Top 5 Tuesday is weekly meme hosted by Shanah and this week’s topic is Top 5 books that didn’t live up to the hype.
1- And I Darken:
2- Spinning Silver:
3- Turtles all the way down aka the book where nothing happens!
4- An Enchantment of Ravens:
5- War storm aka my biggest disappointment of the year!
These were the books that disappointed me most, either for slow pacing and nothing happening, boring writing or just annoying characters!
What about you guys?
The book prescription 
I really wanted to love War Storm. But it’s definitely not my favourite. Did you hear about the novella coming out?
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I keep hearing bad things about War Storm, I have yet to read it, but now I’m not sure. Great list Hamad!
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Oh no! This is the second time I’ve seen And I Darken on a list today and I picked that book up just last night….. now I’m afraid lol!
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Yes for War Storm! That book was such a disappointment. I was hoping for some grande finale but that didn’t happen.
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I heard and I am definitely not reading anything in that world again!
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It was a huge book (700 pages) where nothing happens, was predictable and with an open ending, reading it took ages or it felt so!
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If you like historical fictions then you may enjoy it, I just couldn’t get into it and i have a problem with the genre as a whole :((
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Same, It was heading to worse from third book actually :((
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I couldn’t force myself to even finish Glass Sword. Haha. Lovely list!
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I also got really interested on An Enchantment of Ravens thanks to the hype,but since then I’ve read so many bad/mediocre reviews that the interest is all gone, I think I’m going to pass it up. I’ve bought Spinning Silver, hopefully it works for me!
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I’ve read Turtles All the Way Down. Out of his other novels, this one I liked better. Others…not so much.
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I am with you on War Storm! So disappointing 😦 I cheated this week and have more than 5 LOL
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Best decision you could have ever taken. I should have stopped there! Thanks 🙂
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An enchantment of ravens was nothing special and you can skip it. Spinning silver was loved by like 99% of readers and I hope you are one of them 🙂
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I read maybe 3 and didn’t like them and thought that we are just not compatible!
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I could have more but I stick to the rules!
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I know what you mean. The Fault in Our Stars made me boo hoo cry, his other stuff…just felt like they were not as good. He’s kind of a hit or miss sometimes.
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YAAS! I’m so happy someone else included Turtles All the Way Down!!! Everyone was all about this book and I just found it so silly and meh.
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Nothing happens in it! I can’t remember anything interesting about it. It had good mental illness rep and that’s that!
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Yup! Pretty much!! xD
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I’m sorry to see that you didn’t enjoy And I Darken! I completely agree about War Storm, I was so disappointed by it as well. It was such a lacklustre ending to the series 😫
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Oh my I feel unmotivated to read it now, but I really need to know the ending, gaaahhhh..
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an enchantment of ravens was the biggest disappointment of the century ugh
rip @ spinning silver, the reviews for it are really polarizing
great post!
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And I Darken was probably good but I just don’t enjoy the genre and it’s Ok. War storm however was def bad 😦
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the problem was The ending :(((
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Thanks May
I have to be disappointed every year once or twice by some of my most anticipated books 🙂
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Ooookaaay I don’t think I would read it then LOL, It’s not worth the effort, I mean, 700 pages, daaamn.
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Try starting it and you will know if it is a hit or miss for you!
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I completely agree!
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I don’t blame you. I’m about to sway to that side as well.
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