Gabby, worst books of the year is one of the first videos I saw when I discovered your channel and it cracked me up 😂. I was really looking forward to this one. Have a great Christmas!
Things We Do In the Dark got better when I switched to audio but it was disappointing compared to her others. I actually got to meet Jennifer this year and ended up taking Jar of Hearts for her to sign instead of the one she was talking about 😬
I am not exaggerating when I say my mouth fell open at Pallbearers Club being your number two!! I'm actually rereading it right now because I loved it so much when I read it the first time😅
I'm so glad I'm not the only one didn't enjoy Pieces of her, I tried three times to continue the book, but I had to stop around 100 pages in, like you I'm becoming more comfortable not finishing books that I'm hating picking up, I love this video series💞
Couldn’t agree more about “things we do in the dark” hillier mentions in her acknowledgments that with Covid, her kids, and life made this book her most difficult to write. Imo it really shows. Lack the intensity of her previous works. Hearing you mention amusement parks. To wash the bad hillier taste out of your mind. Please check out “Wonderland” by hillier. It’s one of her best.
Pieces of Her was def one of the worst books I read last year… the protagonist read like a teenager, but was supposedly mid thirties right and then her mom’s back story was sooooo convoluted
I love hearing about what books people thought were best and worst. Gives me a different point of view to think about if I had a difference of opinion. Helps me looked at a book through a different lens.
Not me having sad flashbacks the moment you threw up Things We Do In the Dark 🤣 Some of my least favorites were Things We Do In the Dark, The Pallbearers Club, and An Honest Lie 🫠
I watched all the hate Hide got on booktube and decided to give it a try. Loved it! Lol. I think because I was spoiled about so much I went in with low expectations and ended up really liking it.
I sort of want to read Pallbearers Club now after hearing about the strikethroughs & annotations--- Kayla loved it; you hated it. I have only read one book by Tremblay and had mixed feelings about it. Wonder how they handle the structure of the book in audio format.
Omg after all this time I felt like I was the only one who didn’t like every summer after. I tried giving it a chance and I dnf’d it after chapter 8 lol
I couldn’t even finish the pallbearers club. The only redeeming quality was the annotation style. Other than that it was garbage. But hands down the top two worst books I finished this year was my best friends exorcism and the house across the lake. The house across the lake made me so wildly irrationally angry when I finished it especially considering I have given every other sager book 4.5 or 5 stars including survive the night. I could probably post a 3 hour video ranting about how much I despised it.
I feel the same about Every Summer After. The reason they fell apart is obvious right away and I did not care about their feelings. They both deserved a lot less 😂
Gabby, I love your disclaimer that this video is not for authors. So true! I think we all should say that going forward. 🙌🏾 And Exorcist House?! Oh noooo! That's on my TBR for next year. Hope I don't hate it. 🙈 Also, Tank!!!!!! Just the cutest! Steals the show as always! 😍
Yes!! Every Summer After was one the worst books ever! I agree that twist towards the end made the couple irredimible! And also it’s straight up plagiarism. I only picked this up because I heard it was better than Love & Other Words I didn’t like that book either but thought I’d picked it up. But boy that was a mistake they are too much alike.
I’m pretty good about DNF books when I’m not enjoying them and I did DNF quite a few of your worse books of the year. I absolutely hated Lessons in Chemistry. Could not stand the main character. She got on my nerves so bad that I wished I could slap her, lol. I didn’t have very many five star reads. Daisy Darker and Hidden Pictures are two that come to mind I gave five stars. Wasn’t a great year reading wise. I think I may try to stay away from highly hyped books in the coming year. Seems like they are normally the most disappointing for me.
Omg I thought I was the only one who hated Lessons in Chemistry! I was excited going into it just based off the synopsis but DNF’d it 50 pages in. I felt like the main character was so bland and wasn’t interesting at all. I was very surprised to see that it has such high ratings!
Watching this made me realize for the first time that Things We Do in the Dark was supposed to have a twist. I liked the book but I didn't realize the "twist" was supposed to be a "twist" because it was obvious right away. Like, literally, right away. I assumed we were supposed to know. hahah.
Every summer after was a lot better than love and other words. Yes she made a mistake but she felt horrible afterwards and the twist was pretty obviously coming unlike LAOW where it was just thrown in last minute for drama.
I read PIECES OF HER when it came out (I believe it was in 2018) and I agree somewhat with what you said. Upon looking back I thought I was the only one who thought the book was boring. But your opinions kind of like brought back (revitalised?) my dislike for the book. Yes, it's bad. And I am not alone in thinking that. Thank you, Gabby.
