Hey there everyone! I finished reading Saramago’s ‘Blindness’ a while ago and… I have to admit that I had to push myself through to finish it, much to the bafflement of many people who consider it a ‘masterpiece’. When I wrote its review, I pointed out how the written style was blocky and nearly a headache to read due to the lack of proper punctuation, paragraphs and so on.
But now I’m sort of curious, what sort of book you thought was ‘overrated’ and why?
I’m going to get downvoted for this but… Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. It was fine, if extremely cliche, but I was expecting much better from a book that’s currently rated 4.6 on GoodReads and I’m pretty sure was closer to 4.9 when I originally picked it up (there’s been some review bombing lately I think but I’m not touching that drama with a 10 ft pole). In my opinion, it really should have had the romance scenes toned down and been marketed as YA rather than adult.
After the first few pages I was sure it was her debut novel and was shocked to see in the back hardcover flap that she had written many books previously. One of my friends recommend it to me like 6 months ago and I still haven’t mustered up the strength to tell her I hated it 😅