For me there are two of these (no spoilers):
-Daisy Jones & The Six by Tailor Jenkins Reid
I’m mad at this book because it started out great. While the characters were not particularly likable, it was interesting to see where their lives would lead. The interview format wad also interesting for a while. However, I couldn’t read it past the halfway mark (right about when the two bands met). Daisy and Billy were insufferable together, and there was both too much and too little petty drama somehow. I might give the audiobook a try later though.
-Verity by Colleen Hoover
I went into this book completely blind, as per my friend’s recommendation. They said it was a great thriller, and since we have a similar taste in books dor the most part, I picked it up. The only positive thing about it is how easy and quick it is to read. The plot however, is full of holes and logical errors, and it’s downright ridiculous at times. None of the characters were interesting or even remotely likable. Not to mention the horrible smut (which I had no idea it had before picking it up!), and beautiful pieces of writing like “fuckable dress”. Long story short, I’m never picking up another book by this author again. Not in thriller or any other genre.
by Cherreem
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The five people you meet in heaven. Maybe because I found it incredibly preachy and maybe because it was an audiobook and I found the narrator’s voice incredibly grating.
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik. This is the second book in the series. I finished the first with mild distaste of the MC and how she constantly thought she was better than everyone else. I continued to the second book because I liked the world building and other characters in the story. But when reading this one, the MC is horrible to her love interest despite him being very good to her. I just couldn’t finish it.
When this series comes up in conversation, I always see it gets a lot of praise as a “Darker Harry Potter.” I still think about the world in the book just wish it was from a different POV.
Alchemist (and almost all Paulo Coelho’s books). Too preachy with generic plot.
Man’s search for meaning- It was inspirational on the surface but I found very little actionable or truly profound insights. A big theme was how purpose could allow you to endure any circumstance. I think most people would agree with that sentiment. The hard part is how to find one’s purpose, and the book doesn’t touch on that in a significant way. I’m so glad it has resonated with many people and helped them in their own lives, it just didn’t have that same effect for me. I am planning to read it once more before beginning medical school next year and perhaps it will have a different effect on me then!
My dark vanessa. Could not stand the writing. It was so boring. I was like 100 pages in and i realized i still had like 300 pages left im like yeah i cant do this. I looked up some spoilers as to what happens and then felt grateful that i didnt sit through this long ass book for that. I understand this book has had a great impact and covers some important themes, but it takes more than that to get me to sit through 400 pages.
Also, local woman missing. One of the dumbest soapiest thrillers i have ever read. And its not even soapy in the fun way it was absolutely infuriating especially in a book that wants to take itself so serious and deal with things like child abduction only to give me some messy housewife drama that dragged out a mediocre mystery far longer than necessary.
Then theres maeve fly. Ummm…. Im sorry. I heard about how disturbing this book was and bitch where? Whats most disturbing is how it blatantly copied so much from American psycho, and threw in some fifty shades of grey style corny, uninteresting, unerotic wannabe kinky sex scenes with a touch of tiktok hockey romance mess that i did not consent to read.
And lastly the silent patient. What was that twist? Everyone was so gagged over it but it was so stupid and ruined what otherwise would have just been an okay thriller mystery but overall i dont get the hype either way. Though to be fair i do read too many thrillers and i also am realizing my bar for thrillers is unfairly high for a lot of these mainstream books coming out in the genre, and so i read less and less of these super hyped tiktok thrillers lately cuz im realizing im setting myself up for disappointment more often than not.
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo. It’s basically a series of unfortunate assaults loosely connected by a teeny, tiny string of plot. The main character didn’t grow or change in any way. Her entire personality is “I survived an insane amount of sexual assault so I’m a badass bitch,” and nothing else. Do not recommend.
The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis sucked ass. All the characters were obnoxious and it was very anticlimactic. It was a huge waste of time