Goodreads Most Read Books of the 2024 Reading Challenge! || Reviews

Hey Booktube, Goodreads came out with their "The Most Read Books of 2024 Reading Challenge so far" ( / the-most-read-books-of... ) and I thought it would be fun for me to review all the books I've read from each genre. Are the most popular books, the ones I would recommend? What's your review on these books?
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[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Have you read some of the most read books on Goodreads so far this year? Did you like them?

[@amritasengupta5251]

I enjoyed everyone in my family 😂.

[@nanimaonovi2528]

Sometimes it's fun having a popular book, good or bad, that everyone's read and can weigh in on. Books. So we can ignore politics and covid summer.

[@mehzanjavaid1404]

Yeah a few of them. You have good taste. I want to recommend a book to the family, "Balakote: Other Side of the Story". It's a must-read book to know the history of Kashmir.

[@voldy18]

I thought A Little Life was fine if a bit excessive with how much trauma one person has to go through until I found out that the author didn't do any research on mental health and that she doesn't believe therapy works if there's been done too much damage. And yeah, then the book made so much more sense. :/ Also how she - a straight woman - only writes books about gay men experiencing trauma is a bit... suspicious.

[@witchymary5246]

I was thinking the exact same thing, I need people to stop recommending this book...

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Oh wow... I didn't hear about that, that's awful :/

[@chellyfishing]

My feelings exactly, the more I learn about the author the more I realize she is actually a terrible human being with really horrible beliefs and especially speaking as a survivor of a lot of trauma I simply cannot approach her work in good faith.

[@xmilax96]

Oh no... i've been meaning to read it but i'd hear people say it was like... gratuitious trauma? Makes sense if the author is like that...

[@sointu1]

I agree! There's a KZbin video called "Euthanasia Fan Fiction" that really goes in-depth about this.

[@paolavalerop]

I was at the bookstore the other day (I live in Germany) and they were a lot of copies of "I who has never known men". I was searching for it for a long time, so I was super excited to finally find it! I spoke to the salesperson: she bought so many copies because of your channel! She readed it by your recommendation, and she recommended it to the person doing the inventory. So you definitely made some impact on those sales 😊

[@CarootCarrot]

I love this! Also the fact that one of our biggest book retailers includes reviews by their employees for popular books even in English on the website 🎉 they feel very genuine, too.

[@paolavalerop]

​@@CarootCarrot Thalía, right? I bought it there! The reviews are very organic, you know they read the books that they recommend. The salesperson was super excited to speak about the book and about Emily's channel.

[@rootingbranches]

Off topic, but the lighting of your videos has been so cozy lately!

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Thank you! Redecorating was a good idea, I need to finish the rest of the room!

[@BibiixMusic]

There's no way you didn't have anything to do with I who have never known men! I read it because of you and have made several friends read it since

[@AlexG-zd6bn]

Same!

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I'm so glad it's getting the hype it deserves!

[@bunnyoffate2559]

I also read it because of her lmao😭

[@martav1876]

You did great with I who have never know man,I’m from Poland and this book has been translated into polish first time this year. Pretty sure it’s thanks to you 😉

[@cat.book.nook.]

Oh, that's exciting! I'm a fellow polish reader, I'll probably read this book in English, but it's cool it's getting published here!

[@TAbs_00_]

Madeline Miller is putting out Persephone next! It's been on her website for at least two years without a release date but I am def buying on release day once it's here.

[@Chitownreader]

I am another person who read I Who Have Known Men because of you and I LOVED IT!

[@joanamgabriel]

I definitely read I Who Have Never Known Man because of you! And let me tell you it was amazing! ❤

[@VeraFran]

Yes, you did start the I who have never known men movement! I've never heard of that book before you mentioned it, recei and loved it and since then I've been seeing it appearing Booktuber videos. And everybody loves it. Everybody I recommend it to love it.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I wonder how the author would feel about her books becoming so popular years later!

[@deendrew36]

@@BookswithEmilyFoxshe should probably share her royalties! 😆

[@angelikakubaj8230]

Here for "Before the coffee gets cold" spoiler :) I need to know!

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

SPOILERS The female main character has known her whole life she would die if she had a baby… so she gets pregnant, decides to keep it and dies. Her husband then raised their daughter alone.