Biggest disappoint for sure is Lightlark by Alex aster! This book was so hyped and I originally only bought the book for the beautiful overlays because I fell in love with the characters. But I didn’t even get them cause it was US only. The book was poorly written, things the author talked about in the book NEVER happened! Like she talked about romance and there wasn’t any! The characters were so superficial and we only got one character point of view which drove me wild!
Here's my worst books of 2022 Rhythm of war by Brandon Sanderson Toll the hounds Husband material Reaper's gale The regulators by Stephen king Cell by Stephen king From a Buick 8 by Stephen king A war of two queens by Jennifer l armentrout The bone orchard
i read my first Darcy Coates novel, The Carrow Haunt and the only reason i finished it is because i paid $17.00 for it. I'm not a Darcey Coates fan. Ending was very cheezie.
It wasn't my worst book of the year, but I was so disappointed in Daisy Darker (unpopular opinion, I know) because I love Alice Feeney. That book felt like my Everest haha.
I had to DNF Nine Lives because I was so bored 😅 After 3 (!!!) consecutive flops from Peter Swanson and only 1 hit, I think I’m writing him off as a one-hit wonder and really want to revisit The Kind Worth Killing because all his recent novels have not been it!!
Yea Hide and Dear Laura were not it for me. I actually read both of them because of how much you disliked those two and I wanted to know if I would feel the same. I didn’t hate them as much as you, but I didn’t like them.
Agree with dear Laura, I didn’t hate it as much as u I still had a good time reading it probably because of how short it was but I thought the same, it had such a great premise which just amounted to nothing ? The way it ended made me so mad like alll that that whole journey just for that?
Okay. I came here to say that I finished My Summer Darlings this morning and oh my god, no. Just no. It was the worst. It’s literally just three toxic friends getting drunk and obsessing over some dude for no logical reason.
My least favourite book of the year was Hooked by Emily McEntire but perhaps my most surprising/most controversial choice was Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter. I absolutely hated that book, it was too long, too predictable, it dragged, the characters were unlikeable and annoying, it did nothing new with the "dead spouse has a secret" trope. I do not understand how SO many people love that book. It was my first experience with Karin Slaughter and while it didn't completely turn me off of reading from her in the future, it makes me way less likely to make reading any of her other books a priority.
I think the worst book I've read this year is Woom by Duncan Ralston. It's extreme horror, but done very badly, in my opinion.. And I don't think you would enjoy it either!
The last housewife. Ggggg..that book. It make me feel gross, like I needed a shower for my brain to wash it out. I liked her previous book, so I was MAJORALLY put out by how crap that was.
My worst books I’ve read in 2022: - a good girl’s guide to murder (sorry, Gabby!) - a dowry of blood (again, sorry haha 😅) - the patient (AGAIN 😢) - beautiful world where are you - boy parts (THIS ONE FUCKING TAKES THE CAKE IT WAS SO FREAKING GARBAGE OMG) - things we do in the dark - pieces of her - black girls must die exhausted (I’m white but oh boi WAS I EXHAUSTED READING THIS BOOK, felt like forever even though it was only three days) - night of the mannequins (I just think it was super problematic) - we need to do something (because no JOKES ABOUT FARTING ARE NOT FREAKING FUNNY and the kid was just driving me nuts) Please don’t take it personally, I know you’ve loved/like most of these 🥰🥰 I’m happy these books have found their audience, I’m just sad I’ve wasted my time for them 😂
Watching Pieces of Her was absolutely horrible. Don’t waste your time, Peter Swanson…to me he is an overhyped author. When I read The Kind Worth Killing I figured it out almost immediately and found it boring. Never read anything more by him. Love Jennifer Hillier, but haven’t read her newest. Probably won’t based on your review. Great video!
Hey gabby reads I love your vlogs so much and please put a heart on this comment and I’m currently reading this book called the cousins by Karen McManus.
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Gabby, worst books of the year is one of the first videos I saw when I discovered your channel and it cracked me up 😂. I was really looking forward to this one. Have a great Christmas!
Aw that’s so sweet thank you!! ❤
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Things We Do In the Dark got better when I switched to audio but it was disappointing compared to her others. I actually got to meet Jennifer this year and ended up taking Jar of Hearts for her to sign instead of the one she was talking about 😬
“This book is my Everest!!” 😂
I am not exaggerating when I say my mouth fell open at Pallbearers Club being your number two!! I'm actually rereading it right now because I loved it so much when I read it the first time😅
I'm so glad I'm not the only one didn't enjoy Pieces of her, I tried three times to continue the book, but I had to stop around 100 pages in, like you I'm becoming more comfortable not finishing books that I'm hating picking up, I love this video series💞
Couldn’t agree more about “things we do in the dark” hillier mentions in her acknowledgments that with Covid, her kids, and life made this book her most difficult to write. Imo it really shows. Lack the intensity of her previous works. Hearing you mention amusement parks. To wash the bad hillier taste out of your mind. Please check out “Wonderland” by hillier. It’s one of her best.
