sluggish and weak.
4. It is very rare for a vampire to be awake during the day. A new vampire, normally a turned one, is physicly unable to move during the day time hours. This is part of the laws of the banishment. Only very old vampires, such as Akasha from The Vampire Lestat are able to walk during the day; although its highly doubtful that no matter how old the vampire is, that they would risk walking in direct sun light.
5.While vampires do have what us humans call supernatural powers: lightening speed, fantastic agility, mind control, ect. They do not possess that ability to tell the future. Some might seem like they can, but usually they are insane or of the Malkavian blood line. (Malkavians are the Mansons of vampires. Completely insane from the start.) Only ancient vampires have more superior abilities than those of younger vampires, as they say with age comes wisdom and strength.
So as you can see, I have my reasons for hating the twilight fasination.
Laurell K Hamilton's Anita Blake series after book 9. After this the plot all but dissapeared and Anita turned into a guild riden hypocrite.I lost interest in J.R. Ward's BDB series. I don't find the enemies of the Brotherhood interesting. The silly spelling of the names is also annoying, and i found the mythology somewhat lacking. I tried her Fallen angel's series, but couldn't get into it.
I'm starting to dislike Patricia Briggs's Mercy Thompson more and more. Mercy was never one of my favourite characters partly because of small things like how she dismisses Adam´s atheism. For me to accept their relationship as being able to last requiers more suspension of disbelieve then i´m capable of.
The Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris is also losing its appeal because I feel that the story is not moving forward, and character development also appears to be in limbo.
I started The house of night series but ended up selling it. I didn't like Twilight either
For now i've given these series up: Kate Daniels
Crimson Moon
Elemental Assassin
Garnet Lacey
October Daye
Fever
And following series just suck imo:
Cassandra Palmer
Nocturne City
In Death
Personally i like Twilight and the glittering vamps that dont have fangs but bodies of marble.
Twilight is fiction and the author is allowed to do whatever she/he wanna do, like make them able to evolve, have babies, move around in the sun etc.
In Fiction every thing is allowed. Its the authors playground. Its where the author is a god.
One really popular series that I couldn't get into was the Psy-changeling series by Nalini Singh. They came highly recommended and I really tried, but they didn't interest me at all. Her 'Guild' series was okay but not great for me either.Nightwalker series by Jacquelyn Frank is another that I tried but it was just kinda 'meh' for me.
House of Night...hated it. I forced myself to get through the first three books and realized it wasn't getting any better so I stopped while I was ahead. lol
It's crazy somehow I can make it through the House of Night (probably because it doesn't take itself to seriously), but I could not do Twilight. I made it has far as book 3 30 pages in and put up the white flag. Also Hush, Hush and Beautiful Creatures were terrible.
Wow! The series that I didn't like have already been named numerous times. Vampire Diaries - it was just awful.
House of Night - I made myself read the 1st 3 books because I had bought them. Never again! The writing is terrible and the "slang" sounds stupid.
Carpathians by Christine Feehan - I really liked this series for awhile, but it started getting so repetitive that I lost interest.
Sparkle and preggos. That's one of the things that annoyed me. Honestly though, I couldn't stand Bella. Also Edward was not a good leading man, I don't want to read about how a creepy pale guy stares, and stares. Don't get me started on book 2. It was like it killed a part of me.
Any who I'll drop it so we don't bring on the anger.
I think LKH Anita blake also had a female getting preggy by her vamp bf.I like authors that think outside the box, merely that, that was my point.
What i like most about twilight is that its so uncomplicated, a light read, but mostly for young readers and perhaps older ones that wanna read something that doesnt require brain cells.
Zafia wrote: "I think LKH Anita blake also had a female getting preggy by her vamp bf.I like authors that think outside the box, merely that, that was my point.
What i like most about twilight is that its so un..."
I remember this. There was a lot of thought put into it and I could actaully believe it could happen.
Christie wrote: "This lady doesn't believe in Sex out of marriage but she has no problem with teaching girls that is ok to try and kill yourself if your man leaves you. "Thank you, freaking thank you!!
Though I will confess back in the day I've read worse. I just don't like the messages either.
Amber wrote: "I like House of Night. But it is dragging on too much"Agreed. At this point it's starting to get beyond exhausting. Everytime the plot gets somewhere it falls back 3 steps. Then they keep prolonging the release dates. Really how hard can these books be to write??
im just warning you guys if you ever see Stormwalker do NOT pick it up! i dont know how the author managed to screw up a book where there's dragons and a magic mirror but she did! it is the worst! all the characters are shallow and annoying, the relationships are weak and the main thing you do is follow Janet (main character) around while she's shopping for furniture.
