ToriTalks 16.9K subscribers · Jun 20, 2024

tier ranking all the books i read my first year on booktube

  • Ranking · 62 books

Reviews62

I didn't hate this book honestly I didn't hate it I thought it was decent there were some things I obviously didn't like about it's it's not deep it's kind of cringy but there were some moments in it that I actually kind of liked

A Little LifeHanya Yanagihara
Not a fan

I actively hated it I really hated this book I had a huge issue with how it portrays trauma and a lot of other things but especially the trauma portrayal in this book I thought was really awful

A War of GiftsOrson Scott Card
Neutral

I honestly don't remember that much about it I don't even I remember that there were like young characters in it and that's about all I remember so I think I have to put it in the I have no memory of this place

it is an Eastern inspired fantasy that had some amazing Concepts in it the issue that I had with it was that it was like an insta love romance it was so abrupt and out of the blue and I absolutely hated it and it like completely ruined my read of the entire rest of the book

this one had some really cool concepts however the writing and the character work was just so rough and I remember being really frustrated by that I remember really not liking that book

BintiNnedi Okorafor
Mixed

cool concept but it felt really disjointed to me I wasn't really connected to the characters much and I just I didn't love it as much as I was hoping to

Black Fox RunningUnknown
Neutral

it's intense you guys like this is not just like it's kind of in the like watership down sort of category where you think oh this is a story about animals and then you get in there and you're like oh my gosh it was fine but good I guess it was fine

Bloody JackUnknown
Mixed

overall like it was a fun rump I don't know that I particularly loved it but it was fine I'll put that in the meth category but at the top cuz I didn't dislike the book there were some middle-grade conveniences that drove me a little bonkers

DragonslayerDuncan M. Hamilton
Loved it

I really liked this book this was a shorter fantasy book that starts off at Trilogy it has kind of a French Revolution Three Musketeers Vibe with the World building and I love the way the dragons are written in this first book especially very cool

DryNeal Shusterman
Mixed

it has a really good World building atmosphere and the characters I actually thought were pretty decent for the most part I remember at the end there was something that was kind of convenient that really drove me nuts I think I'll put it the end of the book good

EdgedancerBrandon Sanderson
Mixed

Edge dancer was an entire noela about lft in the cosmere universe attached to Stormlight Archive I was not a fan it's not that it's bad writing necessarily I just didn't care because I don't like lift

EstrangedUnknown
Not a fan

this was a graphic novel about a kind of a prince that one's definitely going in the meth category I was not a big fan of it it got weirder and weirder as we got to the end

I remember enjoying a couple books in the series but flamecaster specifically I don't remember I don't even remember what book in the series that was to be perfectly honest I don't remember but I enjoyed it was a fun read

Fool's AssassinRobin Hobb
Loved it

I read Fool's assassin it's the only one of the final Trilogy I've read at least and I cried and it was really good so I'm going to put it in the great read would read again

this happens to be my least favorite book in the series House of the red fish was the only one of the four that I've read that just kind of felt like it was getting too teenage angsty and I didn't love it

Lost BoyChristina Henry
Loved it

this is a dark and twisted retelling of Peter Pan where Peter Pan is the villain it's twisted it's so well written I absolutely love this book that one is definitely going up in the I freaking love this book

Our Dark DuetV.E. Schwab
Loved it

this one is my favorite V Schwab book that I've read and I've read quite a few of hers now I'm going to put our dark duet was a book good for sure

PachinkoUnknown
Loved it

I really liked this book overall I thought it was very good there were definitely a few things in it that I was eh whatever but overall I thought that was a really solid book

Prince of ThornsMark Lawrence
Not a fan

Prince of thorns I really could not get behind the main character didn't make any sense to me the things that happened surrounding the main character were so convenient I just I couldn't get through it

this one was still good I still enjoyed it but I didn't like it as much as the other two and I there were some things that happened with the dragon in this book that I wasn't a big fan of

I know I liked a couple of them but like I think I'm just going to put it in the book good I don't know no I got to put it in the I have no memory of this place you guys I feel really bad CU I remember enjoying the book but I don't remember anything about it

SkywardBrandon Sanderson
Loved it

I loved this book you guys I loved the first book of the series so much I think I'm going to put it in book good because it's really good I loved Skyward

this one I really liked I remember it being a very unique Twist on Magic and I really liked the kind of fantasy Western feel of it so yeah I think we're going to put that one in but good because I remember really having a good time with that read

