Worst book you read all year?

[Patrick]

For me, Shadowmancer is a new all-time low in literature. I just cringe whenever I see it under my goodreads history.

[michelle+8]

Hard Day's Knight by John G. Hartness. Not only because it was self-published (and very poorly edited), but because it had huge plot holes and the world and characters were wildly inconsistent. I could barely go five pages without wanting to scream, "What?!? Doesn't that completely contradict what you said LAST CHAPTER??" Then the book ended without resolving one of the MAIN CONFLICTS of the book, and no one even seemed to notice!

My husband loved it. I wanted to throw it across the room.

[Literary Ames]

I have a few 1 star ratings and DNFs but and were the worst.

[Regina]

I gave out only one single star rating this year:

But I also had some DNF that I couldn't stand:


I can see how Lady of Light and Drink Deep would appeal to some readers. The others (Hexed, Smokin' Seventeen and Marked) were just awful for me and I do not see the appeal.

[t'irla ~The Bookslayer~]

Wow...really different tastes..I loved I am number 4 and Hexed and drink deep....I guess you really need to be a fan of the genre to appreciate them...or have read the entire series in the case of drink deep.

[Regina]

I am a fan of the genre and have read the entire series. :)

[Patrick]

I was considering reading The Iron Hunt, but I think I've read more than my fair share of UF with badass demon slayers and the like.

[Regina]

I also think we all just have different tastes. My hated is likely someone's favorite and vice versa. Which is completely okay. :)

[Lisa M]

So many people like the Dragonfire series, but I only gave 3 stars to and . By the time I got to , it was a DNF for me. My apologies to all the Dragonfire fans out there, but I just couldn't get into the series.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

I rarely have ratings under 3★, but so far this year, I've had three:



Rated: 2★, but the other two books in the trilogy rec'd 5★ for #1 and 3★ for #3. This one just didn't fit for me.


Rated: 2½★ So sad how this series has declined for me. I loved the first couple. Ah, well.


Rated: 2½★ This is one of my "make it stop" series, so the rating isn't a huge surprise.

[Lis]

May have been the mood I was in at the time, but is probably the worst read for me this year.

[Patrick]

Some other underwhelmings ones were:


Ok, the premise sounded interesting and the fact that it was YA made it quick to read. But it was like a billion other UFs and to make it worst, it had a high school protagonist. It just seems like one of those annoying high school dramas that are psuedo-Buffy


This one too, plus Shadowmancer kept me away from YAs from awhile. Nothing interesting really happens and it's not much more than an unconvincing lesbian romance and some sort of evil faerie queen with a lovely cover


Ok, well it was cool to win this one for free. Still, another average YA book with some interesting concepts. A minor plot twist in an overall average story. The narration was a bit annoying too.


Yeah, not scary at all. Very cheesy when your villian is a car.


Ok, just not my cup of tea. He plays baseball with his dead brother and there's some sort of romance subplot. I don't get it.

[Lauren]

Hands down the worst book I read this year is Heartless by Diana Palmer.
Ridiculous plot, a TSTL heroine and an obnoxious hero.

[Cindy (eclecticfirefly)]

I've had 3 DNF books this year. I think it's a new record for me.



To be honest - I have discovered I'm not a steampunk fan, so that probably had at least something to do with why The Girl in the Steel Corset was DNF. I spilled coffee on it, had to purchase an undamaged copy for a friend, and just didn't like it well enough to continue....

Delicious Darkness was just not my cuppa.....I love M/M books, but not a huge fan of short stories. I few of them were pretty good, but overall they just started to blur together.

Terran One: Remember The Commandos Could not connect with ANY of the characters. The book is HUGE!!!! Made taking it with me to work almost impossible. Had to mail to a friend soon and decided that it wasn't worth trying to slog thru something that big that wasn't compelling in some way.

[Dawn]

I would not say the worst but these are three that no matter how I tried I could not finish.

[Tessa]

DNF . I wanted to like it because of the dog, maybe I'll try again later!

[t'irla ~The Bookslayer~]

I've heard such mixed reviews on this series Terri...some loved it...and a couple on here hated it.. i own it and don't know if I should move it up the list or leave it closer to the bottom

[Tessa]

I own it on kindle so if I hit a "dry spell" I will probably try again.