The first few books were okay, but I stopped in the middle of book 4 or 5. I won't read anymore. I won't go on my rant on why I don't like this series.
The first two books were okay. But the last book was probably the worst book I ever read. Talk about Passionless. Boring. And I can't beleive it was ever published.
Christie wrote: "Twilight has to be on my #1 worst vampire/werewolf series of all time. This lady doesn't believe in Sex out of marriage but she has no problem with teaching girls that is ok to try and kill yourse..."I'm a hardcore fan of the Carpathian series and even I get tired of the constant repetition. There are several books in the series that are really good and the rest are ok. The last book (#22) was disappointing, but the ones before that weren't too bad.
jessa ♥dhanger♥ wrote: "One really popular series that I couldn't get into was the Psy-changeling series by Nalini Singh. They came highly recommended and I really tried, but they didn't interest me at all. Her 'Guild' ..."I like the Nightwalker series, but then I've only read Jacob so far.
♥ Ashleigh ♥ wrote: "im just warning you guys if you ever see Stormwalker do NOT pick it up! i dont know how the author managed to screw up a book where there's dragons and a magic mirror but she did! it..."That's no fun. I actaully really enjoyed Stormwalker.
Carol ~ I'm A Voracious Reader wrote: "jessa ♥dhanger♥ wrote: "One really popular series that I couldn't get into was the Psy-changeling series by Nalini Singh. They came highly recommended and I really tried, but they didn't interest..."The second one was mush for me. Even though I was really interested in Gideon's story.
I have to add The Mortal Instruments, The Blue Bloods, Black London, and Pride series. The majority of it has to do with the writing style or the blatant copying of story lines and characters.
I don`t like Christine Feegan`s Dark Series ( I`ve stopped at book 4, I couldn`t take it anymore the males are absolutely barbarians/cave men) and Lara Adrian`s Midnight Breed Series ( a bad copy after Black Dagger Brotherhood ).
Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "That's no fun. I actaully really enjoyed Stormwalker. "ooooo did you write a review?? i love reading reviews from ppl who have different opinions to me.
Oh, yeah I did. Let me track it down and . . . http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
there it is. It was one of my first reviews so it's a bit rough.
Only one other person mentioned the Fever
series? That confuses me. Those books sucked on so many levels. I am not surprised to see the same person who didn't like Fever also didn't like Jim Butcher Dresden Files
series. I tried 2 of them and just was not feeling them.
Shera (Book Whispers) wrote: "there it is. It was one of my first reviews so it's a bit rough."Geez your "rough" review is better than my best reviews, lol.
your review was great fun to read, i loved it. it made me feel like i must of read a completely different book to you! which is a weird feeling... lol.
I didnt like Fever either, Danielle.I couldnt even finish the book.
@ shera ( book whispers) In defense of stormwalker series
Me too I really enjoyed it, just shows you...different strokes for different folks eh.
Danielle wrote: "Only one other person mentioned the Fever series? That confuses me. Those books sucked on so many levels. I am not surprised to see the same person who didn't like F..."lol i agree i really didnt like the Fever series, so many people were going on about how good they were but i just didnt see it.
i also really wanted to like the Dresden Files, but harry is kind of annoying. he's always moping around and is a major loner, i have nothing against loner's but if your going to be one embrace dont pretend you have friends. like with that female cop, i dont see how he can claim that she is a good friend, she seem like a bitch to me and she treats the other cops way better.
Kim Harrison's
series didn't do it for me at all. I didn't even make it through the second book.
this series fell very very short for me. Didn't bother buying the second book. 
I liked The Awakening and The Struggle, then the series went down the drain in a major way. I was very apprehensive about this series being adapted into a television series, but gave the show a try. I absolutely LOVE the show, but hate the books.
Didn't care for this Christine Warren series. Blah...
I somewhat liked the first two books in this series, then Shadowland came out and ruined it completely.
I quit reading this series after the 4th book and never looked back. I'm sure there are many more that I just didn't care for but those are the ones off the top of my head.
Oh I forgot
! This series turned into a porn show...very disappointing for me cause I really liked the first 5 (or so) books.
