I have two. The Ritual and Drowning.
The Ritual is pure smut. 61 chapters and every one contains a graphic, demeaning sex scene. I’m convinced the author was an adult film screenwriter and decided to try their hand at writing a novel. There isn’t a single likable character in this book.
Drowning isn’t a great work of literature. I felt that the characters were very two-dimensional. I hated how naive the author made the protagonist. It made me have a lack of sympathy for her. The ending was series finale of Dexter bad.
It wasn’t bad, but “Where the Crawdads Sing.” It was just very meh. I’ve read mostly good books this year so that was the worst.
Hating that book is r/books canon now.
I couldn’t get through it
I didn’t hate it, but I had just finished The Great Alone and it paled in comparison. Also, the audio narrator for Crawdads made her sound like a breathless idiot, and that colored my opinion.
My mother in law raves about this book and bought me a copy and everytime I see her she asks if I read it so we can chat about it and it just kills me. I’ve tried reading it twice and it’s just so blah and feels like a waste of time.
I really liked her descriptions of the natural world, her characters and dialogue…not so much
I’ve tried to get into this three times and just gave up in the end.
This was a 1 star hate read for me. I do not understand any of the hype. The characters were all so wooden and unbelievable. The whole thing was insubstantial and unrealistic. They may as well have given her superpowers.