What is a highly recommended book you read and hated?

I’ll start…

For months everyone kept recommending The Never King in all of my reading groups. I finally caved and read it. It was terrible, but that’s my unpopular opinion!

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TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP

LOTR…

I get that it was before tv..
But we get it Tolkien… Mordor is a horrible place.. no need to describe frodos every damn step

whisperingwillow · 36-40, F

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout 😂😂 I feel so validated!! Everyone is always raving about world building. Yes, we love details, but we don’t need to drown in them!

I’m about to take some major heat here, but I feel the same way with Sarah J Maas. I LOVE her, she’s one of my favorite writers….when she stays on point. She always seems to start getting lost in the details.

I adored ACOTAR. The sequel was even better. In fact, one of my favorite books of all time, if not my #1. And then there she went with the never ending details about the buildup to the war. Did we reaaally need hundreds of pages telling us all the fine details? Nope. Big nope 😂

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 46-50, MVIP

@whisperingwillow
Aside from the ‘Dark Tower’

Stephen king books always start off awesome with loads of potential..
then die out like a dud fire cracker..
Yeah I said it 😎🕺

whisperingwillow · 36-40, F

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout Yeeesss!!! We clearly get each other! Haha I did absolutely love The Green Mile, but every other book by him - nope! Can’t do it. Definitely goes from intriguing to dud.