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The fault in our stars


sorry not sorry
I guess you could add looking for Alaska too but it wasn't as disappointing because I had already been disappointed by fault in our stars.......

Kept hearing all about how the Ember in the Ashes series was so great. While I managed to get through the first 3 a year ago, it was a painful struggle. And now that I've spent a year reading all the Sanderson Cosmere books, trying to read the 4th Ashes book that just came out has been nothing short of impossible and agonizing.

Hannah wrote: "The Betrothed
I had such high hopes for this book, but I hated it"

Yes! I hated it too, it was literally a worse version of the Selection

Aishaakk wrote: "Lucia wrote: "oh also the fault in our stars and turtles all the way down. way overhyped."
this is so true, specially the fault in our stars it was so cliche and it didnt even make me cry"

Exactly how i felt. By the way it was described, I was sure I was going to cry

Shatter Me series. I really enjoyed the books at the time until I processed it a week later. Afterwards the main characters just felt like whiny annoying teenagers

Twilight was a major letdown.

Tvisha wrote: "Twilight was a major letdown."
I agree. I could not even complete the first book.

by Marie Lu. The first two books in the Legend series were so good, but I just couldn't get through the third one.

Girls of Paper and Fire

Capri wrote: "Shatter Me series. I really enjoyed the books at the time until I processed it a week later. Afterwards the main characters just felt like whiny annoying teenagers"

Hahaha I literally had the exact same experience. Honestly though, the series finale was a letdown to say the least. They left so many threads untied. It's like Mafi couldn't be bothered.

Think she relied too heavily on Kenji's character throughout the series to do all the work for her. i.e. provide comic relief, give introspective life lessons to literally everyone, blatantly force character development amongst other characters by telling them they're being a really sh*t unit, use his lack of a filter to lazily expel information significant to the plot etc. Also, felt like Mafi was really doing the most with all the analogies, metaphors, and colourful imagery.

Furthermore, we didn’t even get a snapshot at what the future held for any of the characters. Bro we didn’t even get a real wedding. After everything - nothing. Literally nothing. They dug some trenches, made a path for cars to travel on, and J cried over a dog before handing it over to Warner. Even the last line was a killer. I don’t give a sh*t if Warner is happy or not. F*ck him. I care about Juliette. I wanted to know of her plans for the future in terms of the world as well as for herself. She seems like the kinda gal who’d promote sustainability, free education, gun control laws, create a whole new healthcare system, and abolish animal cruelty - all while raising a family with Warner by her side and Kenji at her beck and call. THIS is the wholesome ending I wanted. Not countless loose ends and epiphanies that amount to nothing. We deserved better.

six of crows
I love Leigh Bardugo but this wasn't probably my thing

Looking for Alaska by John Green. I liked the first part but I was really disappointed by the end. I read it when I was 13 and then again last year but I just can’t picture the characters or get into the world at all :(

harry potter and the heros of olympus

Hush Hush. I hate this book more then I hate Twilight. I thought it was going to be this fun, slightly stupid paranormal romance. Instead it was incredibly problematic. In every single way. The female heroine is practically a doll who gets manipulated countless times, and Patch, the male lead, is a straight-up stalker.

The first acotar book 🤦🏼‍♀️ I have heard so much about it and many people worshipped it, but it was tedious (at least the first 3/4) and disappointing. They say that the second one is better but I just cannot force myself to start it

the seclusion by jacqui castle. i think the mc being 22 was too old for a ya book for me and i didn’t enjoy it

Ninth house by leigh bardugo

turtles all the way down by John green and attachments by rainbow Rowell ️(+_+)

A map of days (miss peregrine's peculiar children 4). It was just bad.. (I enjoy almost every book I read so that is a VERY low review, coming from me).
I loved the first 3 books and I think I shouldn't have read the fourth book:(
I started to really dislike the main character:(

Harry Potter, Twilight, The Night Circus. Maybe From Blood and Ash too, though i did like parts of that one

Suditi wrote: "We were liars"

I agree on that one.

- I'd heard so many good things about this book and I just hated it.

Oo I also thought the Night Circus was a disappointing read. I also thought Kiss of Deception was a let down.

Lynn wrote: " by Marie Lu. The first two books in the Legend series were so good, but I just couldn't get through the third one."

Omg I had to force myself to finish??? Smh the plot was so catching but the book was a major let down!!!

A vow so bold and deadly

I found The Betrothed to be so disappointing! I wanted to love it because I'm trash for The Selection, but it just didn't live up to my expectations

@Nakita Bocoum oops , I don't even know now I am gonna like it or not XD

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Please no hate but....

We Were Liars
Don't hate me for this but this book wasn't for me

Unpopular opinion: the second book onwards in the Hunger Games just wasn't it for me

looking for Alaska!
ik this might sound alien but the book was not for me...huge disappointment

After - Anna Todd.

I didn’t catch the hype! Movie was better

1984- George Orwell.
I did not enjoy it. It was super boring.

〰️Beth〰️ wrote: "Please no hate but...."

It was the first fantasy book I read so I liked it back when I read it.
Now, I'm not so sure.

the invisible life of addie larue -_-

Stalking jack the ripper and the night circus

Shadow and Bone (the entire trilogy but especially the third book)

Girl everyone hated shadow and bone

You are the everything by Karen Rivers. I finish this book but I felt like I wasted my time.
And I'm trying to read Ten mile river by Paul Griffin but it's so boring.

The Guinevere Deception. First two thirds were amazing and then it became terrible.

Dust Land Series
I just couldn't make much sense of the the plot and everything was confusing

Dorian wrote: "Girl everyone hated shadow and bone"

Not me I loved it :)

Matched - I DNF'd it pretty quickly because Cassia is a cardboard cutout
The Guinevere Deception - worst ending in history
Pretty much every Keeper of the Lost Cities book since Neverseen - that series is just falling apart

Jenn ♡ wrote: "You are the everything by Karen Rivers. I finish this book but I felt like I wasted my time.
And I'm trying to read Ten mile river by Paul Griffin but it's so boring."

I recently read Before We Go Extinct by Karen Rivers and I didn't love that book much either. I didn't think it was a waste of time because it was pretty short and I finished it in a couple of hours, but it was okay. I think I gave it 4 stars? I am a simple consumer, though. I don't know what You Are Everything is about, but I will admit the content matter of Before We Go Extinct was pretty serious (it is about our main character getting over his best friend's suicide). If you wanna give another book of her's a try, I recommend this one, but don't think it is going to be huge or life changing or anything like that.

thousand boy kisses. i really thought it was going to be super sweet but it turns out to be a history by a angry boy who doesn't recognize the efforts of his father and have no appreciation for his family (mother and brother). the only thing that i liked was poppy and how kind and mature she was

shadow and bone :/

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1. She would be King
2. Throne of Glass
3. A Vow so Bold and Deadly
4. Children of Vengeance and Virtue