Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
For my first Top Ten Tuesday post, the topic assigned today was Books I Disliked/Hated but Am Really Glad I Read.
If you would like to check out my last weeks post – click here.
Books I Didn’t Love but Glad I Read
So I’ll either lose major points this week, as a lot of books on this list are loved by many, but not so much by me. A few cases below are series that I loved in the beginning but didn’t like where it progressed…
- Cruel Prince by Holly Black
- It was one of those big hits that I thought was just alright, I finished it and actually really enjoyed the ending. Although I didn’t enjoy the first one, I already know I will buy the second cause I’m seriously curious of where this one is headed. (Check out my review here)
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
- I was so excited to read this one – it had a great synopsis, it had great reviews, what could go wrong? I could barely get through it, I kept putting it down and forcing myself to read it. I thought maybe the ending would redeem it all, but sadly I was so disappointed. I’m glad I got to read about the Grishaverse but I don’t think I will read Crooked Kingdom. (Check out my review here)
- The Mortal Instruments Series (Books #1-4) by Cassandra Clare
- So I’ve mentioned before, Cassandra Clare and I have a bit of a love/hate relationship. I find her world building amazing – but her characters are so flat and one dimensional. She also likes to throw in crazy twists in the plot that I had zero interest in. I read the first four books up until City of Fallen Angels, and just couldn’t do it anymore. I’m glad I was exposed to the wonderful world of Shadowhunters, but didn’t like the overall books.
- Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, Book One) by Cassandra Clare
- Same as above, I’m glad I read this one but I’m not motivated to continue the trilogy. I’m glad I gave it a chance, but it wasn’t enough to revive my love for the world. (Check out my review here)
- Divergent Series by Veronica Roth
- So I actually really enjoyed the first two books in this series, and I couldn’t wait to read Allegiant. Man oh man, I couldn’t even finish it… I was so disappointed. I’m glad I was able to read this one, but did not love the ending whatsoever. Why Veronica Roth, whhhhy?
- So I actually really enjoyed the first two books in this series, and I couldn’t wait to read Allegiant. Man oh man, I couldn’t even finish it… I was so disappointed. I’m glad I was able to read this one, but did not love the ending whatsoever. Why Veronica Roth, whhhhy?
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- When these books came out, I was so glad I read them. It’s one of the rare series where I actually bought the fancy boxed set and had them displayed proudly. I just didn’t love the last and third book. I think I was so hyped after reading the first two that the third was just OK to me.
I actually didn’t have the full ten books this week! This topic was a bit harder than I thought! Do you agree with any of my choices above? Do you disagree?
Should I continue with TMI or Infernal Devices? What about Crooked Kingdom?
Hope everyone has a wonderful Tuesday!!
Happy Reading!!
This was a hard topic this week. I just tweaked mine. Ah, I really enjoyed most of those books but I totally think that’s okay!! 🙂
I agree that Allegiant was such a bad book! I also felt the same way about Mockingjay from, The Hunger Games.
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I know! This topic was hard! Especially since majority of my books fall in the most loved category lol! But that’s the thing about reading, how it’s so personal!
I know, I won’t read the newest V Roth Books out of fear lol 😂
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Hahaha!! Yes! I have become really picky with books and I feel like I love so many of them!
Same, I haven’t heard the greatest things about the first book in that series anyways.
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Glad you didn’t hate The Cruel Prince, haha, it’s the one I’m thinking of picking up next!
I didn’t enjoy TMI much, too, when I read it, but that might’ve been because the English in the book might’ve been a bit too hard for little 8-year-old not-native-English-speaker me, oops
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It was such an easy read, I just didn’t find it met the hype however the ending was good and I will most likely pick up Wicked King. Let me know how you like it!
Haha, who know! Did you read the infernal devices? A lot of people love that one!
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Sure! 😀
And no, I didn’t! Just read the first Mortal Instruments book and went like… alright, done with Cassandra Clare, I’m going back to Harry Potter and Goosebumps, thank you very much.
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Bahaha 😹😹
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Totally agree with you about Six of Crows!
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Glad I’m not the only one!! Everyone loved that one.
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I know! I feel like such an outsider! At least you enjoyed her other novels.
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I didn’t like Six of Crows or Allegiant either!
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I just had a tough time with Leigh Bardugo’s writing style. Did you stop at six of crows too or did you go on to read crooked kingdom??
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I stopped at Six of Crows. I’ve seen such good reviews for Crooked Kingdom (and Six of Crows, I guess) but I wasn’t sure if I’d like it.
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Ditto! I just can’t go through the struggle again! It’s okay, we have a million and one other books to tackle on the TBR!
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Wow our tastes are so different! Six of Crows and The Cruel Prince are some of my all time favourites!
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I’m glad you enjoyed them! I will def read Wicked King when it comes out! Isn’t that the great thing about this community – we get to talk about this stuff!!
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Shame you didn’t like Six of Crows, I loved it. Mockingjay, yeah, it wasn’t the best. And yes, Allegiant was awful.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2018/05/15/top-ten-tuesday-159/
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Nice list! I know 😩 I wanted to love it but it was one of those books for me! I’m glad you loved it though!
Yes, alligiant – what a fiasco!
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Thanks! Fair enough, not every book works for everyone. It really was 🙂
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