Worst Popular YA Books Booktube Made Me Read || Books with Emily Fox
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- Hello Booktube! Here are the worst popular YA books I read because of Booktube. The ones that were not worth the hype and my reasons in my quick reviews! What popular YA books from Booktube recommendations do you regret reading?
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What are the worst YA books you've read because of Booktube? XD
Anna and the french kiss by Stephanie Perkins 😬
unpopular opinion but Aristotle and Dante discover the secret of the universe, i found it so boring, nothing happened, Perks of being a wallflower was also clearly not for me even tho i can see why so many people like it, but i must have missed the right time to read it
Eleanore and Park by Rainbow Rowell. Sometimes I think about that book and still get annoyed.
Everything I never told you by Celeste Ng
Verity by Colleen Hoover 💔
SHATTER ME!!!!!! I hate this book with all my heart oh my God...
Worst YA book I’ve read: After by Anna Todd. I don’t even know why this book (trilogy 😱 .. I mean really?) exists... why are we telling our girls this kind of abusive behavior is “romance”? And don’t get me started with the fact that now it’s a f*$king movie...
The worst part is that now it has a movie. How come we are still romanticizing abuse and bad writing?
The book is truly disturbing
it's not ya
@@eminasljivo9241 I don’t know why would you say that... according to Goodreads, Wikipedia and Google in general it’s YA-Romance
@@francyotero1986 lmao its not u clearly didn't google it, it's na they are in college it's logical that it's going to be a na.
The mortal instruments also has the same issue - petite, clumsy, pretty girl that turns out to be special and more powerful than other characters 🙄
"i'M nOt LiKE tHe oTheR gIrLs" - Clary, probably.
@@eebertdeebert I hate clary 😫
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Tessa Gray is a lot worse though and I thought Clary is one of the most annoying r/notlikeothergirls girls I have ever read about.
I’m still not over, that someone sat down and thought: “You know what my main romance needs? The characters thinking they are siblings!” And then wrote it AND THE BOOK WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE EDITING PROCESS WITHOUT ANYBODY MANAGING TO CONVINCE HER, THAT NO, IT IS A 100% BAD IDEA!
Literally Cassandra Clare in a nutshell
I belive that before writing this book she write Harry Potter fanfiction called exactly the same where Ginny and Ron had romantic relationship.
My 16 y/o self is crying 😭😭😭 but my 22 y/o self knows you are not wrong....
City of Bones : I lost it when she's impressed by him for knowing what bergamot is 🤣🤣
"ThE bAr Is On ThE fLoOr" lol
The incest part of the mortal instruments series was truly disturbing, and I will never understand why not only was it included in the books, but that it lasted for as long as it did.
i heard it was actually based off of a fanfiction cassandra clare wrote about ron and ginny so use that information as you will
@@mentallyunstable1926 it only shares a title with that one, it's based more on a Malfoy fic series she wrote. Still a shit series either way!
i just pushed through it bc of my hyperfixation , and malec , the first 3 books made cry bc im sensetive to disturbing substance ...but the latr 3 are better ...im just waiting for the last hours and the wicked powers and the infernal devices ...also , clary is the worst protagonist in the shc , best is probably all the rest of them
@@pollux_the_insufferable. arghh samee!! this series put me in suchhh a bad book slump i just couldn't get thru the last 3 so i just read their summaries on internet and their last chapters. still sucked but i had to complete them or there would be this nagging feeling of smth i left incomplete. everything about this series esp the characters, was terrible. i don't get how people actually like it
@@pollux_the_insufferable. oh also, the infernal devices is sooo much better than tmi. i still personally hated it but thought it was 99291092 times better than tmi. and the characters were actually good. ohh will, he was done amazingly!! but then again i have my problems w that series but i still gave them 3 stars which is pretty decent rating considering the plot...
So when are you reading the second Mary Dyer book?
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Thought "why would you put the idea in her head?!" before looking at the user name and then just was like "o it's just Emily, we can't take her seriously"
To be fair... I do have the second one on my shelf XD
Is it weird to say that I've read The Mortal Instruments just because of characters who are not the main ones? I am not a Clary/Jace fan, but I love other characters like Magnus, Alec, and Izzy, and I've read the books because of them mostly.
I do the same tbh, I hate all main characters romance in all the trilogies and sagas so far like Clary and Jace, Emma and Julian, and Tessa and Will just bored the hell out of me I always preferred the side characters and romance like Simon and Izzy, Alec and Magnus, etc... to me canon Shadowhunter universe is the bane chronicles and the Shadowhunter Academy the rest is just background noise
@@davidchehab3450 tessa and will were actually good tho.. like i get will was annoying and everything but he had a valid reason to be annoying unlike jace so tessa and will's relationship made more sense
@@khadijahzzx4736 they still bored the hell out of me. Their characters were still too alike why couldn't Will be different from Jace and still be a Herondale it just feels like the author is copy-pasting these characters personalities and for the romance I still preferred the side characters more, all of this is my opinion tho
@@davidchehab3450 i totally agree!! and since i read infernal devices before mortal instruments, i even noticed some scenes that were pretty much the same. but still people say that what the author couldn't do w jace, she did w will. and i kinda agree bc when jace was being arrogant and closed up for no reason, will had a pretty decent reason. and i kinda felt for him too. also, i kinda liked charlotte too tho then again she wasn't given as much depth for someone to truly fall in love w her. the other characters i found dry asf but yea that's why i like tid's characters more than tmi's. tho copy pasted, they were still done just a teeny bit better
It's one of my favorite series, and i hate clary and jace
Now kids. Let's learn this lesson: just because its "representation", doesn't mean it'll be good. Lol
I realize this was 8 months ago, but thank you lol. Seems like several average/horrible (in my opinion) books/movies/TV shows receive endless praise because they had "representation".
