@Caitlin I’m all for literacy, but as long as it’s readable I do t care if the author didn’t put a comma in the second paragraph, or that they used a certain word too much. I think if you’re focusing on that stuff you don’t read for fun, you read to criticize!
Fifty Shades for sure. I read all three to see what the hype was about. It wasn’t even that it was BAD, but it was written terribly in my opinion & I think you could have taken the actual story out & made one okay book.
Thats what I mean and also, what happens to the person when A takes over their body? And then do they not remember that someone else was in their body? I know it’s fantasy and you’re supposed to suspend disbelief but it still made no sense
@Amber I am so glad I am not alone. I read City of bones and was in agony. I was determined to finish it because I got the series at a garage sale for $5. It honestly wasnt even worth the 5 bucks to me.
@Alis I read book one because a friend swore I would love it. I got half way through book 2 and dnf’d. The writting was terrible, nothing was original, it was boring, the characters we so unlikable. I have a very long list.
It was just all so incredibly…. cringe, was it supposed to turn people on or be sexy? Because it really didn’t and it wasn’t! The scenes and especially the dialogue were just so awkward and corny. The films are even worse.
Jenny Rose Cree Honestly, I didn’t get past the first page. I told my friend who loaned it to me “No thanks; I’m not going to waste a moment more of my time just so I can find out what the hooplah is about. The writing is terrible.” The woman can’t put together a paragraph. I think it became popular because it brought discussions about kink into the mainstream, and allowed people to be more open to it.
@Jenny I had bought the first one and couldn’t even get through the first chapter without just being turned away completely. I just ended up giving it my friend less than a week later haha
Game of Thrones, I’ve never even attempted them as I just know judging by the TV series that I won’t like them. Also, The Hunger Games, Fifty Shades, Stephen King’s recent novels (though his older ones like Carrie and Misery are classics), The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings. Basically anything fantasy.
@Mandy I gave that book only one star on goodreads and I rarely give books one stars ? I just really thought it wasn’t good at all, especially as it said on the cover “perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Leigh Bardugo”, who both are two of my favorite authors, but it really didn’t meet my expectations.
@AJ all of it is conflicting and relates only to the Author, who himself suffers from mental illness. Dangerous stuff, read “Jordanetics” by Vox Day. He clearly disects every rule for what it is.
Pride by Ibi Zoboi was insufferably bad, Catwoman by Sarah J Maas made me realize I really don’t like her books, Ready Player One, The Last Mrs. Parrish, Tell Me Lies….ugh that went on and on
The Guernsey and Potato Peel Pie Society, did not finish, love historical fiction. There are tons of books I’ve never even tried to read because the the whole genre doesn’t appeal to me, HP, GoT etc.
It’s two seperate sentences. I didn’t like Guernsey which is odd because I love historical fiction. But there are also whole genres I’ve never even read which would include books like Harry Potter. So HP is a did not finish, it’s a did not start.
I finished all of them, but I wasn’t as excited as I was hoping I would be. I think it’s because by the time I read them there was already so much hype about the movies.
Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. Barely got out of the first few chapters. Big nope for me. I also don’t enjoy Tomorrow When The War Began by John Marsden.
Fifty Shades of Gray.
Fifty shades and twilight
I buck the trends & read what appeals to me.
Same
@Kathleen I’m the same. I actually find I’m usually the opposite on reviews. If people hate a book, I love it.
^
@Caitlin I’m all for literacy, but as long as it’s readable I do t care if the author didn’t put a comma in the second paragraph, or that they used a certain word too much. I think if you’re focusing on that stuff you don’t read for fun, you read to criticize!
I don’t mind as long as it doesn’t take me out of the story.
Too many to list.
Red Queen!!
@Courtney I feel you! I actually enjoyed the first but couldn’t make it through the second and I’m annoyed I waster my time on it ?
six of crows
I Love Bardugo, but I agree, her SoC duology was not as good as the original trilogy.
@Cherie I don’t really like her writing 🙁
Ahh, I see! Hey man, to each their own. ??
A Man Called Ove, The Couple Next Door, One Of Us Is Lying, The Nightingale, etc.
@Andrea I struggled with the slow pace of the Nightingale. But apparently the story is really good. I gave up after a few chapters.
@Uzzy story is good but writing style wasn’t for me.
The Couple Next Door is the defintion of trash
@Dana I can’t believe it was ever published.
I was confused by it being published as well
Hunger games.
@Sarah noooo that book is awesome lol
@Stephanie lol I don’t mind reading it but I hate the ending of the series?.
@Sarah i definitely have mixed feelings on mockingjay
@Stephanie I didn’t like who they killed and who she ended up with
@Sarah awe lol o love who she picked. The other was too arrogant and prejudice in my opinion but the deaths were ridiculous
@Stephanie oh who she picked drove me nuts. He was too whiny?. He was also too good for her. I agree the deaths we’re ridiculous
Station Eleven.
