I’ll go with the low-hanging fruit: Mein Kampf. I’ve read it, cover to cover. As a piece of propaganda, it’s good. As an example of good writing? Absolutely not (though I will admit I have only read it in translation). Oh, and the whole fascist, racist, and generally shitty worldview of the author that he infuses into the text. And the fact that the author is literally Hitler. You 5-star that book? You’re a Nazi. Period. And as a Jewish person, I don’t look too kindly on them.
At least you didn’t name Brandon Sanderson - you would have upset a lot of people.
I was looking for this one.
As a casual Sanderson fan, I see far more people trashing his work and complaining about his fans on this subreddit than I do posts or backlash from said fans.
I’m reading Mistborn and it’s my first of his and while it’s far from my favorite book, it’s a lot better than reddit would make it sound… I saw someone saying that all the good characters only do good things and that everybody only has one trait and it made me wonder if some people who shit on it have even read it.
How I explained Sanderson to my Dad when he was retiring and really getting into audiobooks, was he has insane work output and writes 3 - 4 star books, but that it was extremely unlikely he would ever write a book that was claimed to be the greatest book in its genre.