[@sostrs]

​@@BookswithEmilyFox I haven't read a single book written by a man this year (to avoid getting annoyed) and every time someone recommends this one I'm so tempted to read it because it sounds interesting but now I'm glad I haven't lol thanks

[@angelikakubaj8230]

@@BookswithEmilyFox 🤯🤯🤯

[@FabianRamoss]

@@BookswithEmilyFoxi knew that it had to do with pregnancy 💀

[@seeeeebs]

@@BookswithEmilyFox also kinda why i stopped watching house of the dragons after a scene in the first episode. never even finished the episode.

[@keithcuarteros9844]

11:12 Fun Fact: this recommendation of yours was what re-started my reading journey 🤓 and I now have 200+ books on my shelves 🙈

[@dragonrambles]

When you first read and reviewed I Who Have Never Known Men was the first I heard of it. I put it on my list to buy but it took until March this year to find a copy. I’ve read it twice since. And keep recommending it to my book club. Just did again on Friday night and was told that it is getting popular on booktube lately. I’m glad I read it before then as I generally avoid popular booktube books.

[@susieq2334]

The maid is a fun read; not a super mystery but Molly the maid is a funny character and I loved her.

[@tracieperez2629]

Same, I thought the character was actually funny. A lot of people seemed offended and felt the author did a terrible job but speaking extremely personally she got it right.. at least from my perspective.

[@emiliehoffmann21]

Which other booktubers do you like to watch, Emily? 😄

[@emilyreads5207]

I Who Have Never Known Men- I bought it recently at Barnes and Noble. I couldn't find it on the shelf, so I asked a store clerk where it was and be brought me right to the book without hesitation or checking to see ifnit was in stock. And I live in a more rural area. As for Farenheit 451- my guess in then popularity of it is not that people are reading it in school but people are reading it because of all the book bans/challenges in the U.S. makes it a timely book.

[@verucasalt4535]

Congrats on making people read I Who Have Never Known Men! I read it as well and gave it 5 stars. ❤❤❤

[@SnowFire990]

I definitely only got I who have never known men because of your recommendation, so maybe you did this 😅 and loved it obviously

[@mikalareads]

I really appreciate how you arent afraid to share your opinion even if you didnt love a popular book!!+ its so helpful when getting recommendations!!!

[@eeva4686]

I love that people just ignore the fact that Andy Weir wrote Artemis in between The Martian and Project Hail Mary :D

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

That book was not good... I hope he never writes another female character ever again lol

[@lucysomeone3455]

not a good book I do agree😅

[@nayeligonzalez4894]

Stumbled on your channel, love your honesty ❤

[@Taralovescoloring]

I read I Who Have Never Known Men 100% because of your recommendation. I really loved it, love that it’s finally getting it’s dues.

[@MichiruEll]

I loved all the lyrical books you mentionned. This is how you lose the time war was my favorite of 2023, Our wives under the sea was my second favorite, and I think so far Sea of tranquility is my favorite book of this year. So yeah, well identified!

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I feel like Piranesi is my exception! Similar vibes but for some reason that one I liked

[@elysec8726]

Yes we did this!

[@jacksonwright5145]

I just picked up I Who Have Never Known Men at the bookstore yesterday (because none of my local libraries had it!). Excited to read it!

[@michellelee03]

Absolutely you were the person who got me to read I Who Have Never Known Men and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since!

[@librocurious]

You 100% did that! I finally got to I Who Have Never Known Men because I found the audiobook for it. I also saw a couple of people on my Goodreads add it to their TBR after I read it so it continues to grow.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I didn't know they made an audiobook! Looks like it's from 2024 so it's definitely the hype that made it happen, that's crazy!

[@librocurious]

@@BookswithEmilyFox yes, on my audible it says releases in September of 2023 so brand new! They must have seen the hype you were giving it and knew it needed audio. 😉

[@deendrew36]

@@BookswithEmilyFoxyes! I “read” it on Audible a couple months ago.

[@reachchill]

finally someone else who thinks bunny was the bad kind of weird, I thought I was going crazy because everyone else seems to love it!!

[@StJimmyWhatsername1]

I'm so happy I who have never known men is getting the love it deserves! Read it last summer because of you, and have made almost all my friends read it afterwards. Definitely one of my favourites of all time now

[@margaretdyal1380]

The Midnight Library isn't fantasy. It's parable fiction. I hated it. It was too didactic.

