The Worst Books I Read in 2023 🫢 (DNFs, 2 star books, & disappointing reads)
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
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00:00-1:31 intro
1:31-4:45 Theme Music
4:45-7:58 The Pallbearer's Club
7:58-11:21 Ring
11:21-15:17 The Third Parent
15:17-17:34 Into the Drowning Deep
17:34-18:49 Hex
18:49-20:03 I Have Some Questions For You
20:03-21:40 The Twyford Code
21:40-23:29 Jawbone
23:29-24:52 outro 
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Maeve Fly should have been on this list, but I guess it just wasn’t memorable enough for me to remember when I was making my list. 😂😅
Worse book of the year for me I DNF so fast.
@CosyCrescentMoon you might love it!! So many do! 😅
@@Taylorwintz I wish I dnfd fast! I waste so much time on bad books 😂
I am so glad I'm not alone on Into the Drowning Deep... I had high expectations for it because I do love SciFi and water horror.. BUT it took FOREVER to get into the water, way too much background on the main character, who also made really dumb choices, the ill-timed "enemies to lovers" romance BS, the scientists did unbelievable things, there was not enough underwater horror, and the ending was just resolved too quickly and I was like... huh.. that's it? That's ALL they had to do?? (Middlegame is also a 5⭐ all time fave so another reason ItDD was disappointing)
Omg the romance!!! It was so random and odd, which is saying a lot because I love romance in my horror! The ending was sooo frustrating. It felt like everything had just started happening and then poof it’s over. 😫
I totally agree with you on Theme Music. I was so mad at myself for finishing it, but it was a book club pick. Hated the characters, the writing and the story 🤦♀️. However, Hex is one I love and recommend a lot.
Agreed, Theme Music was so disappointing! I know so many people that love Hex, just didn’t work for me sadly.
I’m still upset over how much I disliked The Pallbearers Club 😢 it was so pretentious, I agree with everything you said!!
I saw your review and went “oh no.” Then I read it and knew exactly how you felt! 😭😂
Wow your makeup looks so fresh and flattering ❤
Aw thank you! 🥰
❤ Agreed 👍🏻
Completely agree with Ring! I watched the US version of The Ring when it first came out. Like you said, it got me into horror films. Found the book in a charity shop last year and was really excited to read it. Was hugely disappointed, not what I expected at all!
I know! I was expecting there to be differences, but the story was too different and felt not as interesting or thought out. 😭
I have the same thoughts that you do with Ring, I was hugely disappointed. I personally do want to continue the series though because I want to know more about the story itself, though I don't have high hopes lol. I love your eye makeup btw!
I hope you end up enjoying (or at least not hating) the rest of the series!!
Thank you so much! 🥰
My worst books in 2023 were probably Waif, Cursed Bunny, and Night of the Mannequins.
Oof, I also didn’t love Cursed Bunny or Night of the Mannequins! I haven’t read Waif though.
About Hex: it's NOT just the translation. The original Dutch is equally horrendous. I think the author got a lot better with his writing in his latest releases (November and Oracle), but his earlier works (Echo and Hex) I hated with a passion.
Oh that’s good to know!! Maybe I’ll give him another try in the future then!
The pallbearers club and jawbone were so bad! ooh I think you're the first person i've seen not love into the drowning deep!
They were so bad! It was unbelievable. Haha I know everyone loves into the drowning deep, I’m definitely not a sci-fi girly.
I loved the first ring book. I understand why people dont like the main two characters but its more realistic than having protagonists that are pure hearted. As far as the MC's friend that helps him being an assaulter, i think there is enough evidence that he made it up.
His theory that sadako let herself be assaulted and murdered because of depression. Her mother killed herself, her farher was dying, and her acting career wasn't taking off. She was a powerful psychic who could have killed her assaulter if she wanted to. When the main character asks why she would allow that to happen to her, his friend told him that she didn't want to die a virgin. Even when sadako's killer retells the story he says he was compelled or driven by an urge to kill her, that points to sadako taking over his mind. After the main characters friend dies and he talks to the female student "lover" she says that she believed that he had never been with a woman and was really soft and sweet. It is possible that the friend made the story of assault up because he couldn't get a girlfriend and the only way someone would believe he could have sex is by assault. In this characters mind dying a virgin was his greatest fear, even greater than the fear of being known as an assaulter and thats exactly how he died. He was outwardly brash but all clues point to him wanting people to like him, he just didnlt know how to show people his softer side. I mean he dropped everything to help his friend out and ended up dying trying to help him. I could be way off but I've read through the book 3 times and after my second read through I saw him in a different light. Im not trying to make him a hero but i do think he is misunderstood.
