These books aren't BAD they're just OVERRATED!

[@enlightmentxv1548]

*takes Hyperion out* Raise the pitchforks "I mean the Cantos as a whole" Lower the pitchforks

[@j.p.lovecraft1826]

Every book is overrated to the people that didn’t like it

[@anonymes2884]

This. Times, like, a million :).

[@kevinkelley3906]

Actually you're not wrong

[@Nevyn515]

Immediately eleventy books came to mind, and then just mentally shrugged and just agreed with you.

[@jackwalter5970]

I couldn't get into The Blade Itself at all. Also, I think all of Murakami is greatly overrated.

[@rammelbroadcasting]

@jackwalter5970 As much as I love Murakami, I completely understand why you would say that.

[@Archonsx]

every time girls hype up an author, they are always overrated, sanderoson is perfect example of overrated

[@AnonymousAnonposter]

Murakami, Stephen King and Brandon Sanderson. I read them, I like some of their books, but some people refuse to accept criticism on any of them.

[@AugustusStephens]

I agree with you on Murderbot Diaries. I've read All Systems Red and gave it 3 otu of 5 stars. It was OK, but the pacing was all wrong. It hasn't stopped me buying the next 2 books in the series though, maybe it will improve (hopefully)

[@LaviathnGames]

I hope the series improves for you. I really love it. Always eager for the next book. I read so much hard science fiction, Murderbot is a nice break😂

[@ladystoneheart8155]

Okay, I’ll say it for you. “Dark Matter” is a bad book. Just terrible. Cliched, stilted, and thoroughly dumb

[@JVF5793]

YES!

[@Yashanand56]

Me - didn't read a single book on the list Also me - raises pitchfork after the name of the book I have heard many times comes

[@nathanielvalla6142]

I'm honestly having this experience with the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series. Like it's solid, it just not the greatest

[@scaper8]

This is something I've struggled with. I love British science fiction, I really like British humor and comedy. But when they're mixed together? It just never seems to gel for me. I have the same problem with _Red Dwarf,_ it just does not land.

[@anonymes2884]

I mean, on the "big list of stuff that's subjective", humour has to be at or near the top so I suspect it may split opinion more than many things. (FWIW, I find HHGTTG to be good but not utterly fantastic, funny but a bit cynical and personally prefer the _other_ great British SF&F humorist, Terry Pratchett. And re: Adams' stuff, "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" is better IMO. In case it matters BTW - I suppose as defence against charges of "You don't get it" - i'm _from_ the UK, where we just call "British humour", y'know, "humour" :)

[@LaviathnGames]

I look at this as more comedy with Sci Fi elements. It’s stupid funny. And if you like stupid funny, it’s great.

[@teccie]

I had this with Terry Pratchett. Hhgttg is one of my all time favourite books, and I love British humour, but the couple of Pratchett books I read were very underwhelming to me. Sometimes pretty funny, but not much more.

[@AwkwardFaceHugger]

Interesting! I just finished "Recursion", my very first book by Blake Crouch. I really liked it and was considering what to read next from him and decided to go with "Wayward Pines" instead of "Dark Matter", just because I like the premise of it more and DM is a bit too overhyped! 😁

[@gregbishop4145]

I found myself wishing Dark Matter would end about halfway through the book.

[@tasosalexiadis7748]

I don't consider the Endymion books part of the Cantos :). But Hyperion with Fall of Hyperion is my number #3, they tell a complete story without needing the Endymion books.

[@bluetycoon7]

Haven't finished the video yet, but I'm already on board with your Dark Matter pick. Really didn't like it. Was going to write off Blake Crouch, but I might check out Wayward Pines if it's that much better.

[@rammelbroadcasting]

@bluetycoon7 Well, it was definitely better than dark matter, that's for sure lol

[@BooksOfTheFallen]

Man... I dont understand how this channel doesnt have over 100k subs. Your energy, presentation and your eloquence lends to such professional and entertaining videos. Keep it up man!! You're truly great at this!

[@rammelbroadcasting]

Thank you so much!