Wicked
Discovery of witches
Eat Pray Love
Fifty Shades for sure. I read all three to see what the hype was about. It wasn’t even that it was BAD, but it was written terribly in my opinion & I think you could have taken the actual story out & made one okay book.
Gone girl
Here for all the “twilight”, “50 Shades”, “Gone Girl”, “Girl on the train” comments because nobody hardly ever says anything different ?
@Pamela I haven’t read gone girl or girl on the train yet.. are they any good?
@Kristin I love them. Both had endings I didn’t predict..but I seem to be in the minority there.
Girl on the train has been on my list for quite a while, gone girl just never seemed to grab my attention.
Nothing wrong with that. I love both personally, books and movies
I felt Girl on the Train went by quickly too
Gone Girl…. so stupid ! Lol
Birdbox
Anything by Neil Gaiman. His style is super depressing and boring.
Soo true!!! I tried to find out why do people so much love him by reading some of his book but they were boring and stupid
@Milana An overrated writer who is super popular is the power of a great marketing team.
Girl on a train
@Terri yes!!! That was the worse!!
Everyday by David Levithan
I expected so much from it but it really wasn’t good.
I couldn’t wrap my head around it. It just made no sense to me.
I still think the general plot is interesting, that someone wakes up in a different body everyday, but how it was done? Nothing really happened.
Thats what I mean and also, what happens to the person when A takes over their body? And then do they not remember that someone else was in their body? I know it’s fantasy and you’re supposed to suspend disbelief but it still made no sense
Everything Jane Austen wrote.
I couldn’t agree more!
Twilight
Before we were yours
MeLin Magill same here
Harry Potter and anything to do with middle earth or dystopia.
@Melissa love harry potter. Dystopia varies
Is Stephen King a book?
Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings to name a few
Behind closed doors, We were liars, The Husband’s secret.
Cassandra Claire books
@Amber I am so glad I am not alone. I read City of bones and was in agony. I was determined to finish it because I got the series at a garage sale for $5. It honestly wasnt even worth the 5 bucks to me.
@Alis I read book one because a friend swore I would love it. I got half way through book 2 and dnf’d. The writting was terrible, nothing was original, it was boring, the characters we so unlikable. I have a very long list.
I can’t get past chapter 5..
@Amber I keep trying to finish the first book in the series and I keep putting it back down. I’m worried I’ll end up disliking it, tbh.
@Amy in my opinion it wasnt worth it, it is not s good read, nothing about it was original.
Beneath a scarlet sky. Good story but poor writing
Big little lies, The Hobbit and the Lord of the rings
Yes all of these.
The Help
Bird Box
The Hobbit
Wuthering Heights
Fault in Our Stars. Harry Potter Series. Big Little Lies
The Daughter Of Smoke And Bone trilogy by Laini Taylor and The Bear And The Nightingale by Katherine Arden.
The Bear and The Nightingale was horrible imho
@Cathy yes, soooooo many people absolutely LOVE it! I read it it for NetGalley and absolutely hated it!
I believed the hype. Read it and thought it was one of the strangest books I ever read! :/
Fifty shades of grey :L
The Lovely Bones
Aw how come
Hate hate hate it lol so boring, silly, horrible writing….I really wanted to like it so I was disappointed
Oh wow lol totally disagree ??
I wanted to set fire to The Couple Next Door but couldn’t because it was a library copy
same.
Books by Dan Brown
Also, 50 Shades Of Grey. Horribly written to the point of being unreadable for me.
It was just all so incredibly…. cringe, was it supposed to turn people on or be sexy? Because it really didn’t and it wasn’t! The scenes and especially the dialogue were just so awkward and corny. The films are even worse.
Jenny Rose Cree Honestly, I didn’t get past the first page. I told my friend who loaned it to me “No thanks; I’m not going to waste a moment more of my time just so I can find out what the hooplah is about. The writing is terrible.” The woman can’t put together a paragraph. I think it became popular because it brought discussions about kink into the mainstream, and allowed people to be more open to it.
@Jenny I agree, agree, agree.
Game of thrones.
I agree. Haven’t even attempted them as I just know I’ll hate them.
@Jenny I had bought the first one and couldn’t even get through the first chapter without just being turned away completely. I just ended up giving it my friend less than a week later haha
I don’t like the fantasy genre or anything that is a struggle to understand or a chore to read, it just isn’t worth it.
@Amber I struggled to get into the first book, definitely not my cup of tea. It’s a shame, love the show.
Always business never personal @Alphonse
Girl on the train
books by Paul Coelho
Understood. Not that I can’t stand them, I just really don’t get the hype ??♀️
Jane Eyre.
Game of Thrones, I’ve never even attempted them as I just know judging by the TV series that I won’t like them. Also, The Hunger Games, Fifty Shades, Stephen King’s recent novels (though his older ones like Carrie and Misery are classics), The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings. Basically anything fantasy.
