Most Disappointing Books of 2016

I know I haven’t blogged much lately, but I love reading/watching this kind of thing so I wanted to make one. I’ll do one about my favorite reads as well, don’t worry.

This won’t necessarily be a list of the books I read in 2016 that I rated the lowest, but rather a list of books that I were excited about but that ended up falling flat. If this were to be a list of the very worst books I read, then Shatter Me would be on it. But since I didn’t have high expectations of Shatter Me, it didn’t really disappoint me either. 

Let’s start with The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler. I love books about twisted teenagers who may or may not murder each other. I was really excited to read this for that reason, but I ended up giving it 3.5 stars. A lot of it was kind of slow, but I still enjoyed it as a whole and the ending was great. However, I much preferred Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas. Everyone should read that one. 

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Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. Okay, so part of me already suspected I wouldn’t be a fan of this and my expectations weren’t that high, but I’m still disappointed. I hoped I’d like it at least a decent amount, but alas. It’s just not great. It’s all love triangle drama and some weird ghost stuff I barely remember, meanwhile all the fighting and competing is literally fast-forwarded. I’m still semi-planning on reading at least the second book, but I’m not sure if I’ll ever get to it at this rate. I wish I could be in on this hype, but… no.

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This  Savage Song by V.E. Schwab. Goddamn it, I wanted to like this but it was just okay to me. I enjoyed the general concept and the way monsters are created in this world is fantastic, but nothing really stood out to me. I still haven’t written a review and at this point I’m not sure if I’ll be able to because I don’t remember much. It was just eh. 

Oh, I really like that there’s no romance even though it has a Romeo and Juliet-like plot. A+, thank you.
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And I Darken by Kiersten White. I’M SO SAD I DIDN’T LIKE THIS. I wanted to so so badly and I was so excited to get an ARC of it but then… holy mother of SLOW. I mean, it’s sloooooooooow. It took me months to finish it because it was such a chore to read. The characters are good, but lord have mercy. I just want to read about Lada impaling people alright, I don’t have time for this. I don’t think I have it in me to continue this series.

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Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. This one made me sad as well, because although I adore the format and the idea, it didn’t grab me 100%. There’s a twist towards the middle that really impressed me, but then it fell through. I’d hoped it was gutsier than that. It felt kind of slow at times, although the characters were great and they all felt real to me. I gave it 3.5 stars, so I didn’t think it was a bad book, it just didn’t give me what I wanted it to. What’s Gemina like compared to this one?

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I had to edit the post to add Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I can’t believe I forgot about it. What the hell was this though. No. I like Scorpius. I liked seeing the characters again (even though they were all OOC) but other than that… No. I can’t believe JKR approved of this. 

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My number one disappointing read of 2016 was no doubt A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E.Schwab. I thought it’d be awesome, but it just wasn’t. I know a lot of people love and worship it, and that’s great, but it did nothing for me. Zilch. I like Holland, it’s a shame he wasn’t in it more. I’m so sad I didn’t love this because I want to be a part of the hype so badly. Boo.

WHEN IS V.E. SCHWAB GONNA PUBLISH THE SEQUEL TO VICIOUS THOUGH BECAUSE VICIOUS IS MY LIFE. I JUST KEEP READING HER STUFF HOPING TO BE JUST AS CAPTIVATED BUT IT’S NOT HAPPENING 😦

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