[@sheepcouldtalk]

I always struggle to recommend things to friends because i dont want to overhype, and I can get hyper aware of where things fall short when i consider if they would like it or not. As someone else mentioned, His Dark Materials I think was a product of when you picked it up. I was pretty young, so i was enchanted with the world and characters before i ever got hammered with the message. I think some books suffer from being overrated because critics and public latch on and what is good for general public consumption isnt always the cream of the crop. As you say, just because it is popular doesnt mean it is bad, it just gets in this position of being overhyped

[@RE-xv9fp]

Omg I was few days ago thinking about Phillip Pullmans Dark materials and the soul-animal thing lol. I fully agree about it being too heavy so to speak, the animal concept is cool but thats about it. I remember reading it years ago when I was 19 and to me it was too, depressing I remember. I am not good with describing what was good or bad with a book in literature terms lol. But to me at that age I remember it felt like, this is an author who is not used to write books for younger audience. It was so boring too that I gave up after reading some from book 2. The tv-show adaptations especially the latest one tried so damn hard to follow the book to the tee, which was its downfall. The show too turned out extremely boring. Murder bot, I wrote once on a reddit post how underwhelming and mediocre it was and was downvoted so hard lol. So many reviews were raving about it So I went in expecting a badass robot sci-fi thing. Only to read on and on about this bot that in short has, anxiety issues. It became so irritating reading about its thoughts and emotions bc it was to me like, a normal anxious human thoughts. Then it went on to play a bit of a detective and whatnot and thats it. Not worth the hype at all!

[@martinosoriobenitez5539]

loved your honesty! suscribed :D

[@rammelbroadcasting]

Thank you

[@salvadorgamma3266]

The Only Good Indians suffers from the same momentum loss as Dark Matter.

[@DougHoffman]

Agree 100% re Ender's Game, also 100% re the lack of subtlety of Pullman's trilogy. With Ender's Game, the ending was telegraphed miles away. But the Murderbot Diaries are so much fun if you see that she's having fun with introverted personality types. My wife and I both love this series. So much fun. We even introduced our book club to the series (this book club does NOT do SF or fantasy) and they loved it too.

[@OoLaLaFrenchGirl]

Out of these books I’ve only read Dark Matter. I really enjoyed it. I think I gave it a 4/5 star rating.

[@rammelbroadcasting]

@OoLaLaFrenchGirl Yeah I'm gonna see how this goes in the comments because that book seems to be pretty universally loved 🤷‍♂️ wish me luck lol

[@LaviathnGames]

I loved it also. But I also haven’t read the Wayward Pines series yet. I think sometimes the order you read or watch something can influence your opinion. If it doesn’t live up to something, you’ve already read by that author, it might be a disappointment. I also really liked Recursion, but felt his newer book Upgrade was not as good. I can’t wait to get to Wayward Pines.

[@Namorat]

His dark material would belong on this list for me too. Ender*s Game is my favorite book. My main issue is the author, but I love the book. I also am a big Abercrombie fan. Naturally I have no problem with those books on someone else`s list.

[@vannabacon1671]

Please review Abandon by Blake Crouch, please.

[@teccie]

I enjoyed this video a lot. I don't agree on most of it, but that's totally fine. But what I wanted to say: did you read the sequels to Ender's Game? Totally different in tone and style, and although Ender's Game is one of my favourite books, I loved the sequels even more. Card said that the sequels were the books he intentionally wanted to write, but the publisher wanted a more accessible entry into it's universe. So he wrote Ender's Game. The sequels are miles apart in tone an feel from Ender's Game and the better books for it imo. And maybe this is an interesting subject for a future video: sequels that took the story into totally unexpected places.

[@rammelbroadcasting]

@@teccie I have read the 4 books in the main Ender series. I haven't read any of the prequels or shadow series. And I agree they shift dramatically once you hit speaker for the dead.

[@io.nebulae]

Was going to comme t exactly that. Maybe I can accept that enders's game itself is overrated, it's absolutely necessary to set the tone for both sequels quintet. My favorite is the shadow quintet and nobody can stop me. Its not for everyone of course but for me its a ✨️masterpiece✨️ and I won't shut up about it. I read the first volume when I was 12 and I'm 32 now and I still have big feelings about the series. 😊

[@r3lativ]

I liked Speaker for the Dead more than Ender's Game, not sure how commons this is.