I feel like I’ve heard the term “yuck your yum” so much the part few weeks lol.
Does any mine know where this phrase is coming form lol?
Pieces of Her was def one of the worst books I read last year… the protagonist read like a teenager, but was supposedly mid thirties right and then her mom’s back story was sooooo convoluted
I love hearing about what books people thought were best and worst. Gives me a different point of view to think about if I had a difference of opinion. Helps me looked at a book through a different lens.
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Not the Haunting of Ashburn House and The Pallbearer's Club being two of my fave books of the year 😅
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I forgot about Darcy Coates! The author is not for me-but I felt the liveshow for The Haunting of Ashburn House kind of made up for it! 😅
Very true haha that was a fun live show! 😌
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I am so looking forward to your best books video!!
Yeah so am I 😁
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Not me having sad flashbacks the moment you threw up Things We Do In the Dark 🤣
Some of my least favorites were Things We Do In the Dark, The Pallbearers Club, and An Honest Lie 🫠
An Honest Lie almost made this list for me too haha 😅
I watched all the hate Hide got on booktube and decided to give it a try. Loved it! Lol. I think because I was spoiled about so much I went in with low expectations and ended up really liking it.
Gabby, I literally laughed through your whole video. It was so entertaining! I loved it! ❤❤Judy❤❤
I sort of want to read Pallbearers Club now after hearing about the strikethroughs & annotations--- Kayla loved it; you hated it. I have only read one book by Tremblay and had mixed feelings about it. Wonder how they handle the structure of the book in audio format.
I felt like the only one who hated Every Summer After! My thoughts were nearly identical to yours
Omg after all this time I felt like I was the only one who didn’t like every summer after. I tried giving it a chance and I dnf’d it after chapter 8 lol
I couldn’t even finish the pallbearers club. The only redeeming quality was the annotation style. Other than that it was garbage. But hands down the top two worst books I finished this year was my best friends exorcism and the house across the lake. The house across the lake made me so wildly irrationally angry when I finished it especially considering I have given every other sager book 4.5 or 5 stars including survive the night. I could probably post a 3 hour video ranting about how much I despised it.
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Dear Laura ftw!!!! That book was ATROCIOUS! I read it last year and my god definitely one of my worst, easy 1 star on my goodreads
LOVE that sweater on you 😍
skipping the parts about books I enjoyed to protect my inner peace lmao I am loving this end of year videos tho! ❤️
and I completely agree about Hide!
I feel the same about Every Summer After. The reason they fell apart is obvious right away and I did not care about their feelings. They both deserved a lot less 😂
Gabby, I love your disclaimer that this video is not for authors. So true! I think we all should say that going forward. 🙌🏾
And Exorcist House?! Oh noooo! That's on my TBR for next year. Hope I don't hate it. 🙈
Also, Tank!!!!!! Just the cutest! Steals the show as always! 😍
Thanks Nakia!! I hope you enjoy the book more than I did 😌
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Yes!! Every Summer After was one the worst books ever! I agree that twist towards the end made the couple irredimible! And also it’s straight up plagiarism. I only picked this up because I heard it was better than Love & Other Words I didn’t like that book either but thought I’d picked it up. But boy that was a mistake they are too much alike.
I agree lol I didn’t like that book either 😢
I’m pretty good about DNF books when I’m not enjoying them and I did DNF quite a few of your worse books of the year. I absolutely hated Lessons in Chemistry. Could not stand the main character. She got on my nerves so bad that I wished I could slap her, lol. I didn’t have very many five star reads. Daisy Darker and Hidden Pictures are two that come to mind I gave five stars. Wasn’t a great year reading wise. I think I may try to stay away from highly hyped books in the coming year. Seems like they are normally the most disappointing for me.
This I have no clue why it’s so popular lol
Omg I thought I was the only one who hated Lessons in Chemistry! I was excited going into it just based off the synopsis but DNF’d it 50 pages in. I felt like the main character was so bland and wasn’t interesting at all. I was very surprised to see that it has such high ratings!
Watching this made me realize for the first time that Things We Do in the Dark was supposed to have a twist. I liked the book but I didn't realize the "twist" was supposed to be a "twist" because it was obvious right away. Like, literally, right away. I assumed we were supposed to know. hahah.
