I just thought that when they use the term "overrated", they usually mean that some popular book is actually bad or average at best. But there are good overrated books. The kind after which you think: "I liked this book, but its goodness is greatly exaggerated."
Like, I have this with "Babel" R.F.Kuang. I liked the book, it's atmospheric, for a person who is not interested in translations, the author hooked me with stories about how this or that word is translated. The second half was fascinating for me. But the winner of Nebula and Locus? No, the book is far from that. The magic system was not used very well, the theme of colonialism is revealed here superficially, the characters are cardboard, and I also seem to be one of the few who liked the second half.
by mystery5009