[Literary Ames]

Terri wrote: "DNF . I wanted to like it because of the dog, maybe I'll try again later!"

That was a DNF for me too.

[Tessa]

Thanx Ames, makes me feel better!

[Regina]

I did not like #1 and then DNFed 2.

[Mary X]

Peoples tastes do vary: I love the Tairen Soul and Dragonfire series.

I hated:

[Lisa M]

Mary wrote: "Peoples tastes do vary: I love the Tairen Soul and Dragonfire series.

I hated:"

I really wanted to like the Dragonfire series. Don't know why I couldn't get into it.

[Wan]

I have several:

Nom-PNR: - Uck, I didn't finish the series. Gave them away to my friend's daugther.

Christian: -- Boring, totally not my cup of tea.

PNR/Fantasy: -- DNF - may be I'll give it a second chance.

- This was so b(l)a(n)d.

- I didn't get the whole thing.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Now I'm even more interested in Kevin's series. Love to read those that find themselves rated either high or low. Like to see where I fall in the mix. :)

[Lady Jaye]

Wan, when i read The Negotiator a few years ago, i loved it; it was my favorite in that series. I tried rereading it this year, and it was a DNF.

[Wan]

Lady Jaye wrote: "Wan, when i read The Negotiator a few years ago, i loved it; it was my favorite in that series. I tried rereading it this year, and it was a DNF."

:-)

[Sophie]

i know som epeople probably disagree with me here, but the worst book i've read this year had to be Matched by Allie Condie. Either that, or Shadow Souls by L.J. Smith.

[Heather ~ Marceline]

The worst book I read this year and the only one I gave 1* to was . My dislike of of it had nothing to do with it being christian fiction. I gave most of Nauti series by Lora Leigh only 2*'s, and though it was steamy fun, there was a lot of parts I could have done without. I enjoy her Breed books much more. How is that for polar opposites for my dislikes of the year?? :)

[D.G.]

I actually haven't had a 1 star this year but have rated 22 books 2 stars and 9 DNFs.

I think I wrote reviews for most of these so feel free to check them out for more specific reasons, LOL!

Most hated book of the year
- Lord! I don't know what people see in this book. It has plot holes through the wazoo and an unappealing main character.

Second Place
- Although I understand that this may have been groundbreaking when it came out, it's just not good for a reader now.

Books whose last few chapters made me want to stab the main character to death


DNF
- Couldn't take it...too saccharine and maudlin.

[D.G.]

I'm one of the people that loves the Kevin Hearne series ( ). I read Regina's review and understand some of the points but I still like it. Some of the things that bothered her didn't bother me but then again, I loved Atticus. I really wish there was more UF with guys as main characters.

One thing I found though is that the more I know about a genre, the less likely I'm to be wowed by new popular books. I'm waay more harsh in my reviews for historical romance, mystery and romantic suspense because those are genres I know and have probably seen everything under the sun.

[Tessa]

Books that make me want to stab the author

Loved the series and this book could have been 5 stars but the author fumbled on the 1 yard line and I cried for what could have been!! So tragic!

[Kori]

Terri wrote: "Books that make me want to stab the author

Loved the series and this book could have been 5 stars but the author fumbled on the 1 yard line and I cried for what c..."

Totally agree. You can tell that the kid's parents own that publishing company.

For me, it's . I mean, from the "y" in mist you can tell something is up. I hated the main character, and the whole vampire-faerie thing seemed like a desperate attempt to come up with something new and mildly threatening.

[D.G.]

Kori wrote: "For me, it's Night Myst (Indigo Court, #1). I mean, from the "y" in mist you can tell something is up. "

LOLOLOL, Kori! So true! That's almost always a giveaway.

It's like this book Crave (The Clann #1). That second n in Clan tells you there's something wrong (I thought at first the series was called The Clam...as you can imagine, I was wondering what kind of a series it could be with a name like that, LOL!)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

LMAO, DG!! I know exactly what made ya mad w/Charley in Second Grave on the Left.