Worst Books || DNFs and Dissapointments of 2024

[@LauraLittlePony]

🌹 So maybe this is a negative subject video, but my takeaway is definitely that I need to check out the Womb City author’s short fiction!!

[@esmayrosalyne]

You know, I was totally here for the craziness in Long Live Evil but I can totally see why you bounced off it lol. And ugh I wish I had DNFed The Terraformers, that was honestly painful for me by the end ouch. Hope I can follow in your footsteps and embrace the DNF more next year!! Some of my biggest disappointments were A Dark and Drowning Tide by Alison Saft, The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett, Lucy Undying by Kiersten White and The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake. Not bad books, just not what I was hoping for...

[@MariaMightReadThat]

Angst, yearning, and pining are the ultimate!!

[@sandeesandwich2180]

Oh!! Radiance and the second book, Eidolon, have loads of angst. Eidolon in particular is heartbreaking. Like I almost never cry with a book, but it definitely got me in the feels. I love anything in the Paladin world of T Kingfisher. I was going to say that none of her books have been disappointments for me, but actually Bryony and Roses I thought was maybe not more than 3.5 stars. Also not a fan of Illuminations. Orbital I did not dislike, but I don't get why it's classified as a novel. It's more like a 200-page prose poem. No plot and not really any character development. But the prose is pretty.

[@AuraReadsBooks]

🥀 I somewhat agree with you about Rose/House but the vibes worked for me so I enjoyed my time with it. Could not tell you what it was doing though. Only vibes.

[@friendlyneighborhoodanthro475]

What is the short story collections by Tlotlo Tsamaase ? Is it Africa Risen ?

[@MultiWar22]

No DNFs this year, but my most disappointing read was Bad Brains. I really thought it would be an AWESOME horror book, and what I found just really didn't work for me, for some reason. I didn't hate it, and I still found some things enjoyable, but it was nowhere near what I expected it to be

[@ericabyrne6683]

I am with you on the opinion that angsty romance is the best romance, but I also think Radiance is a really competent romance. It also has some good fantasy as it goes on!

[@mattkean1128]

🌹 My most disappointing reads of the year are probably: 1Q84 - Haruki Murakami Those Above - Daniel Polansky Trials of Empire - Richard Swan Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison Library at Mount Char - Scott Hawkins My Brother's Keeper - Tim Powers Leviathan Wakes - James S A. Corey

[@tammietriestoread]

so proud of you for all the DNFing friend!! you know i love a good DNF hahaha (even if one of your DNFs is a book i really enjoyed so i'm just sad you didn't have a good time with it) 🌹

[@LiteratureScienceAlliance]

@@tammietriestoread which one was it?? Water outlaws??

[@tammietriestoread]

@LiteratureScienceAlliance yess haha

[@JessOwens]

7 DNFs, I am so proud of you

[@LiteratureScienceAlliance]

@@JessOwens I am also proud!

[@SheWasOnlyEvie]

Worst books of the year for me were Private Rites by Julia Armfield and Memory & Dream by Charles de Lint. Most disappointing was Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez. 🌹

[@sarahwhite4227]

This was amazing as usual 🌹

[@natasagajic1061]

My worst reads of the year are, in order (from worst to least worst): 1. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jennie Han (this has some seriously problematic content, imo, and since it's for teens it made me doubly angry) 2. The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal (very fun premise, but I disliked everything about the execution) 3. Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (as a character driven reader, this is a huge nope) 4. How to Fracture a Fairy Tale by Jane Yolen (having introduction by Marissa Meyer tricked me into reading this). Three out of these four were for the r/fantasy bingo board 😅 This is what happens when I go out of my comfort zone 😂

[@JJO54]

My most disappointing reads of the year were 1. Before the coffee goes cold 2. The poppy war

[@wallacejames221]

I actually prefer the Best Of lists. You're one of the only people whose negative videos I watch because I find the overt negativity of other Worst lists often distressing? I'm a very sensitive soul and I really appreciate how you talk about things you dislike.

[@LiteratureScienceAlliance]

@@wallacejames221 thank you for the kind words 💜

[@lissavanhouten6628]

It was hard for me to get through Orbital. It read like stream of consciousness but from multiple viewpoints. If it was suppose to be philosophical, I wanted something more profound. I was bored with characters too.

[@LiteratureScienceAlliance]

@@lissavanhouten6628 yea it was dreadfully fine to boring

[@rouxellereads]

I also didn’t like the way the author blended genres in womb city. Definitely a disappointment 🌹

[@tehluhlah]

My worst for the year had to be Butcher & Blackbird. I thought it would be a fun departure from my usual fare, but I was ever so wrong LOL

[@LiteratureScienceAlliance]

@@tehluhlah oof sorry to hear that for you!

[@RodgersReads]

Lmao I am highly entertained that just a sweet romance does NOTHING for you. you're like "no angst?! no thanks" 🤣🤣

[@LiteratureScienceAlliance]

I live a sweet romance better than any books. I want DRAMA to relive my horrid teen days in the safety of fiction 😂

[@RodgersReads]

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[@KristinKravesBooks]

Hmm I think Murder Road by Simone St James is my most disappointing sadly! 🌹

[@LiteratureScienceAlliance]

@@KristinKravesBooks sorry to hear that!

[@juliehbr]

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[@naghamhossam556]

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[@MrRorosuri]

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[@Jillybeanzxo]

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[@chrisalluna6733]

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[@bookmarcreads]

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[@ghanshyamsingh3653]

Well, humanity is always supposed to move north, compass or north star, it's the navigation centre of moving towards, And...what better way to guarantee a conflict you can't escape from if it coming from North itself, kinda makes you believe that your north star is going to be fought for and there lies the drama of it all!! An un-escapable translocation conflict, especially between major communities that are supposed to migrate to safety...I'd call it the-north-star-crisis trope!!!

[@LiteratureScienceAlliance]

@@ghanshyamsingh3653 interesting idea and for sure applies to wester cultures, and I know China also has a history with conflict to the north. Its just something very pervasive and starting to feel a tad lazy for me 😅

[@ghanshyamsingh3653]

​@@LiteratureScienceAlliance Lolz True indeed!

[@hannahandherstories]

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[@devlyn873]

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[@libraryho]

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[@t.a.summers]

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[@playsintraffic2]

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[@novelideea]

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[@paigebatey7056]

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[@elskabee]

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[@CityGirlWriter]

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