[@Undone545]

​@@rammelbroadcastingNot read speaker of the dead but liked the Ender's game and really liked Ender's shadow series. Admittedly it went in the direction that appeals to my sensibilities

[@Deon41100]

I agree with the Dark Matter entry. Was super excited to read it, but it was just meh. Strong start, like you said, but the third act was strange and completely not where I saw it going. I nearly didn't finish The Blade Itself, because it felt like all character and no plot, but then pushed through. Thankfully, because it's a great trilogy.

[@RE-xv9fp]

For time paradox lovers, I really recommend the movie "Coherence" from year 2013! Its so interesting and together with movie Triangle my first time paradox movies. Coherence was also an indie project and was shot literally in 1 or 2 nights total! Won several awards, one for best screenplay etc. I have seen several time paradox movies after Coherence but Coherence is the only one that stuck with me. Dark matter felt as it had in one specific part, taken inspiration from Coherence, only that Coherence was so so well done! Yes for sure I too was baffled at the last acts of Dark matter. Also the "must find my literal wife" story felt too strained to me but thats me. There were so many great storylines he could have followed from the first act of the book but he just past them lol

[@persomiissleepy]

To be fair His Dark Materials is not a series for everyone. If I am going to recommend people get into it, I'd recommend the TV series first and then recommend the books if they enjoyed it. As far as books I think are personally overrated regardless of quality. A part of me wants to give it over a little to Hunger Games. I read the first book back in middle School, and just kinda stopped after that. They're not bad books, in fact they're some of the better books from the Teen Dystopia craze, just not incredibly impressive either. It's more that I've grown up and found better books/adaptations of books with a similar premise. That are a lot more interesting, and do a lot more with their large cast of characters than just make 90% percent of them cannon fodder while only focusing on like a handful of them outside the protagonist. I.e Battle Royale and Junni Taisen: Zodiac war. But that's just me.

[@ThomasAnderson1111]

I agree about the ones I've read (Ender's Game and Murderbot). What grinds my gears about Ender's Gane is that, as good as it is, Speaker for the Dead is so much better, and really does deserve to be seen as one of the greatest sci-fi books ever. But it gets a bit overshadowed by its more spectacle-focused predecessor.

[@douglasdea637]

Disagree. Speaker was a mess. It's a thousand years later, or something, and humans can't figure out this weird disease that ravaged this planet? The whole human colony is about studying these aliens but only two people are assigned to the task and they dare not record anything? Weak. Then Ender, the universe's most perfect man, arrives with his godlike AI in tow... It's an okay book, not great.

[@benjaminwyatt3778]

Agreed except for Ender’s Game. That one is special

[@spikeanny5710]

I've read enders game dozens of times. I read it the first time as a kid, it was my first novel I ever read. It is a great book, but it's my best sci Fi book of all time mainly nostalgia and the times that has gotten me through. My wife knows the world's beating me up when I open it up.

[@toddblanchard7765]

I loved the robot voice. Really like the power and the internal conflicts of the murderbot. Best robotic inner monologue to be written since Ghost in the Shell.

[@jeroenadmiraal8714]

I mostly agree with this list. Except for Altered Carbon that I loved. But Endymion, Dark Matter, Murderbot, yeah, overrated.

[@prc789]

His Dark Materials is so good that the only thing I remember from the whole series is the Polar Bear, and I think that memoru comes more from the film than the book. Ender's Game was an ok book, but it's leaps and bounds ahead of the rest of the series. The Altered Carbon trilogy were good enough that I got them as soon as they came out, but there was nothing new in them. I habe always read to escape, so my book collection has always been firmly rooted in the pulp fiction (the original concept, not the film) area of novels, quick reads with nothing to heavy, so the moment anything becomes a best seller or topping list, I have concerns. My Number one and Two overrated books/series have to be Harry Potter and The inheritance cycle

[@Archonsx]

how is harry potter overrated? its a childrens book/christmas, and thats what it delivers, i dont think anyone called them masterpieces, its just a cute fantasy book series thats very popular with kids and people.

[@scaper8]

​@Archonsx Sadly, quite a few people consider them masterpieces of modern fantasy. Now, I do enjoy the stories fairly well, and the character arcs are very well done; but I agree that they _should_ be considered far less perfect than they tend to be.

