What hyped books didn't you like?

[Sloths]

Basically I'm asking are there any books that have got a lot of hype recently that you tried and didn't like/understand the hype??

I recently got sent Caraval to read and review and from all that I'd seen there was so much hype surrounding it and everyone who's read it really loved it. I however, can't get into it, I've tried like three times but really can't get into it. The storyline sounds like it would be alright but I just don't like the writing style I think! Have you read it and loved it?

(sorry if this has been posted before I couldn't find a thread)

[Charlie]

Not recent but I'd say The Hunger Games, I couldn't get into the books at all and I've tried a few times. I do like the movies though. Same with Harry Potter, I've had and tried to read the books but just couldn't get into it but I don't like the movies either.

[Neversoft]

Anything by John Green.

[LUCPIX]

Not a recent one but it's definitely a contemporary young's one - Percy Jackson series! Maybe I think this way because when I did read it I was really young and my '"reading absorbing skills'" weren't that good at the time

And also there's a trend that is progressively increasing on the bookshelves of the bookstores [at least on the Brazilian ones]: Books written by non-writer vloggers, basically an autobiography! Even by children vloggers! I'll never read those, but they look so cheesy

[FlyingJesus]

Any of these supposedly great stories about young white people falling in love and then everyone gets cancer

[Sloths]

Not a recent one but it's definitely a contemporary young's one - Percy Jackson series! Maybe I think this way because when I did read it I was really young and my '"reading absorbing skills'" weren't that good at the time

And also there's a trend that is progressively increasing on the bookshelves of the bookstores [at least on the Brazilian ones]: Books written by non-writer vloggers, basically an autobiography! Even by children vloggers! I'll never read those, but they look so cheesy

I never read the Percy Jackson books as a kid but I recently bought them to start reading them. Hope I like them better than you did haha!

I totally agree with the youtuber books though. There's only a few I've read but only one of those was decent (Carrie hope fletchers) but I think that's probably because she's actually an actress/writer in her day job.

[lawrawrrr]

The one that's really jumping to mind is perks of being a wallflower. It's FINE it's just not as amazing as everyone seems to say


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[buttons]

yeah the hunger games wasn't that great, one series i actually preferred the movies over.

[nat965]

Hunger games did not live up to my expectations.

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[lawrawrrr]

lord of the rings is so long and difficult to get through [emoji43]


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[Neversoft]

The Lord of the Rings is definitely a bit of a task, but I love the sheer scale of the world Tolkien built. The Hobbit was one of the first books I read of my own initiative as a child.

[LUCPIX]

I never read the Percy Jackson books as a kid but I recently bought them to start reading them. Hope I like them better than you did haha!

I totally agree with the youtuber books though. There's only a few I've read but only one of those was decent (Carrie hope fletchers) but I think that's probably because she's actually an actress/writer in her day job.

ahaha Actually, to be completely honest with you, Percy Jackson probably IS a masterpiece, but when I first read it my head was so virgin (IN TERMS OF NOVEL READING) that I did not take advantage of the narrative the way it should, maybe, and in order to be able to read one thing in full depth, well, it takes a little experience, and you only get it over time, huh?

Books written by Youtubers are a kind of rainbow of golden pots, at least here in Brazil, and they do not even care about the contents of the book, it's basically a form that is filled as monotonously as possible, and frankly, I doubt that the Youtubers themselves write their books. A 6-years old youtuber released his book last year :-)

[Sloths]

ahaha Actually, to be completely honest with you, Percy Jackson probably IS a masterpiece, but when I first read it my head was so virgin (IN TERMS OF NOVEL READING) that I did not take advantage of the narrative the way it should, maybe, and in order to be able to read one thing in full depth, well, it takes a little experience, and you only get it over time, huh?

Books written by Youtubers are a kind of rainbow of golden pots, at least here in Brazil, and they do not even care about the contents of the book, it's basically a form that is filled as monotonously as possible, and frankly, I doubt that the Youtubers themselves write their books. A 6-years old youtuber released his book last year :-)


I finished all five books of the Percy Jackson series since this post and they’re fab and I love them and I want to buy more so I can read more!

[PrettyLoven]

The Lord of The Flies. I tried reading it but I just couldn't get into it. It was a bit difficult for me to imagine^^''