Matt's Fantasy Book Reviews 33K subscribers · Aug 16, 2023

Top 10 most OVERRATED fantasy series (2023 update)

  • Overrated Books · 12 books

Reviews12

Broken EarthN.K. Jemisin
Not a fan

I disliked everything about this book the inexplicable usage of writing in the second person for a third of this book is off-putting to say the least it felt like the author was just trying to be clever It ultimately just took me out of the story completely

Gideon the NinthTamsyn Muir
Not a fan

Gideon the ninth is one of the worst books that I've ever read in my life you know the plot of this book revolves around this whodunit and while that isn't horrible on its own right it ended up being just a severe bore

King of ThornsMark Lawrence
Not a fan

the first book was Prince of Thorns and the second book is King of Thorns so was it any doubt that he was going to be successful in winning this Kingdom I hate it when book titles do this

Mistborn Era 2Brandon Sanderson
Not a fan

I hate one of these main characters Wayne his entire character is written to be funny and with humor being as subjective as it is for me personally his humor just totally fails to make the mark I thought the final book of these four was atrocious to say the least it didn't have a Sanderson ending

Murderbot DiariesMartha Wells
Not a fan

the first one is decent you're get ready to read a lot of the same thing it's just constantly the same basic structure to every one of these stories the fact that the plots are just kind of like feel rehashed without the main plot of the story really progressing it's just pretty weak and unenjoyable

Red RisingPierce Brown
Mixed

the main character here is just so Bland and uninteresting even after reading the first Trilogy I feel like I hardly know the guy his best trait is being really full of himself I did love the finale of the series I thought it was wonderful the last 50 pages of the final book in this Trilogy were great

the second book comes and it's like okay now it's going to get better right nope it gets worse totally changes the scene to Modern Day New York with this jumping around timeline thing that doesn't make any sense

The Dresden FilesJim Butcher
Not a fan

I don't like Dresden not because he doesn't have some interesting things about him but because he is very clearly a sexist person and so sexist that it's awkward he's sexist and he's sexual towards children and that's weird

I just thought it was okay I certainly more than respect it for what it is for the genre I think it's the most important fantasy work of all time but I don't know if it should be a surprise to anybody that a book that's like 80 years old is not as good as some books that have come out since then

The Poppy WarR. F. Kuang
Not a fan

I absolutely loathe this main character Ren is extremely frustrating to read about I felt like she had this good character Arc in the first book that developed who she was as a person and just culminated in a shockingly brutal ending