I agree with you about The Maid. In my case I was told it was an Agatha Christie style murder mystery… It’s not. Not at all. Christie is famous for giving you all the clues and then everything falling into place at the end. This book did none of that. The only reason there was a mystery at all was because the MC withheld information until the very end. So annoying.
I am actually stunned that so many people like the Love Hypothesis. It was so shallow and the mc acted like she was 16 and not an adult. I really tried to get into it, but could not.
For me, it's between. The execution, writing style, plot, that one SA scene which it's just ignored, the FMC sitting on the MMC's lap in a talk, the MMC being boring and just "huge", that one b00b scene, and PhD level students acting like children are kinda the turned off for me. But on the other side, I like the science-y themes and jokes being used, and there are times when some scenes are quite cute, imo. It's kinda like a "good trash" read for me😂
from my personal experience, sometimes someone that's super smart intellectual might be less emotionally intelligent. So I could buy that aspect of super smart people acting like middle schoolers emotionally... but execution of story was my issue with the book.
The Ruins by Scott Smith - DNF'd it twice. His overuse of 💩 🩳 to show how scarred the characters were was just too much for me. It now sits in the Goodwill pile
the main character in disorientation is an exaggeration of model minorities. satires aren't for everyone bc they're supposed to be ridiculous in order to point out how our reality is ridiculous as well
yeah, apparently i just dont like satires that much🥸 i noted that i appreciated the discussions within the story, which is why i didn't rate it lower...but the way it was written just wasn't for me🫣
The book that was so hyped that just completely fell flat for me was The Starless Sea. It had SO much potential and I was invested until the end and then, for me, it just had the worst ending-so unbelievable. I just couldn't. I was so disappointed. I don't understand the love for that book.
I felt the same way about When Women Were Draggons. I was really looking forward to this book. I felt like it was trying to be deep and tackle larger social parallel issues but it lost me. I wish there was more details about the aunt, mom and other side characters. I was not entertained and felt stupid reading it
I personally loved Comfort Me With Apples even though the "twist" was pretty easy to recognize. I just enjoyed the journey and the writing. It's a book that I appreciated as a short story that took about two hours to read, and I do not think it would have worked as a full-length novel. So many of my least favorite books of the year were least favorites because they were simply too dang long. I kept thinking "where are your editors? why are they not cutting any of this out?"
Also hated Good Girls..Murder. The writing felt so much younger than YA even, and the plot felt like it was taken from I Know What You Did Last Summer.
i loved starsight but i totally understand what was said about it. I think some pretty popular books i read that i didnt like this year was Truly Devious, The Martian, and The song of Achilles
I really went into Daughter of the Moon Goddess thinking it would be like Empress of All Seasons which I really enjoyed and it was so boring. It just felt really tepid
Daughter of the Moon Goddess was also on my list of worst books of the year. Let’s just only talk about our major plot points and skip any and all character exploration…
You should read Skyward Flight by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson, it's 3 short stories about what the rest of the crew is up to during Starsight.
i think this is the first video talking about disorientation that i've seen that actually discusses the plot LMAO i had no idea it was about a college student writing a dissertation about a chinese poet like every mention of it was alway like "hey jsut read it" and its like?? but what is it about tell me more lmao anyways appreciate your depth even with you avoiding major spoilers the anime cosplay thing made my physically cringe wow
I am like that with my rating stars too! I am too generous with my stars because honestly writing and publishing a book is a huge accomplishment in itself. I’m trying to be more critical going forward … but not sure if I can promise I will be!
I loved it I now wonder if I like it because I’m a new reader so the speed suits me 😂 I’ve not read a slow burn yet I can’t imagine not being bored though x
The Nature of Witches annoyed me mostly because it was supposed to be a statement about global warming. Done badly. But also I just don't care about witches with every type of magic and it feels like in books they always give them all these different kinds of magic in one body and it makes them feel overpowered.
Everyone loved the nature of witches and I just didn’t get it. Nothing happened so boring. People just loved the cover and I’m convinced that why so many people liked it
Wonder if I'm gonna find my book (or one of my books, as I'm releasing my follow-up to my debut novel in June) on your worst of 2023 list? Here's hoping I don't!
The Maid was...not good. And I don't even feel like it was that good in terms of neurodivergent rep because I felt like the main character often felt like the butt of the joke throughout the novel. I did love AGGGTM though haha.
