The most disappointing books of 2024!

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @amorfatiloveyourfate
    @amorfatiloveyourfate 12 годин тому +2

    I think my most disappointing book this year was "I'll Be Gone in the Dark." I think it was probably my own fault because I was expecting it to be something that it wasn't. I thought it was going to be the story of what led to the capture of a serial killer, but it was more of an autobiography of the author and her sharing her obsession with said serial killer. She shares all the information she has gathered and shares victim stories, but it doesn't really lead to anything. I'm glad it got finished and published, but in the end I thought it was just OK.

  • @ToddsBookTube91
    @ToddsBookTube91 Годину тому

    Todd here. Nice video Rammel! I enjoy the fact you spoke your mind, and also keeping the video quick and tight you did not ramble on. Happy Holidays to you!

  • @DEVDissers
    @DEVDissers 12 годин тому +2

    My favorite channel on booktube. You have me going down the Philip K Dick rabbit hole right in the middle of my Dark Tower journey.

  • @temolobzhanidze8817
    @temolobzhanidze8817 13 годин тому +1

    I watched Dark Matter TV show. Was planning to read the book sometime soon, but after this? I don’t know. Should I?

    • @MightyP-s3f
      @MightyP-s3f 13 годин тому

      I thought it was decent. Nothing too special. The ending parts were my favorite tho

    • @iancran
      @iancran 13 годин тому

      The book was a DNF for me, but I really enjoyed the tv show.

    • @rammelbroadcasting
      @rammelbroadcasting  13 годин тому +1

      @temolobzhanidze8817 That's really hard to say. I really didn't like it, but I also feel like I'm in the minority. For example, go watch mikes book reviews, and he absolutely loved it. He gave it a glowing review. Then I think Daniel Green hated it 🤷‍♂️

    • @katherinegarcia3256
      @katherinegarcia3256 13 годин тому +1

      I consider myself a big Steven King fan. I own all his books. But I didn't like the Talisman. Or the dark tower books. I know it's a bad opposition to take. People lose it. But I love most of his books. I don't like when he writes with a co writer. The books don't have the same feel. I enjoy your videos and love your T-shirts. Have you read Heart shaped Box by Joe Hill? It's so good I recommend it to everyone. And everyone likes it.

  • @MightyP-s3f
    @MightyP-s3f 13 годин тому +1

    I read the Female Man by Joanna Russ. The book is written in the most confusing way that it slowed the pace down horribly for such a short book. There's a good story and concept and themes in there somewhere and I don't believe she is a bad writer from this experience but it is structured so poorly that you can't understand how it got published.

    • @jackwalter5970
      @jackwalter5970 12 годин тому

      It's actually a brilliant book, but definitely not for everyone.

  • @coolpiraterapstar
    @coolpiraterapstar 12 годин тому +1

    After reading all of the Song and Ice and Fire books I forget what happens in each book. It’s just one large book in my mind

  • @psifiguy
    @psifiguy 8 годин тому

    I agree with you on Dark Matter. I have enjoyed a number of multiverse novels and short stories but found this one going from ok/pretty good to horrible. I doubt I'll ever try to read another book by that author.
    As for my list of worst books: The Female Man takes the #1 spot (dnf), followed by Red Rising books 1-4 (only good thing about them is it's non stop action but really don't understand how anyone would follow Darrow and concept of the razor is absurd let alone a breathable atmosphere on the moon, Mars, etc), Tau Zero could have been a short story but about on par with Billy Summers.
    Good video although I did enjoy some of the books on your list. I enjoyed The Blade Itself expecially that the "voice" of each of the characters really came through as unique.
    I have been on the fence on reading the Sun Eater series but have reservations on it given all the comparisons it has with Red Rising (man, I was really disappointed with that series).