[@anonymes2884]

Hah, funnily enough the reason I partly agree with the video about "Ender's Game" is because "Speaker for the Dead" is much better IMO (and mentioned less). Haven't read the entire expanded saga though so I can't comment on those. Just underscores how subjective it all is really.

[@deeL59]

Unfortunately I have to agree with the Endymion books. Loved the first Hyperiorn. I loved MOST of Fall of Hyperiorn. There were some pacing issues, but the whole was greater than the sum of its parts. Endymion was such a mess I couldn't even bother with the last book. Boring, messy, amateurish, super creepy man and child dynamic. Dan Simmons is so odd. He has another serious of books (2). The first one, Illium, was awesome. Book two, Olympos, was unreadable. He should stop with sequels.

[@halpinmatthew]

I really enjoy your channel, but dude, you nailed this one! Right on! Enders, Murderbot, Dark Matter - please. I will say that I did enjoy the Golden Compass, but I agree that the later books got a little to woo woo for me. I'm just not a yoga babble person. BTW: Dark Matter was nothing more than a screenplay. There was not one complete paragraph in the book.

[@Scottlp2]

1. Enders game is very good book but not sure I’ve ever seen it rated # 1 (usually dune 1 with Hyperion often top 5-10). 2. All 4 Hyperion/endymon books tell a single story which is incomplete without at least 2 nd book. I think people don’t like books 3/4 because of the romance (not popular with SF crowd) and today because of the age difference. Miss Peregrine’s home for peculiar children (fantasy) was wildly popular despite main female character being involved with male and then his ?father (time travel).

[@bertmanize]

I feel about Enders game the same way that I felt about The usual suspects, you know the ending way to fast. It took me like 15m to figure out who Keiser Soyze was in The Usual suspects, I figured it out pretty fast also with Enders game, which is why I like the second book in the series more. So when you know how it is going to end, it's a bit whatever because that whole reveal just falls flat. Hyperion, ooh, your touching holy ground here. I REALLY like the first two books (eventhough for some reason people don"t like the second as much as the first.) I felt that the second really put the whole storyarc together, aah, such joy. But I haven't read Endymion eventhough I want to, but everybody keeps saying it is very bad. So I guess I'll read Hyperion a third time and enjoy this fabelous book once more and pretend Endymion doesn't exist.

[@Archonsx]

the internet needs more of those honest type of videos

[@rammelbroadcasting]

@@Archonsx Thanks

[@anonymes2884]

Yeah, if there's one thing the internet needs more of it's opinions :).

[@locolima279]

I'm not a big fan of the term overrated. More like, you did not enjoy the book as much as others. Doesn't make them bad. It just didn't work for you.. My list would be Dandelion Dynasty, Five Warrior Angels, Liveship Traders & The Talisman.

[@Mnnwer]

Except that some books are just bad 🤷

[@locolima279]

​​@@Mnnwerone person's shit is another person's fertilizer. It would be a boring world if we all agreed.

[@Mnnwer]

@@locolima279 Ok but shit is still shit. And we can all like different things, but thats not to say that just because someone likes something it's good.

[@ladystoneheart8155]

@locolima279 Be honest, there are popular books that you hate and are dumbfounded by their popularity.

[@locolima279]

@@ladystoneheart8155 Ofc. I listed them above. I am definitely in the minority. Especially with Durfee & Hobb

[@cj1986x]

I'll defend All Systems Red on the grounds that Wells basically just popped off this idea as a novella at a time when no one thought it'd appeal to anyone and it did. Like, it really did. I remember when it came out, and it wasn't like a marketing gag or anything. Her publisher hasn't expected it to sell like it did. It hit a target with a then unseen audience and took off. And maybe you ought to ask why? Of the 7 (current) books, the first is probably the weakest, I'll give you that but like I said, Wells hadn't actually thought it was going to be anything like it ended up being. What is amazing is what she did with the series after that first book. Her kernel idea was, in her own words, a slave narrative. The whole series contends with autonomy and agency, which if you look around, is a big issue in our society right now. One can go as far as to say with the current state of tech and surveillance, we're facing a full blown crisis over our autonomy that we as a culture and society aren't even acknowledging. It's an extremely SF thing to explore and Wells did it her way, using conventions of SF that work for her and it speaks to readers.