I also hated ‚Comfort me with apples‘. I gave it 1 star. It was sooo disappointing and the ending made me mad. It felt like it tried to be like the movie ‚Mother‘ with Jennifer Lawrence (which I also hate). Ugh. Can’t say more without spoiling. One I also hated was ‚Hide‘ by Kiersten White. It had so much potential. The setting would’ve been so cool but the worldbuilding lacked. To many characters who don’t matter get thrown at the reader and the twist was lame. It got 3 from me but everytime I think about it, I give it a lower rating lol
I agree with you about The Maid. In my case I was told it was an Agatha Christie style murder mystery… It’s not. Not at all. Christie is famous for giving you all the clues and then everything falling into place at the end. This book did none of that. The only reason there was a mystery at all was because the MC withheld information until the very end. So annoying.
I did NOT like The Love Hypothesis... Couldn't buy into these super smart people acting like middle schoolers 🤷🏻♂
It's such a controversial book. I personally loved it because it was so cheesy and cringey but I absolutely get why so many people don't.
I am actually stunned that so many people like the Love Hypothesis. It was so shallow and the mc acted like she was 16 and not an adult. I really tried to get into it, but could not.
For me, it's between. The execution, writing style, plot, that one SA scene which it's just ignored, the FMC sitting on the MMC's lap in a talk, the MMC being boring and just "huge", that one b00b scene, and PhD level students acting like children are kinda the turned off for me. But on the other side, I like the science-y themes and jokes being used, and there are times when some scenes are quite cute, imo. It's kinda like a "good trash" read for me😂
YES!! ABSOLUTLY, how can people act so immature and annoying
from my personal experience, sometimes someone that's super smart intellectual might be less emotionally intelligent. So I could buy that aspect of super smart people acting like middle schoolers emotionally... but execution of story was my issue with the book.
Gasp! A Good Girls Guide to Murder?! Nooo!! Lol. I agree about The Maid. It was a cozy mystery that was okay but didn't deserve to win that award
Your hair style is so cute! Daughter of the Moon Goddess has been on every worst books of 2022 video I've seen! Every. Single. One.
The Ruins by Scott Smith - DNF'd it twice. His overuse of 💩 🩳 to show how scarred the characters were was just too much for me. It now sits in the Goodwill pile
Off the top of my head I think my worst book of the year was Survive the Night by Riley Sager lol
the main character in disorientation is an exaggeration of model minorities. satires aren't for everyone bc they're supposed to be ridiculous in order to point out how our reality is ridiculous as well
i didn't even realize that ppl obviously wouldn't understand the dilemma of minorities in academia
yeah, apparently i just dont like satires that much🥸
i noted that i appreciated the discussions within the story, which is why i didn't rate it lower...but the way it was written just wasn't for me🫣
I am so glad someone else didn’t like the maid!! I saw so many people love it and I’m like…how?
unrelated but this is the first time I've come across your channel and I need to say you're so beautiful! your nose is so prettyy
The book that was so hyped that just completely fell flat for me was The Starless Sea. It had SO much potential and I was invested until the end and then, for me, it just had the worst ending-so unbelievable. I just couldn't. I was so disappointed. I don't understand the love for that book.
I felt the same way about When Women Were Draggons. I was really looking forward to this book. I felt like it was trying to be deep and tackle larger social parallel issues but it lost me. I wish there was more details about the aunt, mom and other side characters. I was not entertained and felt stupid reading it
I personally loved Comfort Me With Apples even though the "twist" was pretty easy to recognize. I just enjoyed the journey and the writing. It's a book that I appreciated as a short story that took about two hours to read, and I do not think it would have worked as a full-length novel. So many of my least favorite books of the year were least favorites because they were simply too dang long. I kept thinking "where are your editors? why are they not cutting any of this out?"
Haha I love a good girl’s guide to murder read all three 😂
The third one was SO GOOD
I didn't love To Sleep in a Sea of Stars either. The story would have been so much better of it was 50% shorter. 😬
Also hated Good Girls..Murder. The writing felt so much younger than YA even, and the plot felt like it was taken from I Know What You Did Last Summer.
