*Disobedient* by Elizabeth Fremantle was just awful.
LilMamaTwoLegs on
I’ve read 10 books so far this month. The Midnight Library and The 7 Husband of Evelyn Hugo were the least good.
pbtribadisms on
Wildfire by Hannah Grace
Skg44 on
Music for Torching by A.M. Homes.
I read it quickly but I didn’t get the message, if any, it was trying to portray. I wanted to read a different book by the same author, but This Book Will Save Your Life wasn’t available
WanderingWonderBread on
‘Day of the Triffids’. I rated it 1.5. Was hopeful for a good post apocalyptic book but I was very disappointed
WHS-482 on
My Story – Elizabeth Smart. I didn’t even rate it. It was so poorly written and frustratingly superficial. It was published several years ago, and I sincerely hope she has gotten the counseling and validation to explore her trauma more honestly.
ravenlights on
I unironically love to read things I know are going to be absurd, so I knew this was going to be terrible. It was *Wanted: Texas Daddy* by Cathy Gillen Thacker. It’s a Harlequin Romance novel.
Cyphermoon699 on
I got 68% through Babel and decided to end the timesuck. There were things I quite liked about the world building, but I didn’t give a damn about any of the characters, and, man, did the whole thing cry out for a ruthless editor!
Mediocre-Tomatillo-7 on
Count of monte Cristo
KiwiBearRigatoni on
pretty girls by karin slaughter, needlessly graphic and takes all the fun out of a murder mystery
2.5/5
sloth_and_bubbles on
Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan and Jodi Picoult. Fell waaaay below expectations.
lilghost76 on
I had a good reading month 🤷♀️ Bitterthorn was probably my least favorite, but I still enjoyed my time with it.
CanadianContentsup on
Tom Lake by Anne Patchett. Why did my book club choose it? Why so much emphasis on things that didn’t matter?
Agreeable-Muffin7471 on
The Schoolhouse by Sophie Ward. I loved her book Love and Other Thought Experiments so I was really disappointed with this weird multistory murder mystery book :/
crowlady_ on
Accidental Magic book 1 of the Myrtlewood Mysteries. 1/5 stars.
Judepompom on
Tell me your dreams by Sidney Sheldon.
I felt like I was reading the script of a badly written, made-for-TV movie.
mint_pumpkins on
Glossy by Marisa Meltzer if DNFs count, it was clear the author had incredibly strong biases and kept inserting herself unnecessarily into the book and I just couldn’t take it so I quit
Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett if DNFs don’t count, it just wasn’t what I was expecting and it was…. Quite badly written….
crocodilewrangler on
My Sister the Serial Killer. I had fun reading it but it could have benefitted from more character development
eearthchild on
Could not for the life of me get into Matrix by Lauren Groff 🤷🏼
Dogdaysareover365 on
All this time by the same author as five feet apart. That plot twist ruined it
8GreenRoses on
7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
nomadicstateofmind on
The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart – 2/5. The premise was good, but we got so little information on any of the main characters (idk what the main character even looked like).
PogueBlue on
The City & The City by Melville
theveganauditor on
Poor Things by Alasdair Gray. What a slog.
AstronautRhino on
Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody.
clark_sloane on
The Only One Left by Riley Sager. It was also… the first thing I read this year. 1.5/5 stars. Convinced me that I need to take a break from Sager. Utterly nonsensical and insensitive ending.
CandidTortoise on
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld. I rate it a 2 out of 5. Meh.
MarsupialPanda on
Fourth wing. Definitely wouldn’t have made it through if it wasn’t an audiobook and a book club pick. I started Iron Flame because it was available without a wait and I didn’t totally hate all of it so thought I’d give it a try, but decided not to finish. Super duper not looking forward to book club, because I know several of them loved it and I’m not going to have anything nice to say…
shillyshally on
Emergent Properties by Aimee Ogden. Sounded right up my alley but the AI protagonist was no smarter than a human and seemed rather slow with its data accessing and computational skills and, overall seemed aimed at a very young YA audience although the book was not presented as such. Very disappointing.
BUT! It was a masterpieces compared the book I finished at the end of December – The Inmate by Freida McFadden. That one was absolutely dreadful in every possible way.
Haselrig on
So far, Upgrade by Blake Crouch. Somehow the story’s too big and too small at the same time.
hollygolightly1990 on
Bluets by Maggie Nelson. 1 star on Goodreads, 1/2 on Storygraph. She gave me way too much insight into her sex life, and did what I felt like was copy and paste other people’s (better) work into it.
superbetsy on
Less by Andrew Sean Greer. I think it won a Pulitzer. The writing was truly amazing but the story?? It was just embittered and it wasn’t consecutive. The main character had only himself to blame for all his problems. It was just so whiny.
pushk_a on
A Study in Drowning.