[@KristianaCembre]

I found the ending offensive…I can’t say why without it being a spoiler, but argh! I still have a true hatred for this book, and I read it like 3 years ago.

[@alewb7294]

a little life didn't work for me because i felt it was kinda souless. like, all the pov's read the same and so i couldn't connect to the characters and that made me not feel anything about their struggles. also, it felt very forced that a single person had to go through all that trauma. it felt like it had no purpose other than make the reader go "ah poor baby."

[@fishbowlwoman]

Remarkably Bright Creatures was one of my least favorite books of last year. I liked the old woman and I loved the octopus, but there's another character not mentioned in the blurb who has more page time than either one of them, and I hated him, and I hated the ways in which everyone around him reacted to him. Your DNF was absolutely correct.

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

It's always reassuring to hear bad things about a book you couldn't finish lol

[@MichiruEll]

I just read Moi qui n'ai pas connu les hommes last week. Obviously because you recommended it so often.

[@sunflowersundry8147]

I felt the same way about Remarkably Bright Creatures!! Glad I am not alone. Unpopular opinion but I loved My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

[@jasmin2186]

As someone who works in a publishing adjacent field I really loved Yellowface. It was my first R. F. Kuang and really wanted to read her other works since!

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Definitely pick them up!

[@abbisaiya2797]

I've read: Fiction 6 of 12 Historical Fiction 7 of 12 Mystery 9 of 12 Fantasy 8 of 12 Sci Fi 4 of 12 Horror 10 of 12 Honestly I don't have any Want To Read on this list... I've read the ones that interested me and passed on the rest. Fun list!

[@zachreads]

I 100% think you are responsible tor I Who Have Never Known Men! I've seen at least 6 other booktubers specifically mention you as the reason they read it.

[@nonfictionfeminist]

Before the Coffee Gets Cold spoilers please! I've considered picking it up, but I also really really struggle with the sexism Japanese novels

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

SPOILERS The MFC has been told she wouldn’t survive childbirth. She gets pregnant, decides to keep it… and dies. She leaves her husband and baby without her.

[@nonfictionfeminist]

@@BookswithEmilyFox ............. Ugh

[@twotanksofcoffee]

That story ruined it for me too

[@dpier6]

I didn’t hate A Little Life, the writing is quite beautiful in places, but I felt a weird disconnect. I didn’t cry and I am definitely a crier 😂. Yes, these things happen to people, but do ALL these things happen to one person? It just seemed like a lot dumped on one person and it somehow distanced me from really feeling it.

[@mayh233]

I read i who have never known men because of you. I loved it. It was incredible.

[@SDFGReturns]

If you're interested in the theme of domestic abuse, I recommend See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence by Jess Hill.

[@christinacampbellbooks]

You definitely had an impact on making people read I Who Have Never Known Men. I'd never even heard of it until you recommended it. I absolutely loved it when I read it. And now it's so popular, it's brilliant ☺

[@robert3482]

I didn't really care for the four agreements but a lot of people definitely like it. I only read it on recommendation from real life friends who raved. I think it's just a right book at the right time read for some people so I missed most of the impact

[@bookishbgg]

I typed out twice huge comments with explanations, my thoughts of the books etc and accidentally deleted them so I'll just list some books I think you might enjoy because I can't go through this again lol mystery/thrillers: Claudia Pineiro - All Yours (Elena Knows is good, too) Gillian Flynn - Sharp Objects (The Grownups short story was enjoyable but I remember feeling the ending wasn't satisfying; Dark Places was good but Sharp Objects is better imo) Sarah Waters - Affinity Margaret Atwood - Alias Grace Auralee Wallace - Evenfall Witches books Claire Kohda - Woman, Eating (I'm not sure if you'll enjoy this so maybe check it out from a library if it sounds appealing) Parini Shroff - The Bandit Queens non-fiction: Alice Procter - The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story of the Art in Our Museums & Why We Need to Talk About It I want to know what you think about Gabor Mate's books, I think you mentioned that in a different video but yeah... I watched his interviews and have The Myth of Normal on my TBR. I also wrote out a review for My Year of Rest and Relaxation. I wanted to love this book, the cover is gorgeous but I gave it 2 stars. The ending was awful, felt really out of place. It felt inappropriate and too sentimental in a bad way. It felt icky and I remember my reaction was "Really?" The main character was insufferable and I get that she's mentally ill in a not pretty way and I shouldn't judge (saying this as someone with BPD which is often villainized etc) but she was mean, superficial and it was boring to read how often she self-medicated. Also, I Who Have Never Known Men - you've convinced me to bump this up my TBR.

