A weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is… Unpopular Bookish Opinions
These are ten books with a ridiculously high amount of ratings and an average of over 4.0 stars on Goodreads that just didn’t work for me.
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#1- November 9 by Colleen Hoover
#2- Illuminae (The Illuminae Files #1) by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
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#3- Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
#4- Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass #3) by Sarah J. Maas
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#5- Vain (The Seven Deadly #1) by Fisher Amelie
#6- The Selection (The Selection #1) by Kiera Cass
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#7- Wait for You (Wait for You #1) by J. Lynn
#8- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before #1) by Jenny Han
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#9- The Will (Magdalene #1) by Kristen Ashley
#10- Thoughtless (Thoughtless #1) by S.C. Stephens
I shared my lowest rated books that had high ratings on Goodreads as well. The Selection made my list too. I am not alone!
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Lol yay!! 😀 We are definitely in the minority though 😂
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I wasn’t really a fan of To All the Boys either. I actually thought the movie was better than the book.
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I though the movie was cute and I thought the book was okay-ish, I just didn’t fall in love with like most reviews I saw.
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I haven’t read some of these, but I do agree with Everything, Everything. I found it overhyped and I was bored for a large amount of the book (and movie!).
My TTT: https://youngatheartreader.blog/2019/06/11/top-ten-tuesday-unpopular-bookish-opinions/
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For me it was the ending that I hated. Ugh, I thought it was so lazy.
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I wasn’t a fan of Thoughtless either.
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When I first started reading adult romances, this was one of the first ones I read and I remember being shocked at how much people loved it 😂
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I ahve a few of these on my TBR. I enjoyed To All The Boy’s I’ve Loved Before, but I can see where you’re coming from. Here is my post-https://paigesofbook.blogspot.com/2019/06/top-ten-tuesday-unpopular-bookish.html
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I definitely didn’t hate it! It just was kind of slow and nothing unique (but I do know I’m not the majority 😂)
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I haven’t read any of Colleen Hoover books, but I feel like I wouldn’t relate to any of hers. I’ll definitely have to check it out eventually though and see. I didn’t end up finishing The Selection series (one book left) because I felt like it should have just been a trilogy, but I still liked it. I just started Illuminae though but I can see how not everyone likes it. Nice post!
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Illuminae had the potential but for me I couldn’t get past how it was written. 🤷
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It may be good to listen to it if it had potential for you!
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I actually agree with you on how underwhelming I found a few of these, they definitely didn’t live up to the hype.
Cora | http://www.teapartyprincess.co.uk/
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Yep! It’s that I hated most of these books, they just don’t live up to their rating and hype in my eyes 🙂
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How often do you read really popular books that just don’t work for you?
My TTT.
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I always try to add in books that aren’t super well known or books that aren’t new releases. But I actually don’t have many books that I didn’t like, so I’m happy to say it’s not often 😀
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I was really disappointed by November 9, too. I’ve enjoyed a lot of Colleen Hoover books, but that one really let me down.
Also forgot I’d even read Vain until I saw this post but oh boy did I hate that book!!
Shaunna x
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I think my fave of hers is Maybe Someday? And November 9 sounded like something I’d like, but pretty early on I realized I was very wrong 😂😂
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Heir of Fire is my favourite Throne of Glass book, but it’s not for everyone, a lot of people love the next book in that series, Queen of Shadows and that’s my least favourite.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/11/top-ten-tuesday-215/
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Wow that’s funny. I actually liked the series before it had this total shift in my eyes. Book 1 & 2 are SO different than the rest of the series and those are the ones I liked 😂
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I mean that’s fair, I think it’s quite common in the fandom that there are those who liked the series more pre-Aelin & those who liked it more post-Aelin.
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I haven’t read any of these, and I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy them. I think I’d like to read TATBILBF though. Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
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You should give it a chance, I’m in the minority here! 🙂
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In truth, I wouldn’t pick up any of these books to read!
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Ahh well! Maybe it’s for the best 🤷😂
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I wasn’t a fan of Illuminae either.
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At least I’m not alone! 😂
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I tried to read The Selection and ended up DNFing it.
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I think I finished, but I just thought it was kind of a pointless book 😂 which sucked cause I do sort of like The Bachelor, but I guess it didn’t translate well.
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I haven’t ever seen The Bachelor, but I have a feeling I’d love it.
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I didn’t like EVERYTHING EVERYTHING either. Not at all. There I said it. My TTT Bookish Opinions
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Agreed! I thought the ending was a cop out 🤷
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I really wasn’t a fan of The Selection. It was okay, but I didn’t get the hype.
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Agreed! 🙂
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I do really like “The Selection” for a “guilty pleasure” read, which to me is something I can read without having to exercise brain power. Also, adore TATBILB, and I like Nicola’s more than I thought. However I doubt I’d like the “Illuminae” series. They just don’t sound like “me reads.”
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Illuminae was definitely out of my comfort zone as I’m not a huge sci-fi reader. But it sounded unique so I thought I’d give it a try. Ultimately, I thought it was bit boring.
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I adore the Illuminae Series but got bored almost instantly with The Selection. It ended up being a DNF – of course I had bought the whole series lol
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Oh no! I never do this for those exact reasons 😂
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