[@EricMcLuen]

Complete agree on Dark Materials. First book good. Then he got on his soapbox and didn't even vother attempting to tell a coherent story. Can First Law be hyped any higher? Blade Itself was good and disagree about wanting a first book to be self-sufficient as they often have multi book arcs. An exception would be Locke Lamora. But I was disappointed at the rushed Perry Mason/Bond villain monologue ending. Hyperion was good. Did not care for Fall. The author seemed to be trying to be overly clever, like I feel Neal Stephenson does. It was also the same plot as the later Dune books which was really disappointing. Have Endymion and maybe at some point.

[@betelguese3909]

Any Stephen King book in the last 35 years💩💩💩

[@barq6994]

Could make a full list of books that start strong but the ending ruins it. Then one where the ending saves the book.

[@AnonymousAnonposter]

I've been interested in reading Altered Carbon for a while now. I hope it won't be a disappointment for me like so many other modern sci-fi. Some overrated books and series in my opinion: The Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames The player of games by Ian M. Banks Children Of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King Babel by R.F. Kuang Ashes of Man by Christopher Ruocchio American Gods by Neil Gaiman Book of the Ancestor Series by Mark Lawrence

[@santiagomedinas266]

Murderbot series for sure, I don't understand so many awards or all this super recommendations, I already read the three first and is Meh!, you're completely right. Dark Matter was a letdown in the third act.

[@LyraStitchery]

The Golden Compass reads like YA. I really love it but I read it as a teenager. Also my name is Lyra. (No I was not named after the character). So I am definitely wearing the nostalgia glasses.

[@LaviathnGames]

As soon as I saw the title of the video, I knew Murderbot would be on it. 😂 I think for what it is it’s completely underrated. You have to know going in that it’s not serious. They’re the perfect palate cleansers after really long heavy books. There’s only one novel in the series, and the rest of them are really short, and even the novel is not that long. It’s just simple and fun. Don’t go in expecting some deep thought, mind bending experience. It’s the book series I recommend to my ,not as serious about reading, friends. Friends who only read action series and want to get into some light Sci Fi. But I can see where it might be overrated, If all you want to read is hard science fiction.

[@Maxy-c2b]

SPOILERS I think I’m an outlier but I was hoping to see empire of silence on this list, I really struggled with the first book - I didn’t really care about meidua/devils rest, his dad, his brother, when he gets mugged in the streets, I really didn’t care about Gibson (who is mentioned often!). Then the whole homeless arc, didn’t care about cat… and that’s half the book just about! It was only near the end things got interesting. Is it just me!? In saying that, the next 2 books are phenomenal! I’m 3/4 through demon in white and so glad I stuck with the series, all the stuff I didn’t like from the first book I can appreciate a bit more now but man it was a struggle for me.

[@rammelbroadcasting]

Yep, I don't think I was as hard on it as you are, but I said a lot of similar things in my review of it. I did like Gibson but did not like the homeless section. When I reviewed howling dark, it got so much better I said something like we've com a long way from gladiators with daddy issues lol

[@Maxy-c2b]

@ gladiators with daddy issues is a brilliant line!

[@captnsquashypant82]

For his dark materials, I totally see where you’re coming from. I think of it like Harry Potter if you read it at age it was written for young adult. I understand the excitement because it’s probably a pretty formative series for a reader as they grow up. If somebody read this as an adult and they have that level of hype for either book series it’s like let’s calm down and read another book series.

[@RE-xv9fp]

I read the first and half of the second book at age 19 or so and it was so depressing and the writing felt like it was written by an adult, for adults

[@captnsquashypant82]

@@RE-xv9fp I guess I had forgot about that I know I was an adult when I read the books, but it’s been at least 20 years since I have read them. I would say I would go back and reread them to refresh myself, but I don’t think I have that much interest in them and my TBR list isn’t getting any shorter lol.

[@NOYFB982]

Murderbot is a special case. If you listen to the audio book, it is outstanding. Perfect for that medium. However, reading it is a minor amusement.

