Popular Books I Found Overrated
So I'll be off to college in like 20 days or so, which means that I will not be able to read as much as I'd like or as blog as much as I'd like even though I'm not reviewing as much right now. Gonna have to get used to the adulting now. But, since I am not starting college yet, I'm doing some different type of blogs, which I'll be pumping out on a daily basis, hopefully. But anyways, here's today's blog!!
1. The Atlas Six: Olivie Blake
I do not think that I have kept quiet about my qualms about Olivie Blake's books. Well, only one book to be very honest and that was The Atlas Six. Now due to TikTok being banned from India for about a couple of years now, I haven't been exposed to Booktok much, but what I have been exposed is to the intensive amount of Booktok videos on Bookstagram, since, you know, you can post videos from TikTok on Instagram and vice versa.. Anyways, I was told that this book was really good and stuff, but when I read it, it took me all my strength to actually not DNF it. Because the pace was slower than ever, and I really do not do slow-paced novels and what was worse was the characterization. The characters might have had diversity and stuff but they seemed to be very poorly executed. It is kind of sad because the premise was done really well and it's a shame that it couldn't be executed with the same vigour as the worldbuilding was.
2. The Hating Game: Sally Thorne
A lot of people might have come across the famous book The Hating Game, if not, they must have come across the Netflix adaptation starring Lucy Hale. It contains some of my favourite tropes, like enemies to lovers and workplace romance, it didn't sit right with me. And I mean, I did read The Spanish Love Deception and it had almost the same tropes except the fake dating. But somehow I couldn't like this book. Part of it was the dynamic between the leads, which I found interesting in the beginning but then the lines were beginning to get blurred, which I know is common but was happening too soon for my liking. And also their dynamic did become boring. I mean, I would have loved it, but by the time I was 120 pages into the book, I was fully convinced that this book is not for me. It really isn't. And I did try to go back to it after I DNFed it, no avail.
3. It Ends With Us: Colleen Hoover
I kind of feel like that the list that I have prepared right now will definitely get me killed because I'm legit slandering the novels. Or maybe just reviewing them in parts that I didn't review them exactly. So, It Ends With Us. While Colleen Hoover is definitely a very talented writer, she must be, otherwise one wouldn't have a huge fan following just like that. I really like the way that she writes but that is what I only like. My admiration for Colleen Hoover extends only about the writing style and nothing else. I do understand that Colleen is trying to show domestic violence and how to fight against it, but I think that she fails in a major part considering the characters aren't real enough. I mean, yeah I do get that they're rich, but their lives are very stereotypical, very picturesque. It does not come off as real life to me. And one more thing, while everyone is focused on Atlas Corrigan, okay, I do understand how he is and he's a really awesome character by the time the book ends he really proves to be a really great book husband. And I'm not really sure which male Colleen wants to highlight, Atlas or Ryle. Safe to say that I do not like this book as much as booktok does.
4. The Song of Achilles: Madeline Miller
I somehow feel like I'm gonna be beaten up for this list at this point. The Song of Achilles is like a beloved baby to almost every single person that I know has read this book. It is the retelling of Iliad, and I guess everyone knows how the story of Iliad goes, even though they don't know the story involved in this book. Look, I'll be very honest, I tried to get into this book, I really did. I tried to feel the romance and the pain and even the concept of romance in pain and death [I've read a couple poetry, I know what it is] and I couldn't find it. It didn't come off as emotional to me. What did come off to me was that Achilles was an ass. A complete ass and a manipulator and I think that he used Patroclus in the worst way. Patroclus isn't that innocent either, but the fact that he's portrayed like this innocent guy who's so naively in love with Achilles. His own father sent him away for fuck's sake, that must have toughened him up smh. And what is with people putting Achilles on a pedestal. He did everything that he was told to and hurt Patroclus innumerable times and yet everyone just forgave him. Ugh, that was so irksome to me. I think only the end was beautiful where everyone dies.