[@eleanorhenderson9896]

I HATED the secret history which makes me so sad because it was so highly anticipated

[@judithhermis875]

I'm only a few minutes into the video, but you look lovely in red lipstick, @BookswithEmilyFox! Snow White vibes for sure!

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Thank you

[@daKal481]

I agree with you about Normal People, Tomorrow, T & T, and The Last Thing He Told Me - didn't like those. But I liked Lessons in Chemistry and The Measure. I preferred Happy Place to Book Lovers.

[@tracieperez2629]

I read "The Maid" and you know...maybe you love the book or hate it , but what I find interesting is the critiques on how she portrayed the main character. If we're saying "autism", then we should remind ourselves there is a spectrum, so in essence there could be someone who acts very similar to this, which makes me wonder if people just feel bad about not liking people who do act like this. Personally the character reminds me very much of someone I love dearly so honestly I feel offended by people expressing their distaste over the character as if they know how all people's personalities/ word choice's,etc. are. I personally think that they're just uncomfortable and mask it as protection of these "types of people". As a matter of fact one of the biggest challenges for myself is forgetting at times that my loved one is on the spectrum because it doesn't display every single second in everything they do because as far as the spectrum goes, they are considered high functioning. I know it can be hard but we really need to widen our friendship circles, meet more unique people that are different from ourselves.

[@panikiczcock2891]

I hated *that* storyline in "Before the Coffee..." so much 😬

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I know some people make that decision in real life but... I can't help but feel like it's selfish. Coming from a male author though... can't stand it.

[@carolinesch.]

Can you remind me which one? I read this a while ago and it was a really forgetable read so I dont remember

[@Calm_And_Peace_]

I have the same opinion of before the coffee gets cold. I did not read the other books in that series.

[@melissapalmer9140]

I just read A Little Life. I'm not sure how I felt about it....but it made me feel all the feels.

[@sirgnome]

Dune Part 2 rewrote my brain chemistry lol. It’s still my favorite movie of the year and I highly recommend.

[@nanimaonovi2528]

'Before the Coffee Gets Cold' was kicked out of Sci-fi as soon as the ghost showed up.

[@brigutierrez5249]

I don’t remember a ghost in it but I’ve only read the first one. Did I block something out?

[@nanimaonovi2528]

@@brigutierrez5249 If you don't return to the present before your coffee gets cold you become like the creepy ghost lady haunting the cafe. Remember? She squishes one of the characters who breaks a rule?

[@caitlin6810]

You wouldn’t like my year of rest and relaxation.

[@wetr3e]

I who have never known men- you totally did this just saw it here in London in bookshops under must read 🎉 I was rushing otherwise I would have totally taken a photo and shared with you

[@boodahlah]

I disagree that the Secret History is a murder mystery. Imo, there's nothing mysterious about the murder at all 😂

[@terricaudill7814]

I did really love demon copperhead. I listened to the audiobook though so maybe that helped since it's so long.

[@reneeannreads]

A Little Life and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow are on my DO NOT EVER READ list because both authors are not good people in their own ways and I do not want to support them ever, but I enjoyed a lot of these other books! Just not into supporting authors who are harmful

[@heididiaaz2174]

Oh no, I knew the author or tomorrow and tomorrow was a Zionist. What about the author of a little life?

[@Isabella-de7kv]

Could you explain a bit more?

[@carolinesch.]

​​@@Isabella-de7kvas far as I know a little lief the author didnt do any Research into any mental health stuff and said they dont believ therapy is a thing that does anything at all if you are past a certain degree with being traumatised. I think the other one is a zionist but there was also something else but I dont really know that as well

[@estherschnaidman1890]

The authors are not good people? I’m sorry , I don’t know what you mean by this comment. Please explain how they are harmful?

[@carolinesch.]

