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I read a really popular book because everyone was raving about it and it was legitimately the worst book I’ve ever read. Really can’t trust hype sometimes
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Anonymous 4w

I KNEW it would be Sarah j mass because her writing is sooooo overhyped and (in my opinion) her plots are underplanned and poorly executed

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Anonymous 4w

Literally yes, this has happened to me twice thus far and I’m beginning to realize that people like shitty to low quality books these days with very low effort descriptions, character building, and very basic plot types. It’s genuinely hurting my soul when I’m in search of a genuinely good book

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Anonymous 4w

dang that’s too bad. i didn’t find TOG through popularity but through my aunt lol but i really enjoyed it and the rest of the series as well. though i will say if you didn’t like the first book, the second is probably the worst in the series. it does get better and better but again if you didn’t like the first then maybe don’t force yourself thru the rest lol

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Anonymous 4w

drop the book op

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Anonymous 4w

me when i read fourth wing and was stuck wondering why people love it so much...

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Anonymous 4w

I hate Sarah j mass

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Anonymous 4w

This is how I felt reading Sally Rooney

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. Absolute dogshit. I legit cannot believe it’s so popular

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

oh lmao so fair. It’s been a struggle to parse through hype to discover what I actually like (I actually didn’t mind tog (just the first one tho) simply because I’m a sucker for a good competition story, I hated the writing and couldn’t finish the series)

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

I think I was mostly let down by the premise versus the execution. A talented assassin participated in a deadly competition? Sigh me the fuck up! But in reality we don’t see barely any of the actual competition, it’s literally just her being a shitty person and just talking to people the entire time

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

exactlyyyyy. and she’s supposedly like the best assassin to ever assassin but she’s like. baffled by the concept of a cover story. and is constantly snuck up on. and has like zero survival instincts. like I feel like we were just always told she was an amazing assassin but never shown unless she was just OP in a fight yk?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

YES and also she literally never assassinated a single person ever in the entire series. Like literally what the fuck bro. Don’t call your main character an assassin if they’re literally not going to ever do it

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

This is how I felt about Fourth wing

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4w

Real. I’m too scared to read it because of both the hype and all the people hating it

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

It’s really bad. Like horrendous. And I went in WANTING to like it, and gave it so many chances. I feel like I never saw an editor’s desk

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

okay the thing about fourth wing is it’s like a fun time if you go in either willing to turn your brain off or wanting to make fun of the book. but only fourth wing. the rest of the series just makes me angry lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 4w

it likely never did see an editor’s desk. the editor credited, iirc, is the ceo of red tower (the publisher). they put iron flame on a rapid release schedule when it was clear yarros hadn’t even written it yet. red tower’s whole thing is minmaxing trends to achieve max profit. yarros didn’t even come up with the idea for fourth wing, they crunched the numbers on their little algorithm for the maximally trendy book and then shopped it around to authors to see who was willing to write it

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

Ok everyone is entitled to their own opinions but I’m genuinely shocked people don’t like throne of glass. Literally my fav series EVER….gave a tattoo of it.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 4w

Bro I’m more shocked that you did like it. I genuinely do not understand how. So tell me your secrets. How did you get through it?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

as someone who loves tog (it is my roman empire), there was no “getting through it”. i was legitimately hooked and loved it from the start. had no problems reading it at all

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 4w

though i think you have to just get over her personality. i was annoyed with her at first but she gets better and you’ll find out it was more of a persona

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 4w

Same

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