Books that make you want to smack your head against a wall

• Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. Bad pacing, too similar to Harry Potter, boring characters, The progression of Simon and Baz’s relationship felt really rushed and kinda came out of nowhere.

• The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken(?) started out strong but got kinda boring after Ruby left Thurmond which was early on. Unoriginal concept, cliches everywhere, generic characters.

• Graceling by Kristen Cashore. Unlikeable one dimensional, overpowered main character. Romance that I didn’t care for at all, plot had potential to be interesting but it dragged on forever, and the ending was just anticlimactic.

• Caraval by (I forgot the author’s name whoops 🙃) I actually liked this book but the main character was just sooo dumb that I may have actually slammed my head against a wall. The ending was a bit of a letdown as well.

• The Crowns Game by Evelyn Skye (?) good concept poor execution. The main characters are so dumb in this book and one of them is like a textbook example of a Mary Sue. Poorly written instalove, poorly written love triangle all topped off with an unsatisfying ending.

• Dualed by Elsie Chapman. You’ve probably never heard of this book and trust me there’s a reason for that. This book could have been the next Hunger Games if the main character didn’t spend the whole book doing absolutely nothing instead of killing her twin like she was supposed to. Like actually the premise was so good but the execution was so bad.

• Finding Audrey - the romance was too quickly introduced, there was no actual plot line, it might have been nice to have a little backstory as to what happened in Audrey's life???

YES! THERE WAS SO MUCH BUILDUP TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER, BUT WE NEVER FRICKING FIND OUT!!!!!!

• Anything by Sarah J Maas (Bad characters, cringey writing, tell don't show)

Yep. I have a full ACOTAR rant in the book unrecommendations thread. Like, I can't believe I defended Throne of Glass in one post, it was before I read it and saw the light lol.

“Matched” — With all the hype about it, I expected to be blown away with the writing and characters. Truthfully, though, I could hardly get a few chapters in without being bored and annoyed with the main characters. Sorry to all of the fans.

THE HEROES OF OLYMPUS SERIES BLOODY HELL I HATED THOSE!

“Matched” — With all the hype about it, I expected to be blown away with the writing and characters. Truthfully, though, I could hardly get a few chapters in without being bored and annoyed with the main characters. Sorry to all of the fans.

I read Matched and enjoyed it, but I dnf'd Crossed and don't plan on finishing the series.

THE HEROES OF OLYMPUS SERIES BLOODY HELL I HATED THOSE!

OnE I wIll fIght yOU!
Two, yeah there were some pretty shitty things in there.

It just ugh!!!!!!! I hated Jason, and the focus shifted too much from the OG trio to a bunch of new characters, who don't get me wrong I enjoyed all of them but Jason, and yet NO ONE DIES BUT THAT ONE ROMAN DUDE IN THE FINAL BATTLE??? THERE WAS A MAIN CAST OF 7, NOT COUNTING REYNA NICO WILL HEDGE THALIA AND SO MANY OTHERS!!! Caleo was super forced and everyone ended up in a relationship except for Reyna, ther ewas no snarky 1st person narrative which was a big part of what I loved in PJO. I also felt like there was no tension at all, Percy's Achilles heel (one of my favorite scenes from the whole series) was rendered irrelevant, and the Greek/Roman thing confused me.

• Finding Audrey - the romance was too quickly introduced, there was no actual plot line, it might have been nice to have a little backstory as to what happened in Audrey's life???

YES! THERE WAS SO MUCH BUILDUP TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER, BUT WE NEVER FRICKING FIND OUT!!!!!!

IKR!! O WAS SO ANNOYED QHEN I READNIT THE SECOND TIME! LIKE GOD, PULL YOURSELF TOGATHER WOMAN! YOU DINT JUST HA E SOMETHING BIG HAPPEN TO YOU THEN FALL IN LOVE WITHON 5 CHAPTERS! Also I hated that one girl who came with her pare ts to read a poem like no

Wait when did someone come out? I don't remember that…

• Anything by Sarah J Maas (Bad characters, cringey writing, tell don't show)

Yep. I have a full ACOTAR rant in the book unrecommendations thread. Like, I can't believe I defended Throne of Glass in one post, it was before I read it and saw the light lol.

