I saw a few people on booktube doing this and I thought it would be a post that would generate a lot of discussion and I would LOVE to talk to you guys, so I decided to do it. These books are books that,at one point in my life, I had huge expectations for and that I ended up not enjoying as much as I thought I would. Most of them still got really good ratings, but I just expected more from them.
Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
I couldn’t get into this book and I even stopped for two month after the first half before finishing it, because I wasn’t enjoying it that much. When I picked it up again I got a lot more into it, and after finishing it, I do plan to continue with the series. I just felt like I couldn't connect with the characters and the book needed more world buiding. Full Review.
The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
There wasn't anything particularly wrong with this book, I just thought it wasn't enough; it was not good enough to be the ending. I still really liked it, I felt like it was more about the characters and the relationships that hadn't been explored before or dealt with before and that was really good. But so much of the book was spent in little quests, that the main one that was supposed to be almost impossible to win was over in the blink of an eye, the action part of this book was actually a bit disappointing
When I read this book, I had heard so
many good comments about it that my expectations were really high, and sadly I
was very disappointed. I felt like this book was just the first 25% of a
book, like it was an introduction and all the other parts of the book were
missing. I felt like there wasn’t enough character development and there wasn’t
enough world building. This book needed more pages.
Killer Frost by Jennifer Estep
A lot of people don’t know the Mythos
Academy series, and I used to recommend it often because I enjoyed the first
couple of books a lot, but the last books were really disappointing. Killer
Frost is the final book in the series and I just felt it was really repetitive
and I got bored reading it. Defenitely my least favorite of the series.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I really liked this books, don't get me
wrong. Honestly, I felt dissapointed
when I started to read this book, because I had heard so many
wonderful things about ita nd I just wasn't connecting with it at all. I think
this was in big part because of the slow pace, but then it got better and I
started to get into the story. By the time I got to the last 30 pages I was
crying uncontrollably.
The Death Cure by James Dashner
I wasn’t really happy with the way this series ended, I was expecting so much more and this was definitely my least favorite book of the series. I was especially disappointed about the way things ended between Thomas and Teresa.
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
I had big expectations
for this book and I just didn't connect with it. I think in part it was because
even if I had not watched the movie when I read the book, I knew who played the
characters in the movie and they didn't look how I imagined Nick and Norah when
I was reading. I think I couldn't focus in the book and I was left really
disappointed. This was more a personal thing, I guess.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
I didn’t enjoy this book at all; the way
this series ended actually left me frustrated for weeks, I couldn’t stop
thinking about all the things I didn’t like about it. I feel like this book had
to be longer and there are a lot of things I would change about it. This was
the first book I remember feeling really disappointed about.
So, I want to talk to you guys! Leave your comments about your disappointing books. Tell me if you were disappointed by some of the books I mentioned in this post, too. Or if you disagree with me and you love one of these book.