Fantasy fiction with a lot of crying, xenophobia, gate keeping, author self insert… these characters are supposed to be in their 20s, but I kept thinking they’re 13-16 😬
vvndrkblm on
A court of frost and starlight…. If you could call it a book
Seaworthiness-Salt on
Three Men in a boat
Cod_Bod on
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh, but dishonorable mention to my close second The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock
Expression-Little on
The Drift, CJ Tudor. The best scene was when a dude who had like 3 lines got eaten by a bear, unintentionally repeating that stupid scene from Riverdale where Archie fights a bear for no reason, but loses.
37 Comments
*Disobedient* by Elizabeth Fremantle was just awful.
I’ve read 10 books so far this month. The Midnight Library and The 7 Husband of Evelyn Hugo were the least good.
Wildfire by Hannah Grace
Music for Torching by A.M. Homes.
I read it quickly but I didn’t get the message, if any, it was trying to portray. I wanted to read a different book by the same author, but This Book Will Save Your Life wasn’t available
‘Day of the Triffids’. I rated it 1.5. Was hopeful for a good post apocalyptic book but I was very disappointed
My Story – Elizabeth Smart. I didn’t even rate it. It was so poorly written and frustratingly superficial. It was published several years ago, and I sincerely hope she has gotten the counseling and validation to explore her trauma more honestly.
I unironically love to read things I know are going to be absurd, so I knew this was going to be terrible. It was *Wanted: Texas Daddy* by Cathy Gillen Thacker. It’s a Harlequin Romance novel.
I got 68% through Babel and decided to end the timesuck. There were things I quite liked about the world building, but I didn’t give a damn about any of the characters, and, man, did the whole thing cry out for a ruthless editor!
Count of monte Cristo
pretty girls by karin slaughter, needlessly graphic and takes all the fun out of a murder mystery
2.5/5
Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan and Jodi Picoult. Fell waaaay below expectations.
I had a good reading month 🤷♀️ Bitterthorn was probably my least favorite, but I still enjoyed my time with it.
Tom Lake by Anne Patchett. Why did my book club choose it? Why so much emphasis on things that didn’t matter?
The Schoolhouse by Sophie Ward. I loved her book Love and Other Thought Experiments so I was really disappointed with this weird multistory murder mystery book :/
Accidental Magic book 1 of the Myrtlewood Mysteries. 1/5 stars.
Tell me your dreams by Sidney Sheldon.
I felt like I was reading the script of a badly written, made-for-TV movie.
Glossy by Marisa Meltzer if DNFs count, it was clear the author had incredibly strong biases and kept inserting herself unnecessarily into the book and I just couldn’t take it so I quit
Muscles & Monsters by Ashley Bennett if DNFs don’t count, it just wasn’t what I was expecting and it was…. Quite badly written….
My Sister the Serial Killer. I had fun reading it but it could have benefitted from more character development
Could not for the life of me get into Matrix by Lauren Groff 🤷🏼
All this time by the same author as five feet apart. That plot twist ruined it
7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart – 2/5. The premise was good, but we got so little information on any of the main characters (idk what the main character even looked like).
The City & The City by Melville
Poor Things by Alasdair Gray. What a slog.
Rabbit Hole by Kate Brody.
The Only One Left by Riley Sager. It was also… the first thing I read this year. 1.5/5 stars. Convinced me that I need to take a break from Sager. Utterly nonsensical and insensitive ending.
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld. I rate it a 2 out of 5. Meh.
Fourth wing. Definitely wouldn’t have made it through if it wasn’t an audiobook and a book club pick. I started Iron Flame because it was available without a wait and I didn’t totally hate all of it so thought I’d give it a try, but decided not to finish. Super duper not looking forward to book club, because I know several of them loved it and I’m not going to have anything nice to say…
Emergent Properties by Aimee Ogden. Sounded right up my alley but the AI protagonist was no smarter than a human and seemed rather slow with its data accessing and computational skills and, overall seemed aimed at a very young YA audience although the book was not presented as such. Very disappointing.
BUT! It was a masterpieces compared the book I finished at the end of December – The Inmate by Freida McFadden. That one was absolutely dreadful in every possible way.
So far, Upgrade by Blake Crouch. Somehow the story’s too big and too small at the same time.
Bluets by Maggie Nelson. 1 star on Goodreads, 1/2 on Storygraph. She gave me way too much insight into her sex life, and did what I felt like was copy and paste other people’s (better) work into it.
Less by Andrew Sean Greer. I think it won a Pulitzer. The writing was truly amazing but the story?? It was just embittered and it wasn’t consecutive. The main character had only himself to blame for all his problems. It was just so whiny.
A Study in Drowning.
Fantasy fiction with a lot of crying, xenophobia, gate keeping, author self insert… these characters are supposed to be in their 20s, but I kept thinking they’re 13-16 😬
A court of frost and starlight…. If you could call it a book
Three Men in a boat
Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh, but dishonorable mention to my close second The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock
The Drift, CJ Tudor. The best scene was when a dude who had like 3 lines got eaten by a bear, unintentionally repeating that stupid scene from Riverdale where Archie fights a bear for no reason, but loses.