Yeah it is so bad
(And porn in a YA book, srsly?)

AND EVERYONE IS IN A STRAIGHT AND ALSO WHITE/WHITE RELATIONSHIP! ALL OF THE DIVERSITY IS RETCONNED IN (Mor, Lucien, apparently the Illeryians which are another can of worms) OR KILLED OFF (Sorscha, Nehemia, Connall, the Mortal Queens) OR EVIL!

• Finding Audrey - the romance was too quickly introduced, there was no actual plot line, it might have been nice to have a little backstory as to what happened in Audrey's life???

YES! THERE WAS SO MUCH BUILDUP TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER, BUT WE NEVER FRICKING FIND OUT!!!!!!

IKR!! O WAS SO ANNOYED QHEN I READNIT THE SECOND TIME! LIKE GOD, PULL YOURSELF TOGATHER WOMAN! YOU DINT JUST HA E SOMETHING BIG HAPPEN TO YOU THEN FALL IN LOVE WITHON 5 CHAPTERS! Also I hated that one girl who came with her pare ts to read a poem like no

Wait when did someone come out? I don't remember that…

It's when Audrey and her brother jack I to their parents email? I think that's what happened

Ooooh, I misread your post and thought you said that someone came out like came out of the closet my mistake lol. Yeah that poem was so fricking dumb like if someone literally messed up my life the way that girl messed up Audrey's it'd take way way WAY more than a shitty poem to make me forgive them.

Has anyone heard of the 'book' Handbook for Mortals? It came out last year and there was a huge scandal about it. I read a snark review of it and it sounds awful! Check out the YouTube review by Marines, her channel is mynameismarines.

I've heard of it as well. There's a youtuber that I like (InsaneReader) who talked about it in one of his videos. He has a longer review of it but I haven't watched it yet because it's like 45 minutes. It sounds pretty awful lol.

THE HEROES OF OLYMPUS SERIES BLOODY HELL I HATED THOSE!

OnE I wIll fIght yOU!
Two, yeah there were some pretty shitty things in there.

It just ugh!!!!!!! I hated Jason, and the focus shifted too much from the OG trio to a bunch of new characters, who don't get me wrong I enjoyed all of them but Jason, and yet NO ONE DIES BUT THAT ONE ROMAN DUDE IN THE FINAL BATTLE??? THERE WAS A MAIN CAST OF 7, NOT COUNTING REYNA NICO WILL HEDGE THALIA AND SO MANY OTHERS!!! Caleo was super forced and everyone ended up in a relationship except for Reyna, ther ewas no snarky 1st person narrative which was a big part of what I loved in PJO. I also felt like there was no tension at all, Percy's Achilles heel (one of my favorite scenes from the whole series) was rendered irrelevant, and the Greek/Roman thing confused me.

In my opinion it would have been bad, but the character arcs/development kept it from being so.
As it is. Magnus Chase. Trials of Apollo. I didn’t bother to read MC after all the terrible reviews, and as I was reading TA I realized it was trash that only was allowed to exist because RR had made a name for himself.

I enjoyed Magnus Chase more than HoO and ToA. I hate Apollo as a narrator, he's the exact type I hate.

I've heard of it as well. There's a youtuber that I like (InsaneReader) who talked about it in one of his videos. He has a longer review of it but I haven't watched it yet because it's like 45 minutes. It sounds pretty awful lol.

I mean, one third of the love triangle is a guy named Clark Kent. CLARK. KENT.

This book sounds almost too terrible to even be real. From what I've gathered, it's basically The Room of literature.

Yep

I'm not entirely sure but apparently it was a really bad movie that tanked everywhere.

But it was based on a book that's always in stock at my local Target!