I’ve heard nothing good about Hide lol
I love Toni Collette, too, so I watched the adaptation. Your experience reading it sounds like my experience watching it. Lol
Every summer after was a lot better than love and other words. Yes she made a mistake but she felt horrible afterwards and the twist was pretty obviously coming unlike LAOW where it was just thrown in last minute for drama.
we both felt the exact same about every summer after and nine lives!! our minds🤝
I read PIECES OF HER when it came out (I believe it was in 2018) and I agree somewhat with what you said. Upon looking back I thought I was the only one who thought the book was boring. But your opinions kind of like brought back (revitalised?) my dislike for the book. Yes, it's bad. And I am not alone in thinking that.
Thank you, Gabby.
Urgh, Hide actually triggered a little depressive episode for me 😅 It took me 3 weeks to read it…
I’m looking forward to your 2022 favourites! ❤
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Love end of the year videos!! Will you be doing anticipated 2023 releases??
Yes it should be coming in early January!
Biggest disappoint for sure is Lightlark by Alex aster! This book was so hyped and I originally only bought the book for the beautiful overlays because I fell in love with the characters. But I didn’t even get them cause it was US only. The book was poorly written, things the author talked about in the book NEVER happened! Like she talked about romance and there wasn’t any! The characters were so superficial and we only got one character point of view which drove me wild!
These videos are therapeutic. Darcy Coates book troop book was ROUGH lol
I actually really liked Best Day Ever but I totally get what you're saying about it🤣. The male POV was such an ass.
I DNF when a book is failing me. No time to waste on mediocre or bad books. There are far too many good to excellent ones left to read.
Here's my worst books of 2022
Rhythm of war by Brandon Sanderson
Toll the hounds
Husband material
Reaper's gale
The regulators by Stephen king
Cell by Stephen king
From a Buick 8 by Stephen king
A war of two queens by Jennifer l armentrout
The bone orchard
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Pallbearers Club sounds pretty awful. Won’t be trying that one out
Pieces of Her was my FIRST Karin Slaughter. ☠️ I wasn't a fan either and it took me a long time to give her another chance..
Hide was my worst book of the year too! Gosh! I was sooooo disappointed with it.
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i read my first Darcy Coates novel, The Carrow Haunt and the only reason i finished it is because i paid $17.00 for it. I'm not a Darcey Coates fan. Ending was very cheezie.
It wasn't my worst book of the year, but I was so disappointed in Daisy Darker (unpopular opinion, I know) because I love Alice Feeney. That book felt like my Everest haha.
OMG! Tank is Soooo cute! The Pallbearers Club was my WORST book of the year!
Hide & The House Across the Lake topped my worst books of the year (though honestly they both could be most disappointing as well)!
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You look so pretty in that top 😍
Looking forward for best books you've read this year.
Just had to say you look so pretty today! That sweater and your hair…Beautiful!❤️
Thanks so much!! ❤
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I liked the Toni Collette movie. I mean it was no Muriel's Wedding, but for a Netflix movie- enjoyable enough.
"It's like watching grass grow" PLSSS 😂😂
side note, the nail colour is everything
I had to DNF Nine Lives because I was so bored 😅 After 3 (!!!) consecutive flops from Peter Swanson and only 1 hit, I think I’m writing him off as a one-hit wonder and really want to revisit The Kind Worth Killing because all his recent novels have not been it!!
When is your video of best books of 2022 coming up ???
Yea Hide and Dear Laura were not it for me. I actually read both of them because of how much you disliked those two and I wanted to know if I would feel the same. I didn’t hate them as much as you, but I didn’t like them.
Hide made my list of worst books, too. I agree it seemed very YA and I also have nothing nice to say about it 🤣 It could've been so great 😬
Agree with dear Laura, I didn’t hate it as much as u I still had a good time reading it probably because of how short it was but I thought the same, it had such a great premise which just amounted to nothing ? The way it ended made me so mad like alll that that whole journey just for that?
also omfg tank is such a chonker now i love him so much
I love your sweater where did you get it??? 😍
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Okay. I came here to say that I finished My Summer Darlings this morning and oh my god, no. Just no. It was the worst. It’s literally just three toxic friends getting drunk and obsessing over some dude for no logical reason.
I read a different book by kaira rounda and had a similar issue. She seems to love overdoing terrible characters.
My least favourite book of the year was Hooked by Emily McEntire but perhaps my most surprising/most controversial choice was Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter. I absolutely hated that book, it was too long, too predictable, it dragged, the characters were unlikeable and annoying, it did nothing new with the "dead spouse has a secret" trope. I do not understand how SO many people love that book. It was my first experience with Karin Slaughter and while it didn't completely turn me off of reading from her in the future, it makes me way less likely to make reading any of her other books a priority.