5. Here's To Us: Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli
Ah yes, the book that triggered me so hard I was afraid to pick up another book again. Also one of the books that I DNFed, and also one of those sequels to book that just should have remained standalones. Yep, that is completely what I think and it should have stayed that way. The original book, "What If It's Us" was basically about a summer romance that happens between two guys in New York, and I had really loved it. I loved their dynamic, I loved their story and it was really cute. But then the part comes in this book where they actually break up and move on from one another and they get back together. Okay, that's fine. What makes it worse is that both of these two have significant others throughout the book and it just makes me angry because either of these two have no right to be jealous of each other's S/O's and they definitely don't have the right to do their S/O's dirty like that. Everything the prequel built up, this book completely destroyed that. I can't even begin-
6. These Violent Delights: Chloe Gong
If anyone hasn't hated me already, I'm pretty sure that they'll hate me for this. These Violent Delights duology is a Romeo and Juliette retelling that's set in 1920s Shanghai. Don't get me wrong, I really liked this book, but it's not on THAT level for me. First of all because of the pace, which I found a bit slow, and also the writing style a bit too dramatic for me. I mean, I do love it sometimes because it has that flair and I really do understand why everyone loves it, it just doesn't sit right with me. Another reason I did find it overrated is my inherent nature to go against the current. If people tend to like something, I often end up hating it. Which might be another reason why I'm not really invested into the book. I do love Benmars, I will do anything to protect them.
7. Anatomy: A Love Story: Dana Schwartz
Oh this book was the disappointment of disappointments. Like complete disappointment. Even more disappointing than the disappointment your parents express whenever you decide to do something on your own. It kind of hurts because the book started off like pretty strong and it had a really good premise. And I was very invested in it. Though it did take me a while to get to it because I had such a huge tbr pending, but I was very excited to read it. But it all just went out the window, rather, it just all stormed out the window because the series of events that happen, they're like really flat. There's literally cheating, no drama, no action whatsoever and there's simply just whining. There's not even groveling whatsoever. I kind of wish I could forget about this book altogether.
8. My Killer Vacation: Tessa Bailey
Whew, I will not lie, thinking about all the disappointments that all these books caused me is tiring. Disappointment is a negative energy right? So do you realize the sheer amount of negative energy I had to manifest for this blog to exist? I think I love you guys too much without getting any of it in return.. I need some love too, you know. But anyways, yeah. This book was kind of like a sensation as soon as it came out, so I decided to check it out. I mean, I was coming across a lot of reviews that said they loved it and that it was a really good romance novel, only to have cold water dumped on my head. Scratch water, icy cold orange juice that sticks to your skin and is hella disgusting when it does. Though I'd choose orange juice over apple anytime. Anyways, I really hated this book mostly because neither of the guys could keep their libido in check, and seriously, no build up to their sexual tension. Foreplay is also like a minimal level and even the smut is not decent. It was supposed to be a mystery, and even that's not even good. How do you expect me to like it???
9. As Good As Dead: Holly Jackson
Now, if they don't know what As Good As Dead is, it's like the final installment in the A Good Girl's Guide To Murder trilogy. And I think that the first two books in the series were really well done and I was really into it. But then, I had to come across this book and it's like just everything I loved about this series turned upside down. I mean, I really get why this book was a famous thing, but I think if the series had stopped at Good Girl, Bad Blood, then the series would have been equally as famous. The plotline is just entirely shitty, and there's literally no way of sugarcoating it. It's just shitty. I mean, it does go well during the beginning 25% but as soon as it reaches halfway, it just made me think, the world would have been so beautiful if I hadn't come across this book at all. It's sad really, such a bombastic series had come to such a shitty end. I mean, people who are into darker stuff might like it, but this one was just a huge no from my side. I don't even wish this book on my enemies. Like seriously, why, Holly Jackson, why.
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