mynameismarines 40.4K subscribers · Jan 9, 2022

the 5 worst books I read last year

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But if you're asking me what is here to like recommend the story to people, I have no idea because it isn't the writing. It isn't the cardboard cutout characters. It isn't the plot or like the world at all.

Case HistoriesKate Atkinson
Not a fan

I didn't enjoy it. I did not enjoy this at all. It was astounding to me that so many people that I do know and like, follow on Goodreads really loved it.

DuneFrank Herbert
Not a fan

I did not finish reading this. I DNFed it, and I read enough of a chunk of this, that there is nothing that could have happened at the end of this to make me feel like it would have been more than one star.

One Last StopCasey McQuiston
Not a fan

I was super disappointed, I gave this one also like two stars so it wasn't the worst thing I ever read, especially because the premise and the beginning, and the setup really worked for me in a lot of ways. But unfortunately, that highlighted how bad things went from there.

This was also poorly written and poorly edited, and so repetitive, like it felt like the author was just swapping out like angst or like chemistry between her characters with repetition.