Too many to name
The Nightengale
@Michelle one of my favorites! :/
Harry Potter
50 shades of grey!!!
Anything by Gillian Flynn.
It is at times difficult at times to come here for recommendations because it’s pretty much always the same books/authors.
Fifty Shades
Anything by Sarah J Maas. It’s not that I can’t stand them… I’ve read all her books, aside from ToD and KoA. She is insanely overrated.
she really is
Wuthering Heights, all the characters are just terrible.
Turtles All the Way Down
To Kill a Kingdom
The Night Circus
@Cheryl agree with all these, except I haven’t read To Kill a Kingdom. Since we seem to agree, probably won’t read it.
@Mandy I gave that book only one star on goodreads and I rarely give books one stars ? I just really thought it wasn’t good at all, especially as it said on the cover “perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Leigh Bardugo”, who both are two of my favorite authors, but it really didn’t meet my expectations.
@Cheryl I worried I would feel that way with The Night Circus, took me something like 100 pages to get into the story properly.
Twilight series
Hunger games, divergent, game of thrones. Don’t know why every time i attempt gk read em i always close it after a few pages
Becoming
There’s quite a few.
You, Outlander…tried again, still a nope for both.
12 rules for Life by jordan peterson
@Elizabeth what did you dislike about it?
@AJ all of it is conflicting and relates only to the Author, who himself suffers from mental illness. Dangerous stuff, read “Jordanetics” by Vox Day. He clearly disects every rule for what it is.
? Peterson’s new book is a great read. The folks who didn’t enjoy it can rest assured that it was over their heads. ???
You was rather disappointing but what save it was the TV show
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two: The Official Playscript
A Court of Thorns and Roses. I couldnt even finish it.
@Whitney why couldn’t you finish it?
@Hannah the writing was just bad. The characters were one dimensional and unlikable
@Whitney SAMEEE
@Whitney, I didn’t think so. They had things to conquer. The story was interesting, at least!
Not sure if someone liked A Simple Favor but I read that book while in the hospital and I swear it made me sicker
Pride by Ibi Zoboi was insufferably bad, Catwoman by Sarah J Maas made me realize I really don’t like her books, Ready Player One, The Last Mrs. Parrish, Tell Me Lies….ugh that went on and on
@Dana I love ready player one, I read it twice x
…ok
Tyler Johnson Was Here was the most offensive awful book I have ever read this year
ACOTAR by Sarah J. Maas
Number One Chinese Restaurant, Tell No Lies
The Mortal Instruments
The Goldfinch – it started so well, and then fizzled – waaayyyy toooo slowly!
Oh, I loved it.
okay, I have to heave this from the closet:
The Lord of the Rings..
can’t stand reading it..(I like the hype about it, tho)
Throne of Glass and A Court of Thorns and Roses
All the light you cannot see
@Roxie it’s in my tbr, can you tell me why couldn’t you get through with this?
@Poonam I just found it really boring. Alot of people loved it and I just had to close it out of boredom
Girl, Wash Your Face… Just couldn’t get into… But it also is a book that is WAY out of the norm of what I read.
The Nightingale!
Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train
Meh—
To Kill A Mockingbird I have a terrible time with dialects.
@Jill me too initially, but i charged through it and i am glad that i did, it’s one of my favourites now?
Metamorphosis.. Couldn’t even finish it
@Animesh try again it’s a great book?
The Harry Potter series
Sapiens and Homo Deus
I am not a fan of HP
Hunger games
ACOTR is boring AF
50 Shades of Grey
Anything by Stephen King
Kite Runner
Harry Potter, Twilight.
50 shades of grey
Harry Potter
anything by Dan Brown
50 Shades of Grey
The shining
The fault in our stars.
Man called Ove
Any hp books
The raven boys
All the light I cannot see, pure torture
The Guernsey and Potato Peel Pie Society, did not finish, love historical fiction. There are tons of books I’ve never even tried to read because the the whole genre doesn’t appeal to me, HP, GoT etc.
@Tracy how is Harry Potter historical fiction?
@Pamela …you might try re-reading her post. She did not say HP is historical fiction.
I did re-read it and unfortunately I’m still seeing it Lol. But if I’m wrong, I’m wrong.
It’s two seperate sentences. I didn’t like Guernsey which is odd because I love historical fiction. But there are also whole genres I’ve never even read which would include books like Harry Potter. So HP is a did not finish, it’s a did not start.
@Tracy ah okay I gotcha now! ? my bad!
50 shades series
The Hunger Games series
@Kate that makes me sad lol. I haven’t finished a book i completely dislike though im not a huge twilight fan.
I finished all of them, but I wasn’t as excited as I was hoping I would be. I think it’s because by the time I read them there was already so much hype about the movies.
Wicked
Catcher in the rye.
50 shades
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. Barely got out of the first few chapters. Big nope for me. I also don’t enjoy Tomorrow When The War Began by John Marsden.