@@reneeannreads tomorrow tomorrow and tomorrow the book and author are said to be zionist, I havent read it so idk A little life, well the author in an Interview I think said that they didnt really do any Research into mental health and believe that if you are past a certain point, therapy doesnt work or does nothing to help, along those lines. And if your author is problematic these views can be put into the book even just a little and the damage is done or people just dont want to Support them then

[@msellenandrea]

I personally loved The Measure! I thought of it more as speculative than sci-fi so I wasn't disappointed haha

[@sararahtz8574]

You are the first booktuber ive found who actually reads like me. Everything that people recommend.."nope, put it down, didnt like it, really bad" 😅😅😅😅 everywhere i go i hear about the heaven and earth grocery store and i feel like something is wrong with me because its taken me 2 weeks to get thru 4 chapters.

[@aprilcupcakes]

I had to DNF Bunny. I agree that is was bad weird!

[@jennawar13]

You should read the bell jar! Weyward was definitely historical fiction it’s like 3 generations of women stories

[@badfaith4u]

I love books by RF Kuang and Emily Henry.

[@Meek0h]

Oh darn, the books I loved you hated and vice versa. Hehe sometimes our taste align, but I guess not today 🤭

[@meljstephan]

I liked the fact that the protagonist of The Last Thing He Told Me actually gave a shit about the kid I'm their care because one of my biggest pet peeves in a book is when there's kids but they have no impact on the story. That's just not how kids work

[@zachreads]

Lessons in Chemistry did just become my new best book of the year! I really liked Circe, but Song of Achilles was 2☆ for me (spoilers) The thing that destroyed SoA was I fell the author made Achilles gay to hide the fact he was a grapist in the myth which felt gross and dishonest to me. It's not as bad but it feels like ppl who dont want the history of racism taught in schools. In the myth he assaults Dediemia (who got pregnant from it), Briseis (who is his sl*ve), and Epixena is unalived so he could have her in the afterlife. There is plenty of ancent texts to back up him and Petroclis and other men having s*× but nothing to support him treating women well.

[@brennadavis8238]

I think you said you loved Other Birds, so I was surprised to hear you put down Remarkably Bright Creatures. They have such similar found family and cozy vibes to me!

[@Lottie842]

You should read The Power of Habit. It was the book that inspired Atomic Habits, and is so much better. It also comes off as more science based as opposed to self help. Loved it.

[@siennadunn115]

We have pretty similar tastes in books and I honestly HATEDDD My Year of Rest and Relaxation because I found it just infuriatingly mid and boring 😭 I’d be curious to hear what you think though!

[@skeletonkeybooks]

The Measure sounds like it would pair well with one of the Machine of Death anthologies.

[@shaylaatiles]

I gave My Year of Rest and Relaxation 1 star…

[@kristinamateo4389]

AtomicHabits and Circe ❤

[@orladdin]

the lil meow at 32:56 😻

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Clawdia has opinions too!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

A little life terrifies me 😂

[@lucysomeone3455]

omg I was reading both the cruel prince & the mistborn recently and I was like Cruel prince is so childish, it's trying to be more serious and cruel than it actually is, I just dont want read the second book (maybe I still will cause Its translated into my language and I can read it with less pain) and mean while the mistborn is so much better

[@phoenixwinter333]

I admire you so much for actually finishing books u don’t love I’d just put it down lmao ❤

[@deendrew36]

She does put a lot of books down too. Sometimes you feel like you just gotta know how the train wreck ends. Lol

[@jessika5297]

spoilers for june farrow if you want to know!! june's matriarch can travel between two timelines and they start to show signs of schizophrenia (not actual schizophrenia but it seems like it to everyone else) as they start to remember their life in the other timeline. theres a door that appears when they wear a specific necklace that takes them to the other TL but then can only cross three times so essentially they'll have to choose which TL is for them. essentially (grand spoiler) june's mom went to the other TL (which is like 50 years in the past) and got pregnant with june, takes june back to the present to be raised by grandma then when june goes back in time turns out that the grandma that raised her is actually her daughter LOL so weird

[@TheIchaLibrary]

Just finished The housemaid is watching! What did yall think of it?

[@eleanorhenderson9896]

I think the thing with goodreads is that each opinion is given equal weighting, and it’s a popularity contest. So books that are more accessible to all readers, eg fast paced, easy to read, short like The Housemaid will get a lot of reads whether it’s good or not. People who don’t read much are more likely to pick up average, fast paced books that they can easily get through than things with more literary acclaim.

[@eleanorhenderson9896]

That’s not to say that this applies to all people or that people who read less don’t have standards. I just mean that if you’re new to reading or don’t consider it a hobby, you’re probably going to pick a popular book that’s fast paced and easy to read

[@deendrew36]

I am 100% sure you have something to do with the revival of I Who Have Never Known Men. I read it; it was ok-ish for me. I think I need to know what happened. And if not what happened at the beginning, I need to know what happens in the end.