  • @seangagliardo4318
    @seangagliardo4318 12 хвилин тому

    I agree with feast for crows!! I couldn’t get past the first 100 pages

  • @whitson6777
    @whitson6777 6 годин тому

    My only DNF of the year was Metro 2033. It wasn’t a bad book for me, per sè, but something about the almost literal translation from Russian made it so challenging for me to read that after ~50% I just left it. Great vid, as always!!

    • @rammelbroadcasting
      @rammelbroadcasting  6 годин тому

      @whitson6777 Oh, that's a bummer. I really liked that one. Oh well 🤷

    • @whitson6777
      @whitson6777 6 годин тому

      @ I actually picked it up based off’f one of your vids recently because it came so highly recommended! Onto the next!! Knees deep with Empire of the Vampire currently and that’s great so far

  • @nathanielvalla6142
    @nathanielvalla6142 13 годин тому

    There's a reason why I read a knight of the seven kingdoms between ASOS and AFFC. It has some of Martin's best writing And has a much smoother transition to the Martian story telling style of AFFC.

  • @Chewbaccafruit
    @Chewbaccafruit 9 годин тому

    I'm honestly with you on Blade Itself. First Law basically reads like one very long book that was split, and Blade Itself is a great first act but is missing something when read on its own.
    I love differing opinions, im just happy you're not one of the booktubers that just recommends the same three or four series as everyone else.

  • @y.s.mnails7834
    @y.s.mnails7834 9 годин тому

    I was most disappointed by Three Body Problem. Not because the story itself was bad but, because it felt really dry. Maybe because it is a translated work. But it was not fun to read at all.

  • @billfreeman5914
    @billfreeman5914 12 годин тому

    I totally agree with you regarding Dark Matter. The first 2/3’s or 3/4’s was great and then it went *completely* off the rails.

  • @nickturnbow2948
    @nickturnbow2948 12 годин тому

    I was disappointed by Natalie Haynes' Stone Blind, which came out in 2022. Having enjoyed Haynes' Pandora's Jar, an examination of women in Greek myth, I was interested to see what she could do in a novel. Meh. The UK cover advertises it as "Medusa's Story," but in fact she's is barely in it. The majority of the book is focused on bickering gods, which often has little or nothing to do with Medusa's story. There's a bit in the book about how gods don't experience time the way mortals do, but as to why the book is structured in a way where the passage of time is almost impossible to follow, I really don't know. It also dips into some tonally awkward slapstick at times? It's not terrible; Haynes is a solid prose writer. But I would say it was a mess of ideas that never came together for me.

  • @blacknbluecollarreader
    @blacknbluecollarreader 11 годин тому

    I jumped into PDK this year and read 4 of his books. Honestly DADoES was my least favorite so I guess I was a smidge disappointed since I loved the movie as a kid. Excellent video Sir. Happy Holidays to your and yours.

  • @sampenny4586
    @sampenny4586 3 години тому

    I was beginning to worry about what you disliked until you got to Dark Matter, what an appalling book. I rank it as the worst book I've read this century. On the other hand, I ranked the Joe Abercrombie books in the reverse order, I liked them all but really loved The Blade Itself; meeting Logen Ninefingers for the first time was a huge buzz for me. The author ranks those books in the order you put them.

  • @EricMcLuen
    @EricMcLuen 10 годин тому

    If you think Feast was disappoining, imagine waiting 6 years for Dance of Drivel. Maybe will like it better in an eventual reread.
    Didn't mind Blade so much, did not like ending of series which seemed rushed.
    I think it was this year but very disappointed in Assassin's Apprentice for a lot of reasons. Read Liveship first which had some good points, but Hobb just not for me.

  • @DavesPlace99
    @DavesPlace99 2 години тому

    Ah yes, these are the lists I look forward to more than the good stuff.

  • @Mahatma618
    @Mahatma618 6 годин тому

    The Talisman is 30+ years old.WTF?!

  • @JakeDiToro
    @JakeDiToro 13 годин тому

    Huh... Getting ready to start Dark Matter today for my book club. I loved Recursion.