Also the MC realizes that he loves his family by the end and was terrified that he wouldnt find a way to save them, he had became numb from his day to day life.
I appreciate this take, but I definitely don’t see it that way!
Nice video! Liked hearing your thoughts.
Jawbone was actually by far my favourite book of 2023 so it was interesting to hear a different perspective! I do see that it's not for everyone, and I would definitely not recommend it to a lot of people 😂 so it makes sense!
I’m so glad you loved it!! I know a few people who absolutely loved it as well, which makes me so happy it’s being well received by the audience it has!
Ring was also on my worst book list. I had read it before watching it, and was glad that the movie was soooo much better.
It was so disappointing! One of those rare times where the movie truly outshines the book! 😂
Erin you’re one of my comfort booktubers 💜😌
You’re so sweet!! That makes me so happy 🥹🖤
I absolutely LOVE jawbone but I would never recommend it to you 😂. It's super literary and I feel like you really don't vibe with literary horror lol. That book is def not for everyone or very approachable so i totally get it.
My worst book that i actually finished reading was edenville by Sam rebelein
Haha you know me well! literary is something I’m always trying to love, but I never actually end up loving it. 😂 I’ll keep trying and maybe one day I’ll find one that I love!
I haven’t heard many good things about Edenville unfortunately 😭
Great video happy new year 🎊 🦇👻🎃📚☕⛄❄️
I had the same problem with Jawbone
Sorry you also didn’t love it!
I was so disappointed by Hex too. Sounded so awesome I was stoked to try it. Not a fan, bummer. Glad its not just me!
Right?? Ugh, I’m so sorry you also didn’t enjoy it!
So I just finished “TPC” and I agree, it had no idea what it wanted to be, focused way too much on the vampire aspect, but the actual story was way better if Tremblay would’ve figured that out. “Art” was a depressed prescription drug addict who had delusions and wanted to blame “Mercy” for all the bad happening in his life. It was easier to believe that Mercy was a vampire sucking his soul than him being depressive and lacking a ton of self worth. I figured it out during the “dresser scene” when Mercy said her point of view. That’s why she kept saying this was a novel, because none of it was true. It was horror in the way, “Trainspotting” is horrific, but Tremblay didn’t write it well for it to come off that way which makes it worse.
The dresser scene is what made me realize what was going on too!! I was disappointed because I think if Tremblay had done the vampire thing and really leaned into the horror, it would have worked better. Instead all we got was this book that was riding the middle between two ideas and never fully giving us either. 😭
@@ErinMegan exactly! He said in the acknowledgments that he stopped and started writing this one during the pandemic and you can absolutely tell. It felt like he couldn’t figure out what he wanted to do with it. Smh.
@@kelssweetie ooooh that makes sense, I can definitely see that in the book. It feels disjointed and like someone decided halfway through to do something else. 😂
I 100% agree with you about The Pallbearers Club. It was such a disappointment for me. I have The Ring but haven’t read it yet.
Sorry you felt the same about The Pallbearers Club! 😭 I hope you enjoy Ring!! You’ll have to let me know when you’ve read it! 🖤
If you like forest horror/ thriller read Briardark. I think you’ll like it
Adding to my tbr!!
Just out of curiosity Erin. If I wanted to buy you a book and send it to you. What would I have to do? :)
Sorry if that came across the wrong way. I literally was just going to try to buy a couple of Clive Barker books for you to check out. That's all!!! :)
Aw you’re so kind! I have an Amazon wishlist linked in the description box of my videos that people can send me books from. If you want to tell me which books, I can add them to the list!
@@ErinMeganI swear I will send you book recommendations through your wish list in the future. I'm just starting to get a feel for trying to put my book recommendations on your list. Forgive me. I'll get it figured out eventually. However, my two Clive Barker suggestions are: 1. Books of Blood/Very highly regarded with his fans, and this book is short story format too. 2. Mister B. Gone/shorter novel/tends to be a 3 out of 5 stars for most fans, but it still was a kickass story to me! I SINCERELY hope that you will become a Barker fan as well! But, I'll let you decide!!! :)
Into the Drowning Deep is one of my favorite books but if you aren't into the science of it then it's definitely not the book for you.
Haha oh definitely! I knew it going in I wasn’t the target audience unfortunately.
I actually enjoy science aspects and still hated the book. As a meteorology major, once an author decides to throw in the words "climate change," I get really annoyed.
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Jawbone was one of my worst books in 2022. I love literary horror, but I am not reading 5 page paragraphs to unpack a hidden meaning when I don’t even think the author knew the hidden meaning. 🥱
The long never ending paragraphs were too much!! My eyes started to hurt looking at them. 🥲