[@camiloflores1592]

I liked My Year Of Rest And Relaxation, it's not a favourite of mine tho, but I found it quite a quick read and kind of a resting place between more heavy reads But mind you, it's about an unlikeable and troubled protagonist going thru a bad mental health problem, and it's full of shitty people on her live. And at the same time the writing is quite funny and light (different from Lapvona, gladly) and I at least found it quite quick to read

[@barbaralemon4170]

My favorites are If We Were Villains and Babel. I couldn't get into Demon Copperhead for some reason.

[@jessika5297]

what scene in Ninth House did you not like? just curious! i feel like when it first came out everyone loved it then forgot about it haha

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

The graphic SA scene. I remember it coming out of nowhere and feeling gratuitous.

[@jessika5297]

@@BookswithEmilyFox i totally forgot about that scene! probably for good reason 😭

[@gabrielle6501]

Not exactly book-related comment, but speaking of cozy murder mysteries, you should check out (if you haven’t already) Miss Scarlet and the Duke tv show. This is one of my favourite series and I keep rewatching that from time to time.

[@kimbberghuis4307]

I'm neurodivergent and I really liked the character from the Maid actually. I always think people lie about The Secret History because I disliked that book so much. I don't understand the hype at all...

[@matt00794]

I loved yellowface I thought the ideas explored were really interesting and it was interesting reading that during the downfall of twitter. Now I don't even use the site anymore so the book is a reminder of the good and bad of the site/app.

[@mkstarrr3981]

I tried to read The Four Agreements. It started okay. Religion starts sneaking in about the 3rd chapter and soon it's very prominent. it's also very repetitive. I thought I could power through because it's such a short book, but I barely got half way. I DNF'd it, and I almost never dnf

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Yeah... I had a feeling it was going to be like that. I better not pick it up then :/

[@TeaDrinkingReader]

I read A Little Life and I could spot the issue a mile off yet none of the characters could figure out/guess what their best friend had gone through? Overhyped and overrated, I’m actually mad at myself for falling for the hype and buying 😂

[@CarootCarrot]

Bunny slowly starts to feel like the MC is schizophrenic and the plot felt like her POV about the psychosis

[@fatimasajid1026]

22:47: and I thought I was the only one lol.. rereading The Secret Life of Bees right now and wil pick this up after that lol

[@charliemalkin1451]

Are you aware that demon copperhead is a rewrite of David Copperfield

[@sakii_here]

Instead of The Body Keeps the Score, I would recommend going with When The Body Says No by Gabor Mate.

[@stacymartinez3178]

Good afternoon my dear friend

[@jenniferrobinson3957]

I think I've picked up Mistborn 3-4 different times and just cannot finish it. What starter Brandon Sanderson would you recommend?

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

Warbreaker! I talk about I more here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2qWknWFZpl1a9E

[@becklebooks]

I just finished The Body Keeps the Score and didn’t know the author had done questionable things. Noooooo! I will be googling. What a shame! I also have no idea why Sarah J Maas is so popular. I tried reading so many of her books and they didn’t stick. I can’t escape them, I see someone reading a SJM book every single day on the train and I want to intercede and save the person every time and reassure them that better books exist. 😂

[@Shelf_Improvement]

I find that I need to stay away from the hype because it raises my expectations and I'm already too critical😂

[@icecat4823]

😂I also wondering if people like those books just because their popularity.

[@anavargas2837]

Just here to warn you not to read The Fourth Agreements, very spiritual and not worth it in my opinion sadly

[@BookswithEmilyFox]

I had a feeling it was 😭

[@cori4727]

I actually liked the later books in the Throne Of Glass series, but I will never get over that one scene with the chocolates. How did none of the editors say anything??

[@Alyssa-ux5st]

I have to agree that The Housemaid wasn't very well written (I even ranted to my husband about how formulaic it was and how it almost exactly copied the setup of one of her other books that was already accused of being a verbatim CoHo knockoff), but I actually really enjoyed it as a popcorn book! I think it's mostly just because the twist ended up better than her other books that make the women feel weak and incapable. It might also very well be that I'm pregnant and absolutely do not have the mental capacity to read more well written books lol.