Quite honestly I can’t stand only a few books that I’ve read, recently The Awakening by Nora Roberts.
Holy crap, do I reallllyyyyy want my money back. I was bored. So. Bored. The magic system was subpar, the characters just….ew, everything was so, so boring. The MC is an idiot.
What book is a zero star read for you?
Fourth Wing. “Adult/New Adult” my ass, that book was poorly written YA in literally every aspect besides the two multi-page sex scenes.
Im « currently » reading it. Been stuck at chapter 10 for days, dont know if ill continue.
I find the MC, Violet, very very annoying. Why is she swearing every other page like some kid who just learned swear words ? Same for Xaden, just insufferable.
The author tries to creat tension between them but its just dumb ? If someone claims they want to kill you, what are they waiting for? Instead its just smirks and pseudo mysterious quotes.
Bleh
But he’s hOt!!
The fact the love interest is named Xaden with an X speaks volumes to the “quality” of this book 🤦🏽♀️
I would DNF it! You’re really not missing much, I promise. If you feel this way now it only gets worse.
Oh lord
Im « currently » reading it. Been stuck at chapter 10 for days, dont know if ill continue.
I find the MC, Violet, very very annoying. Why is she swearing every other page like some kid who just learned swear words ? Same for Xaden, just insufferable.
The author tries to creat tension between them but its just dumb ? If someone claims they want to kill you, what are they waiting for? Instead its just smirks and pseudo mysterious quotes.
Bleh
A family member insisted I read this one because I love series like GOT and LOTR. She said it was her new favorite book. Honestly the only thing more insufferable than the writing was that I listened to the Audible version and the narrator had a head cold. The whole experience was miserable and I’m mad at myself for forcing myself through it.
Aaah I can not think of two books more different than each other. Absolutely Tolkien is rolling in his grave at the comparison. I’m jealous of the people telling me they DNF’d honestly. I should have known better.
I had a very similar experience with friends who knew I liked GOT and LOTR assuming I would like this too! I was feeling genuine rage towards the book by the end, like how could people think I would like this?? Lol.
Some of the world did sound cool to me, but the way the information was dumped with Violet reciting it when she’s nervous was sooooo silly and cringe to me. The dialogue was terrible and took me out of the fantasy setting entirely. And the romance was a huge nope from me, like she genuinely believes this guy wants to murder her but she can’t stop thinking about f***ing him? What?
Omg I got the audiobook too! I DNFed it because she also sounds super young and the whole thing made me uncomfortable and annoyed
I thought it was just me who hated the narrator, she seemed like she hated reading the book 😂
The Fourth Wing series is the Shein of books imo
This is amazing lmao
This is golden. I want to print it on a shirt and wear it to a chain bookstore
The Fourth Wing series is the Shein of books imo
A family member insisted I read this one because I love series like GOT and LOTR. She said it was her new favorite book. Honestly the only thing more insufferable than the writing was that I listened to the Audible version and the narrator had a head cold. The whole experience was miserable and I’m mad at myself for forcing myself through it.
Omg thank you. Everyone I know loves it so I was pumped to get it from the library. About ~20 minutes into the audiobook I had to stop, I was so put off by the YA style for what is supposed to be general adult audience. I love YA fiction but I wasn’t expecting it and it was not great. I thought the world was interesting but the writing and dialogue sucked big time. Glad I bailed early and didn’t waste more time.
You’re lucky haha! I also borrowed from my library though which I am so grateful for. I would have been furious if I had actually spent money on this book.
Omg thank you. Everyone I know loves it so I was pumped to get it from the library. About ~20 minutes into the audiobook I had to stop, I was so put off by the YA style for what is supposed to be general adult audience. I love YA fiction but I wasn’t expecting it and it was not great. I thought the world was interesting but the writing and dialogue sucked big time. Glad I bailed early and didn’t waste more time.
My fiancèe was into it and thought I would like it because it was a fantasy setting. Holy shit it has some of the worst dialogue I’ve ever read. I quit after 100 pages. It felt AI generated it was so bad.
My fiancèe was into it and thought I would like it because it was a fantasy setting. Holy shit it has some of the worst dialogue I’ve ever read. I quit after 100 pages. It felt AI generated it was so bad.
THANK YOU
I have been telling everyone in my life it’s read like two high schoolers who just learned how to cuss
The world building is decent and the dragons are cool but I don’t get why these books are so popular. I see them recommended as “spicy” books in my mom groups too?? Like hello? Did we read the same book? It’s like reading about two 18 yr olds screwing maybe 3x in the book. Spicy where?!
So juvenile 🤮
THANK YOU
I have been telling everyone in my life it’s read like two high schoolers who just learned how to cuss
The world building is decent and the dragons are cool but I don’t get why these books are so popular. I see them recommended as “spicy” books in my mom groups too?? Like hello? Did we read the same book? It’s like reading about two 18 yr olds screwing maybe 3x in the book. Spicy where?!
So juvenile 🤮
Right, honestly if you had told me the characters were 16/17 I would have believed it.
THANK YOU. I thought it was terrible. The main character is such a poor self insert for the author.
The mystery illness is clearly EDS (which the author has) and the school is a blatant copy paste of USMA-WP with some dragon fan art taped up (the authors husband went there).
Rated 4.6/5 on Goodreads and 95% like this book on Google Search. I think MAJORITY of people like reading this book.
I’m convinced that most of the people who like it have never read a single decent book before
Read it and see how you feel about it!
I mean this doesnt invalidate how the commenter feels about this book
THANK YOU. I thought it was terrible. The main character is such a poor self insert for the author.
The mystery illness is clearly EDS (which the author has) and the school is a blatant copy paste of USMA-WP with some dragon fan art taped up (the authors husband went there).
Rated 4.6/5 on Goodreads and 95% like this book on Google Search. I think MAJORITY of people like reading this book.
Whenever a book is labelled as “new adult” it really just means “YA but I wanted to put smut in it so had to bump the age range up so it wasn’t too weird”
This is so spot on.
Whenever a book is labelled as “new adult” it really just means “YA but I wanted to put smut in it so had to bump the age range up so it wasn’t too weird”
I’m glad I came across this. Fourth Wing was high on my list of books I wanted to buy/borrow from a library.
This is the worst book I’ve ever enjoyed. The dialogue is horrendous. The characters are insufferable. The love story is every toxic teenage trope combined. I full-body cringe through the repetitive prose of the incredibly graphic and extended sex scenes.
And yet, I keep reading because I enjoy the plot. It’s a good idea by a terrible writer.
Facts. Iron Flame was worse. Will definitely read the 3rd one though.
Agreed, but same.
Thank you! My friend is obsessed with this book but the writing is awful! And the plot is middle school level at best. I didn’t even get to the sex scenes, I stopped at chapter five. I do not understand why this book is getting so much hype!
In the middle of reading Iron Flame and yeah, they both are pretty poorly written. It’s just not that good and I don’t understand the hype
James Tullos is that you?
I’ll probably read it but I’ve noticed those that really love that book are huge CoHo fans too.
Booktok strikes again.
I truly don’t understand the insane love for that series. People on Bookstagram and Booktok are crazy about it.
I keep saying I’m convinced it was written using AI to see if we as a society are dumb enough to fall for it.