My top spot is tied between Nine Lives and a controversial one as many people loved it Comfort me with apples. I hated that book.
hi! can you please tell me where your top is from? thanks! ❤
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Controversial opinion but I absolutely hated the inheritance games by Jennifer Barnes and I also hated a good girl's guys to murder by Holly jackson.
You don’t find exorcisms scary? 😮 reading I understand, but watching? The Conjuring exorcism is terrifying. 😅
I love your shirt! Can you link it??
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I went on a 10 minute rant to my sister about how frustrating dear Laura was. Like oh my god what was the point?? Lol
I totally agree about Every Summer After and that THING that happened. Totally unforgivable and it just made me feel so angry!
"like he was sliding into third base" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think the worst book I've read this year is Woom by Duncan Ralston. It's extreme horror, but done very badly, in my opinion.. And I don't think you would enjoy it either!
the worst book I read this year was In My Dreams I Hold A Knife, still trying to flush the hot garbage flavour out of my mouth tbh
We Are the Light was my absolute worst read in 2022. So annoying. I wish I would have DNF’d it. It took me just over a month to read.
Pallbearers club was so 1990's for me. The vibe.
Lol tank hates laura lol😀
sorry again for Best Day Ever, we'll have to send you a new book to make up for it! lol
Omg haha y’all are too sweet no worries!! I very much appreciate you sending that book my way!! ❤
the pallbearer’s club was ROUGH
Tank is so sweet!
Dear Laura is also one of my worst books this year 😝
I have only read one Darcy Coates and wasn't a fan either.
Please tell me we are doing another WINTERWEEN?!
I didn't read Dear Laura, but I don't think ANYTHING could be worse than Nine Lives, girl. I really don't. lol
Worst. The locked door, my this may hurt, breathless, I’ll be you, and blood sugar. Top five
Ugh I totally agree about The Pallbearers Club. 😂 The characters were so pretentious and annoying
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Nine lives, the devil takes you home and In a dark dark wood are my worst books of the year!!
I’m amazed how many of these books on this list I’ve given 5 stars 😄🤭
I love the roast show though 🤣🙌❤️
That’s exactly how I felt about Hide!
The last housewife. Ggggg..that book. It make me feel gross, like I needed a shower for my brain to wash it out. I liked her previous book, so I was MAJORALLY put out by how crap that was.
My worst books I’ve read in 2022:
- a good girl’s guide to murder (sorry, Gabby!)
- a dowry of blood (again, sorry haha 😅)
- the patient (AGAIN 😢)
- beautiful world where are you
- boy parts (THIS ONE FUCKING TAKES THE CAKE IT WAS SO FREAKING GARBAGE OMG)
- things we do in the dark
- pieces of her
- black girls must die exhausted (I’m white but oh boi WAS I EXHAUSTED READING THIS BOOK, felt like forever even though it was only three days)
- night of the mannequins (I just think it was super problematic)
- we need to do something (because no JOKES ABOUT FARTING ARE NOT FREAKING FUNNY and the kid was just driving me nuts)
Please don’t take it personally, I know you’ve loved/like most of these 🥰🥰 I’m happy these books have found their audience, I’m just sad I’ve wasted my time for them 😂
Have you read Ill Will by Dan choan? Creepy strange challenging in a good way. Unlike anything else I've ever read!
No I haven’t 👀
Watching Pieces of Her was absolutely horrible. Don’t waste your time,
Peter Swanson…to me he is an overhyped author. When I read The Kind Worth Killing I figured it out almost immediately and found it boring. Never read anything more by him.
Love Jennifer Hillier, but haven’t read her newest. Probably won’t based on your review.
Great video!
Are you taking any hair vitamins cause your hair grows so fast and it's so beautiful
Thank you!! No I don’t take any hair vitamins
@@gabbyreads do you take a multivitamin or any kind of vitamins
"This book is my Everest!" xx
I hate regretting you by Colleen Hoover and the golden couple with everything inside of me
The worst books of 2022 for me were So Happy For You and The Housemaid.
By far. By so so very far. 😡
The Pieces of Her adaptation was boring as hell. Even Toni C couldn’t save it. It was slow death. Save yourself and don’t watch it.
It's so boring... It's like watching grass grow 🤣🤣
I was cry laughing through this whole video. so fun!
Hey gabby reads I love your vlogs so much and please put a heart on this comment and I’m currently reading this book called the cousins by Karen McManus.
I know it’s an old book but only just read it. A clockwork orange. Worst book of the year.
This made me laugh 😂😂
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