    • @rammelbroadcasting
      @rammelbroadcasting  13 годин тому

      Well, hopefully, you have a better experience than I did. I also think I'm in the minority in not liking it.

  • @pokebros17
    @pokebros17 12 годин тому

    I felt the EXACT same way about The Blade Itself. I just kept pounding through it and kept going what was everyone talking about? Have the second book bought and it's been sitting on the shelf for so long cause this one just did not land. I'm relieved to hear I'm not crazy

    • @JohnG225
      @JohnG225 12 годин тому

      Took me 3 attempts to finish Blade Itself, but I flew through books 2 and 3. Both 5/5.

    • @rammelbroadcasting
      @rammelbroadcasting  12 годин тому

      Yeah, you're not crazy

  • @tinypinata505
    @tinypinata505 6 годин тому

    My disappointing books this year were The Gunslinger, Bird Box and Ring.

    • @rammelbroadcasting
      @rammelbroadcasting  5 годин тому +1

      @tinypinata505 Oh, ouch. I feel personally attacked by this list lol

    • @tinypinata505
      @tinypinata505 5 годин тому

      @@rammelbroadcasting I really wanted to like them. Trust. Sadly it didn't work out that way.

  • @Dinadoesyoga
    @Dinadoesyoga 2 години тому

    I started The Blade Itself and dnfed after about 100 pages. I can see why people like it. It just wasn't for me.

    • @rammelbroadcasting
      @rammelbroadcasting  59 хвилин тому +1

      To each their own, I say. 🙂 I ended up enjoying the trilogy, but I'm still a little on the fence whether or not I really jive with Abercrombie's overall writing style.

  • @jackwalter5970
    @jackwalter5970 12 годин тому

    Most disappointing for me was The Night Guest by Hildur Knutsdottir. Overhyped and weird in a very bad way.

  • @jasonnelson6197
    @jasonnelson6197 2 години тому

    good content

  • @locolima279
    @locolima279 11 годин тому

    Just when I think "Man, I just don't agree with many of this guy's opinions!", you COMPLETELY redeem yourself with your The Talisman thoughts. Not a good read for me & Wolf was annoying.

  • @matthewmitchell9604
    @matthewmitchell9604 12 годин тому +5

    This guy doesnt even know what hes talking about. 😂 I do love the blade itself

    • @jackwalter5970
      @jackwalter5970 12 годин тому +1

      I DNFd it. It was not that great, IMO.

    • @rp7390
      @rp7390 12 годин тому

      So if you disagree, the person doesn't know what they're talking about? Lol. Touch some grass.

    • @matthewmitchell9604
      @matthewmitchell9604 12 годин тому

      @jackwalter5970 to each their own. I can see where people wouldn't like it. I think I read it at the right timing. Was what I was looking for at that moment

    • @matthewmitchell9604
      @matthewmitchell9604 12 годин тому +1

      @rp7390 I was quoting what he said in the video regarding the blade itself. Calm down, man.

    • @vinventure-hl1dt
      @vinventure-hl1dt 8 годин тому

      Same! And the ending of the trilogy still haunts me! This guy doesnt know what he is talking about!

  • @Ratzsa1
    @Ratzsa1 9 годин тому

    Oh easy. Rama II. And I only say that because I have yet to finish The Garden of Rama and I don't want to claim I have read that absolute trash until I have gotten through it properly.
    Rendezvous With Rama might seriously be my favourite "realistic" science fiction book I have ever read. It's near perfect in every way. So incredibly intriguing, everything is a huge mystery. And it ends without the reader even being able to really figure out the Ramans at all.
    Rama II is the opposite. The writing is terrible. The characters are terrible. The plot is terrible. The conclusion is terrible. And as you might have guessed, the next book in the series is terrible. It's almost as if it was written by a different, much worse author. Imagine that.