[@patrickhurley5604]

The only book I disagree with is Enders Game 😎 definitely in my top 10, best ever..... nope, but damn good and deep 😎👍I think most people overrate books because they're just not widely or well read, as individuals😎👍I agree with you about pretty much all your choices, but I've probably read a thousand genre books, definitely most of the critically appraised 👍😎 but I think a lot of readers today just don't read widely, and that's why they think Murder Bot or Dark Materials is the full stop best😎👍 it's facebookers that dip their toes into reading, and because they just haven't read enough, they think that what they got their hands on is the greatest thing since sliced bread 😜🤣

[@ClayHales]

I loved the First Law trilogy, but I had to have a friend recommend it to me and give the first book a second try.

[@r3lativ]

For how good Hyperion is (and also Fall of Hyperion), the Endymion books are indeed shockingly bad.

[@TF-lk6co]

Totally agree about Dark Matter. I listened to the last third on 2x speed just to get through it.

[@ronaldwatson3862]

I feel like people who say they like The Blade Itself may actually like the series, and not the book itself. I tried to read it twice and can't make it past the 20% mark. It's so boring to start, with no obvious plot in sight, imo. Maybe I'm wrong - but I LOVE grimdark and will never understand the love for that book.

[@arekkrolak6320]

I liked Altered Carbon but not to the point to read any sequel, Monster was a disappointment for me as well (I also only read first book), I am with you on Ender's Game, it is good but it has its flaws, the rest I haven't read yet (Hyperion is on my next year read list)

[@thebookthatnooneread]

The Murderbot Diaries was, as you said, not humorous at all and quite overhyped imo 😆

[@mattbaldwin1150]

I'm actually finding Klara and the Sun overrated. The writing is really wonderful and the characters are great but there's not a great deal that happens. And what happens is mostly predictable.

[@LaviathnGames]

I wonder how you feel or would feel if you haven’t read them, Mickey 7. I would put them in the same category as Murder Bot, just a fun enjoyable read after a long novel. Maybe you would find it’s humor more to your liking.

[@Zivilin]

People always talk about overrated or underrated books, but never the adequately rated books. (i haven't read any of these yet, but Hyperion and Abercrombie are on my tbr list)

[@ilya1046]

Great list! I completely agree with The Blade Itself. I thought that the trilogy was just ok. Not bad but not great.

[@SixStringSamur4i]

At no point in ALTERED CARBON, I had the feeling that it was dull. For me, this is one of a few modern day science fiction books that I really loved …

[@fd6165]

Blood meridian for me, I'm not a fan of Mccarthys style, couldn't get in to it at all!

[@EricMcLuen]

I read it after Second Apocalypse. The prose almost made my eyes bleed and was mostly bored.

[@MirrorReaper1]

I liked Dark Matter, but the TV show was so much better, and it's rare for that to happen. Better characterization and a much needed focus on a number of characters lacking in the book, and a better story overall, even though it hits most of the same notes. The ending was also fleshed out more.

[@douglasdea637]

Agree with some of these. His Dark Materials I liked, they are enjoyable, but not a top series. I think people rave over them because children can easily read them. Then there is the whole religious aspect and people claiming "He kills God!" (No, he, doesn't.) Ender's Game I loved, but not the sequel, which just didn't work. Hyperon I loved, agree that it is a top 10 book, but agree that Fall of Hyperion is a step down. Haven't tried the others. The ones I would put on such a list: The Thrawn trilogy. Read the first two, skipped the third. They are okay, not great. I don't see the endless praise people give them. Blindsight is good, I'll give it 4/5 stars, but it's short of being great.

[@luanamendes4767]

Ouchh I just finished Endymion and I so disagree with you. I was riveted and just delighted with his world building. The plot didn’t blow my mind but I have a little hangover now that I finished. The other thing that made it so good for me is that I started to grasp a little more about where he’s going with te technocore and AI stuff which was a bit murky to me when I finished The Fall. Also I just didn’t like the Fall of Hiperyon that much. The main character was boring and a bit annoying to me, the structure of the book was jarring. I am looking forward to finishing the Cantos. I agree with you that it’s Ender’s Game. I just don’t see what others think is so groundbreaking about that book. I had a bit of a problem with the protagonist being so young and being trained for war like that, I couldn’t get past it in my mind. I liked Speaker for the Dead a lot more but it’s a completely different book.