I am apparently picky, because most of the "popular" series are ones I didn't like.BDB - I read the first 3 or 4 books of this, and then I gave up. They were all the same to me - tortured male vampire meets girl, is a jerk and loses girl, then they get back together and live happily ever after, all the while having a lot of sex. No thank you. I need more story line than that.
The Hollows - I really wanted to like this, but Rachel got on my nerves. The only character I liked was Jenks and he wasn't enough to keep me going past the first book which took me forever to read.
The Dresden Files - Recommended to me by so many friends..and yet I still couldn't get into it. Another series that I really wanted to like...but I just couldn't get into.
Parasol Proctorate - No idea what turned me off of this series. I really liked the writing and the banter between the characters.
Amanda Hocking - My Blood Approves and Trylle - I hated the characters and writing in both of these. I thought they were awful. Didn't finish either series.
Sookie Stackhouse - What is the appeal with this series? I honestly do NOT get it. I read through book 9 or 10 (they are such quick reads), but I thought that the writing was terrible and Sookie is kind of a bimbo slut...
Georgina Kincaid - I don't like Georgina. Abandoned after 2 or 3 books.
I'm sure I have others, but those are the ones I know for sure I didn't like and have abandoned.
Everyone seems to hate my favorite series.. I guess I'm the odd man out but I LOVE the Kim Harrison Hallows series. Although I wasn't as big of a fan when I had only read the first two books. It actually took me two years to start reading it again and by the third book it really picks up. Or so I thought...
Alisha wrote: "Everyone seems to hate my favorite series.. I guess I'm the odd man out but I LOVE the Kim Harrison Hallows series. Although I wasn't as big of a fan when I had only read the first two books. It ac..."I'm with you Alisha, The Hollows is one of my favorite series and I think I get more sucked in with each new book. Can't wait for A Perfect Blood.
Can we list authors that we have abandoned, lol? After the last book in the Dark Swan series and reading opinions of the Georgina Kincaid ending, I don't think I will pick up any of the other series by Richelle Mead. I don't need a HEA, but I do need some sense of closure.
A popular series that I just can't get into is the Cassie Palmer series. I haven't completely abandoned it because I already bought all the books, but I just can't seem to connect with the story. I have read the first 3 books and I just think they are ok. I don't really like Cassie as a character so far, but maybe the last two books are just amazing? I also bought the Dorinda spin off books, but haven't cracked them open yet.
Christal wrote: "Alisha wrote: "Everyone seems to hate my favorite series.. I guess I'm the odd man out but I LOVE the Kim Harrison Hallows series. Although I wasn't as big of a fan when I had only read the first t..."I raced through the first 4 'Hollows' books, but then hit a wall at 5 and 6 - they just seemed so whiny and UGH! But, I decided to go further and Pale Demon pulled me back. I'm waiting to get my hands on A Perfect Blood.
Another series I haven't finished is the Fever Series - I loved the first three, but then.... And the Amanda Hocking Trylle Trilogy? The first two were pretty good, but I couldn't do the third - not sure why. It just took a path I didn't want the story to go, so I gave up. Kind of stupid reason, but there it is.
Im totally a fan of kim harrisons "the hollows". I dont get why some hate it so much. But then again i really couldnt get it on with KMM fever series, so i guess each to their own heh.
Another series i dislike is "little goddess", it was ok in itself, but what i absolutely hate is the change of POV, like ch1 was female, ch2 male, ch3 female.
I hardly ever read a book from a male author, let alone male POV. I dont mind a change from 1st person to 3rd person as long as when it switches its to the same 1st person as before.
Oh and something i wondered about, what the heck is HEA short for? Thx in advance ;)
Danielle wrote: "Only one other person mentioned the Fever series? That confuses me. Those books sucked on so many levels. I am not surprised to see the same person who didn't like F..."Fever series sucked, but I did read them all. What a waste of time. On the other hand, I happen to love the Dresden Files.
Is the Georgina Kincaid series the one where she's a succubus? I hated that series. What a whiner!
@Zafia ~ HEA is Happily Ever After or HFN Happy For Now.
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Funny you say that about Downside Ghosts - I started that book and read the first couple of chapters and then put it down. I didn't like Chess or the drug use, the grammar didn't do anything for me, and the story didn't do anything for me. About 6 months later, I kept seeing the book pop up here and there on different reviews - almost all were wonderful. they all said if you could get through the first quarter of the book, the rest of the series is wonderful. I decided to give it another go and now it is one of my favorite series.