Did you ever read a book that made you feel manipulated? What was about it?

I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask this question. I’ll look at other subs too, but have you ever read a book that made you feel manipulated? What do you think the author was doing wrong?

An obvious example is the tear-jerker, but it can’t be just about the author having terrible things happening to good people. I mean because lots of classics have characters who are tortured by their difficulties. I mean at times so frequently that you think this is not very plausible and certainly this person is just having terrible luck. So naturally you feel for them and get mad at whoever is the cause of their unhappiness (could be a person, social circumstances, whatever). But you still don’t feel manipulated

Is it the author’s lack of skills? Sort of like a bad magician revealing his tricks. Or other issues?

by arsia_mons