[@OVK1491]

everything is overrated to some extent. like i'll recommend something to my friends be it a book, show, game, whatever, and then i'll also warn them where i think some quality suffered. you know you truly enjoy something when you can love it even after picking it apart a little, and i think people that highly recommend these books either because they love them flaws and all or just haven't take the time to further investigate how they feel. ooooor maybe i just think a lot idk

[@loveme1237553]

Mine is Dune (book). Great concept, but the storytelling isn't worth it. And I gasped when you chose "His Dark Materials" and "Monster"

[@rubewaddell1704]

I agree with Phillip Pullman. Can't say anything about the rest. Haven't read them.

[@JesseRad]

I've gotta go with Jurassic Park. The movie made all of the characters more well-rounded. The girl in the book was nothing but a plot device to have the dinosaurs attack them.

[@rammelbroadcasting]

Oh yeah, that's a good one

[@JesseRad]

@rammelbroadcasting It's another that probably could've gone on the adaptations video you made, now that I think of it.

[@bazoo513]

10:14 - Heathen! (If you are talking about the original novella; the novel is, as is usually the case, weaker.) 16:27 - Super heathen! I will refrain from explaining to you why this is a great series - I would say you were beyond redemption were there not some actually overrated books on your list. (To be fair, the series reaches "full strength" only with introduction of a "proper" AI, _Perihelion_ a.k.a. _ART_ ) 😀

[@AngryArgie]

Dark matter is so bad... So many SF books deserving an adaptation, and THAT gets it.

[@epiphoney]

The Altered Carbon tv show ruined the book. I never got into the other two books though. Best first two chapters ever though. Hyperion is so great but not Fall of Hyperion except the tree of pain and cyberspace chapters.

[@anaveragegamer359]

Monster is probably my favorite manga and i agree with everything you said lol

[@2ZH]

My hot take is Mistborn and Way of Kings. Not bad but I don't understand the hype.... I loved Dark matter however, but I can't argue that the last act was all over the place All systems Red I was very bored with. I tried many times and it didn't click for me....

[@rammelbroadcasting]

I haven't read anything from Sanderson yet. I think maybe I'll try next year.

[@2ZH]

@@rammelbroadcasting sounds good! Much like you said in your video, I don't think he's books are bad but wow I feel like the hype is a bit much

[@KevinFlynn]

I was with you till almost the end.. Murderbot is great, we are all right, you have a problem...! :)

[@madlynx1818]

The most overhyped, and pretty lame book I’ve ever read was Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. If you hear about it and want to read it or have read it, I implore you to read ‘Empire Of The Summer Moon’ by S.G. Gwynne. It offers everything that Blood Meridian is hyped to offer but does not give. And the bonus is it’s nonfiction.

[@antistition]

I may have to check out Dark Matter now. Because I hated Wayward Pines for the same reasons you hated Dark Matter. And multiple other reasons, to be fair. Altered Carbon was . . . OK? Highs and lows with that one. Ender's Game is definitely overrated. I didn't get the hype at all. Not terrible just really doesn't belong as high as people say.

[@BrianRatkus]

My pic would be Lonesome Dove. I was the last one of my friends to read it, so it was already recommended by everyone I know. I thought the first half was great but the third act built up to nothing.

[@rammelbroadcasting]

I haven't read that one yet but it is very highly recommended for sure

[@DonnaWrightRN]

I think Andy Weir’s Hail Mary was totally overrated. Far too descriptive. The story could have been told in half the narrative, and my English professors would have failed me on that point alone.

[@JVF5793]

Omg I hated Dark Matter so much! Thank you!!!

[@cristina507-m7p]

100% agree on Dark Matter, and the show is even worse 😅

[@ShutUpKetchup]

I'm not sure if you have read needful things by stephen king but it is my favorite book of his. You feel the chaos of the town. It is one of my least favorite endings but the journey is so good it doesn't matter. It is also his first book he wrote after getting sober.

[@AnonymousAnonposter]

For me it was a disappointment, 6.5/10.

[@ShutUpKetchup]

@AnonymousAnonposter I could see that. I have 3 more stephen king books to have read everything up to date. My least favorite of his books is the dead zone, personally, but I know other people like that book. I keep track of everything of his in a spreadsheet.