I definitely 5 starred both The Nature Of Witches & To Sleep In A Sea of Stars! But, I still love you! 🤣
i loved starsight but i totally understand what was said about it. I think some pretty popular books i read that i didnt like this year was Truly Devious, The Martian, and The song of Achilles
I really went into Daughter of the Moon Goddess thinking it would be like Empress of All Seasons which I really enjoyed and it was so boring. It just felt really tepid
Daughter of the Moon Goddess was also on my list of worst books of the year. Let’s just only talk about our major plot points and skip any and all character exploration…
EXACTTLLLYYYY!!
I thought The Maid was a cute little cozy mystery, didn’t love the ending tho 😂
You should read Skyward Flight by Brandon Sanderson and Janci Patterson, it's 3 short stories about what the rest of the crew is up to during Starsight.
i think this is the first video talking about disorientation that i've seen that actually discusses the plot LMAO i had no idea it was about a college student writing a dissertation about a chinese poet like every mention of it was alway like "hey jsut read it" and its like?? but what is it about tell me more lmao anyways appreciate your depth even with you avoiding major spoilers the anime cosplay thing made my physically cringe wow
im listening *to sleep in a sea of stars* right now; i’m about 17% i’m and i’m enjoying it right now but let’s see
I am like that with my rating stars too! I am too generous with my stars because honestly writing and publishing a book is a huge accomplishment in itself. I’m trying to be more critical going forward … but not sure if I can promise I will be!
Totally agree with daughter of the moon goddess! The progression was wayyyy too fast
I loved it I now wonder if I like it because I’m a new reader so the speed suits me 😂 I’ve not read a slow burn yet I can’t imagine not being bored though x
Me skipping the last few books you review bc I really want to read them lmao.
I am so damn darn happy that Comfort Me With Apples is on this list. I couldn’t stand it. Woof!
😅 I actually added 2 books off this video nightbitch & Chouette
Just found you and subscribed to your channel off the strength of this list. 👍
Omg the books on this list!!!!!!! I'm so shocked
disorientation was my favourite book of the year 🫣 i was pleasantly surprised
i love insufferable characters and satire books though i know that’s not for everyone
I agree with Good Girls Guide. Over hyped af.
The Nature of Witches annoyed me mostly because it was supposed to be a statement about global warming. Done badly. But also I just don't care about witches with every type of magic and it feels like in books they always give them all these different kinds of magic in one body and it makes them feel overpowered.
Agreed about The Maid...
i love how this video is 20:23 long
Not a good girls guide to murder!!! 😂
I take personal offense! 😠
Omg I'm so kidding 🤣🤣🤣
The worst book I read (dnf) last year was A little life. Actually, it´s one of the worst books I´ve ever attempted to read. I just HATE it so much.
Everyone loved the nature of witches and I just didn’t get it. Nothing happened so boring. People just loved the cover and I’m convinced that why so many people liked it
Wonder if I'm gonna find my book (or one of my books, as I'm releasing my follow-up to my debut novel in June) on your worst of 2023 list?
Here's hoping I don't!
Anyone else was distracted by the dog in the background lol
Avi is the show 💅🏼
I DNFd The Nature of Witches 😅
as i should have hahahaha
To sleep in a sea of stars is definitely not a you thing. It was a terrible, sexist book. I hated it.
The Maid was...not good. And I don't even feel like it was that good in terms of neurodivergent rep because I felt like the main character often felt like the butt of the joke throughout the novel. I did love AGGGTM though haha.
Hard same with skyward and the maid !
But anyway I take full offense see you later sk8r
What the maid I loved it . But hated the rest
Fellow Law & Order:SVU addict 😅 #Stabler&BensonForever
I also hated ‚Comfort me with apples‘. I gave it 1 star. It was sooo disappointing and the ending made me mad. It felt like it tried to be like the movie ‚Mother‘ with Jennifer Lawrence (which I also hate). Ugh. Can’t say more without spoiling.
One I also hated was ‚Hide‘ by Kiersten White. It had so much potential. The setting would’ve been so cool but the worldbuilding lacked. To many characters who don’t matter get thrown at the reader and the twist was lame. It got 3 from me but everytime I think about it, I give it a lower rating lol
Lmaaooo chouette 🤣
I DNFd A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, couldn’t get into it, didn’t like the formatting, just a nope for me!
Some controversial opinions in this one 😂😂