StarfishUnknown
Neutral

I legitimately do not remember anything about this book so I have to put it in the I have no memory category because I know I read it I recognize the cover but I have no idea what it was about

StarsightBrandon Sanderson
Mixed

starsight has to go in the Mac category it was still good it was still a good book but honestly it was such a letdown after Skyward because it started following the character into a place where it lost a lot of what I loved so much about the first book

SteelheartBrandon Sanderson
Not a fan

I read the first one and absolutely hated it the character work was super clumsy in this one and I just there were a lot of conveences and one thing that I really can't get behind ever is plot convenience I got to put it in the kill it with fire

StormcasterCinda Williams Chima
Loved it

this one I remember really liking yeah I remember really liking that one specifically I'm going to put it book good cuz I still don't remember a ton about it but that one I remember specifically

this is a super angsty ya novel and had some good moments I will say that it definitely had some really emotional deep moments but overall it just I don't know it was an angsty ya novel for the most part

The Dark Between StarsAtticus
Neutral

the it's fine it's fine like it's me it's fine I don't know that it's anything to write home about but there are a lot of just short vignettes about being human

it is the story of a North Korean Defector and it's a true story and it's just mindblowing it is truly something that I believe a lot of people should read this is a book everyone should read

The Graveyard BookNeil Gaiman
Loved it

this is such a good book you guys the like dark cozy humor in this book is just beautiful and I really loved it I'm definitely going to put it up in the great read would read again

The Rage Of DragonsEvan Winter
Loved it

this was a really good book there were a lot of really at the time fresh concepts for Fantasy I loved the culture that Evan Winters created in this book it was really unique and magnetizing

this one I still love all three of these books of the three of them this is my least favorite I'm definitely going to put it up in the great read category because it's not as strong as the first two books but it's still Scott Lynch

The Starless SeaErin Morgenstern
Not a fan

the starless sea was so vague and confusing and I still have no idea what it was about or what it was trying to tell me and I really didn't like it at all so we're going to put it down here in the kill it with fire

this is such a good book like I really enjoyed my time with way of Kings I really loved it a lot when I say would read again I mean it's going to take me a while to want to read The Stormlight Archive again only because they are massive books but way of Kings is very good

The sculptorScott McCloud
Mixed

this one was okay the ending I really didn't like but there was a lot of cool Concepts in here I didn't love it and I didn't dislike it so I think I'm just going to put it in the math category

This Savage SongV.E. Schwab
Loved it

so this is the first book in V Schwab Victoria Schwab's duology I really loved this book I really liked it I think I might even put it up at the end of I freaking love this book

UnbrokenLaura Hillenbrand
Loved it

it's tense you guys it is so tense and so Bleak and scary I didn't love the end I thought it got a little bit preachy but the story of the survival of this man is just mindblowing

it's really hard to read but man is it good it's so well written and I know that Salisbury did a lot of work interviewing families who lived through this time period this is a book I highly recommend

UpdraftUnknown
Mixed

unfortunately I didn't love it the concepts A+ the character work oo that was rough character work I would put it in the math category for sure

ViciousV. E. Schwab
Loved it

it's pretty good this was definitely a book that I thought she did a really good job with the characters are really well done didn't love it as much as this Savage song but I still really enjoyed my time reading that

WarbreakerBrandon Sanderson
Mixed

War breaker I'm kind of torn on to be honest it has my favorite Brandon Sanderson romance the rest of it I could kind of do without like I'm not it was fine I'm going to put it at the end of book good

WarcrossMarie Lu
Loved it

which was the first book in that duy I actually really liked really had a good time with it thought it was really cool it's about a character who gets trapped in a video game sort of and has to play her way to the top in order to survive

WildcardMarie Lu
Not a fan

this was the second book of this particular Series this one made me so mad I can't even remember the details of why it made me so mad but I remember being really mad at this book because I remember things that were set up in book one just took a 180 that made no sense

WishBarbara O'Connor
Neutral

I think I have no memory of this place I don't remember this book at all I remember it's about a girl and her dog but I only remember that because I'm looking at the cover right now

Words of Radiance hit me like a ton of bricks when I read it you guys I really loved it was so good when I read it at the time I read it yeah I mean hands down my favorite Stormlight book