[@crowowlraven9971]

I haven't read some of these but I trust u specifically from dark matter

[@SteveTalksBooks]

I agree with you on The Blade Itself

[@rammelbroadcasting]

Oh good, I've been taking some heat in the comments here, lol

[@SteveTalksBooks]

@ I get heat all the time for saying it, it’s a good series but not as good as everyone says it is

[@civoreb]

Monster slander will not be tolerated 😂 jk jk. I would say it could have been a few volumes shorter.

[@jokovic8985]

Why did the chicken cross the road? 7:13

[@NOYFB982]

First Law is also a bit meh. The second trilogy is much better.

[@RhysWritings]

I didn't like the murderbot series either it felt kind of like robot fan fiction

[@ZakJames]

You want some? If you want some, I’ll give it ya! 😂

[@DonaldWalker-su8nj]

Personally, Orson Scott Card's outspoken negativity toward the LGBTQ community is off-putting for me-- and surprising given his chosen genre. But that's my opinion. Prior to reading his opinions son the LGBTQ community though, I had read the entire Ender series. I won't comment on whether or not Ender's Game is over-rated I will just say I like Speaker For The Dead much better.

[@riffbw]

Ender's Game is top 10 for young adult Sci-Fi for me, but I agree that it's overrated in the genre as a whole. I went in as an adult truly blind to it and caught the twist before it was revealed. It's very good and definitely worthy of a top 25 spot, but it's not top 10 for adults.

[@biankatoth1786]

I actually liked the books from Bean's view better.

[@riffbw]

@biankatoth1786 I generally agree. I'll give my kid's Ender's game between 10-15, but I feel Bean's view is the far superior book for adults.

[@Perchumovic]

2001 A Space Odyssey. Fight me.

[@io.nebulae]

I will! Especially paired with the movie!? Cmonnn 😡 😂

[@camstegames8437]

Don't know if it's a book, but for me ANY Kubrick film is so grossly overrated. So...damn....slow. Even one of my favorite movies of all time, full metal jacket, has some serious pacing lulls. Like the guy made some good advancements in the craft with his camera work sure....but the hype for, at best, mid tier movies is absolutely insane. and I PREFER slow burning long movies, but his movies feel like he told his crew "I'm gonna get lunch, just hold this one shot for 45 minutes but don't let the actors do anything interesting until I get back" and then forgot to cut the scenes.

[@sayantan_02]

Book or movie? Haven't seen the movie so can't tell, but the book is underrated if anything. It deserves more attention.

[@lock67ca]

Yeah, Dark Matter completely fell off the rails. The lapses in logic during the last third are laughable. To the point where I started thinking this guy has turned into one of the dumbest people on multiple earths. His Dark Materials may not be subtle, but I still love it. My own personal choice is The Expanse novels. They're just meh for me. I just don't get the love.

[@rammelbroadcasting]

That's so funny. I had the expanse on the list for this video, and it wasn't until I was editing that I realized I forgot to include it. 🤦‍♂️ OH well, maybe someday I'll do a part two lol

[@raswartz]

YOU KILLED MY DARLINGS

[@rnb8220]

I feel duped by this video. You don’t go into what the specific pros and cons are on each title. You preface it all by saying overrated doesn’t mean bad, then you proceed to only tell the problems you have with each title. You didn’t even say specifically what your issues are with Monster for one. You not enjoying something doesn’t mean it’s overrated, it means you disliked it. You repeatedly saying “this is not bad” doesn’t excuse that you’re calling most of these titles bad.

[@LeopoldNZ]

I really disliked Dark Matter and once again felt alone in the world. Act 3 and the writing of the wife's character is insulting to anyones intelegence. I stopped the video at The Blade Itself. No.

[@rammelbroadcasting]

Well, at least per partially agree 👍

[@marcgoulding5230]

Excitable is good, man!

[@JackManhire]

Yes on Ender's Game!

[@lindac6060]

I loved dark matter ! 😁

[@draglogia5244]

I agree Monster is a little overrated. However, this is coming from someone who think Pluto and 21 Century boys is better.

[@rammelbroadcasting]

I haven't read Pluto, but that anime was awesome!

[@alexprime9607]

I coldn't agree more. Dull and boring books.

[@NOYFB982]

Dark Matter is meh.