What hyped books didn't you like?

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)

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.

Anything by John Green.

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

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

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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

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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.

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

Hunger games did not live up to my expectations.

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


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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.

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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.

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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 :-)

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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 :-)

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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!

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^^''