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.
This is a book I would have normally never finished. I could tell it wasn’t for me early on. But, it was a book club pick and was determined to finish it (I had to miss the previous meeting and didn’t get to finish the book, so I wasn’t repeating that).
What a mistake. I hated Fourth Wing, for all the reasons you said and more. But I did finish it, and thought at least we could have some decent discussion about it. Nope. Book club was dominated by the few who loved it just fawning over it, without any real discussion. Worst meeting I have attended to date, as nobody really discussed anything. Either people hated it and didn’t want to speak up (people don’t often talk too negatively about what we read), or were just gushing and wouldn’t shut up to let others talk. I finally got a word in during a question about the MC ands got daggers shot my way and was angrily replied to.
It has honestly made me think less of my club (no fault of the organizers, they try really hard).