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.
I DNFd Blood and Gold by Anne Rice because there was way too much pedo shit from the main character and after the phrase “her baby woman skin” I literally could not anymore.
The most frustrating ones that I powered through were
It Rides a Pale Horse by Andy Marino because it could have been good but it was so crammed full of pop culture references and the horror was meh.
The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec because it just felt so much like Marvel’s Loki fan fic and the narrative style was absolutely grating to me.
The Great Gatsby was literally a bunch of rich people getting drunk, cheating on each other and complaining.
The ones with the worst writing were
A Wolf so Grim and Mangy by Caroline Noe.
Hunter by Mercedes Lackey
The ones I feel duped for having read thinking they were going to be so good
A Study in Drowning