Now remember just because something is white doesn’t mean it’s good.
I totally get the idea that YA has lost it's appeal as I got older. I have such a hard time picking them up and getting into them now.
that sweater is giving me the biggest autumn vibes 💕🍂🍁
Oh my goodness-the only thing I remember about Fangirl is that I read it when I was in college and it takes place AT THE COLLEGE I WENT TO! I’ve never actually read a book where I’ve been to the actual places in that way, so some of the descriptions of the places were fun because I knew the area that they were talking about! I also remember being disappointed when they mentioned HP because it was clearly a riff on HP and that just kind of took me out 🤷🏻♀️ I overall thought it was okay though!
Throne of Glass taught me a valuable lesson about not buying a whole series before you even read the first book. I was so sure it was going to be good lol. Turns out that Celeana is the epitome of every trope I hate 🤷. Plus, booktube led me to believe that TOG was like Game of Thrones but YA. Not even close.
***Edit: Actually, I only bought the first 4 books, but still, I felt like Booboo the fool after I finished the first one
I have made same exact mistake with other ya series and I regret it lol
But now if I want to start a series I will read the first book then decide if I want to continue on.
I want you to read the complete series ...
In the start i mean in the first book i was also not interested that much but now i am glad that read this whole series and you know what I LOVE SARAH J MAAS BOOK!!!!! literally its sooooo F***IN FABULOUS. ....!!!!!
Do just go and read it!!!!!!!!!!
I bought set of mortal instrument books with the latest cover design so pretty but i cant far from the 4th book. And i just watch the series instead. Lol.
I have a love-hate relationship with everything Sarah J. Maas
Same on one hand I think it appeals to the subconscious female mind but on the other there's a lot of eye rolling moments tbh
@@janette499 Yes! Her work has a lot of tropes I like, but sometimes, her writing seems unpolished. She uses some modern slang that seems a bit off for the setting of her stories. That's kind of my pet peeve.
@@LulaRu oh my God yes. The modern words for old times annoys me so much
I agree about The Mortal Instruments. I read the first three books and I was wondering, ‘Why do people ship these two so much? 🤢’.
Tried to give the series another go a few years ago and I got midway through book 4 before I gave up. The romance was the main reason for that
@@9gagHasMySoul I managed to get to book 3. But I think we all must admit that even though they are nowhere near masterpiece, they are very readable, especially if you read them when you are a teen.
@@sonyadanailova9537 I found them overly wordy writing wise, and the whole faux incest plot was a huge factor that stopped me from enjoying them. It was the worst way to create conflict between the love interests, especially since it only served for that rather than exploring smt else. Reading the 'omg im in love with my brother but that's forbidden' for 1.5 books just left me feeling disgusted more than anything
I never even finished the second book. I was so over it at the end of the 1st book started the second hoping it’d get better but was very disappointed.
I hate books with incest. Its discusting on so many levels.
I completely binge read Throne of Glass and ACOTAR but I totally see why people don’t like them 😂 tbh I’m not all that sure why I did 😂
Ah Rhysand, definitely Rhysand (in case of ACOTAR)
Same! They were one of the series I first read when I got back into reading and I was just desperate for a good long series
I liked the Throne of Glass series, but I agree with a lot of the criticism of the first book that it was a lot of saying she was a brilliant assassin and not much showing. But I’m glad I pushed through the first book, because the series became much better as it went on, especially from book three onwards.
Oh been in that train. Still wonder to this day lmao
@@KristianaCembre you are absolutely right about that
Eragon did not become the "best" untill book 4....He was special because he had a dragon. Many characters are actuelly smarter and/or stronger then he is.
For fangirl-the guy was described in this really weird way that made me think he was greasy and gross?? Plus I absolutely hated how the main character was so deadset on writing fanfiction and couldn’t for some reason adapt for her degree like??????????? Her professor was like pls u can do it and she was like nooo here’s some fanfiction instead
Omg same and there was so much emphasis on his forehead and idk he was just so bad looking in my head lol
Yes
i did enjoy this book but i have to agree with you on how stubborn Cath was and it just feels like she wasn't even trying to write anything other than fan fiction but I think the fan fiction symbolizes her connection with wren and its how she copped with her mom leaving and it shows how damaged she still is because shes still so attached to it and i think its just how she copes with everything in general because she definitely has anxiety and when you have anxiety it can be extremely hard to get used to change and adapt to a new environment
I absolutely adore Fangirl. But I always thought Cath was a dumb ass for thinking it was okay to hand in fanfic for a college degree writing class. I did that and changed names of the character in high school. Lol but it was high school. No one cares.
Listen, (for me) the mortal instruments and all of Cassandra clares other series are so worth working through the cringe of the beginning to get to future series IF you like big epic multi- generational connected storylines in fantasy (which I do). I’m not sure that’s your vibe though, like what you like and hate what you hate lol
Yup I pushed through the mortal instruments just to read the infernal devices and now it's my favourite trilogy ever.
Idk I finished TMI, ID and TDA but I am still pissed that Cassandra didn't expand on the fairy world or actually used the magic system she created in the beginning (there are literally thousands of runes but we only see iratze being used)
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I really couldn't keep going after she just threw other dimensions into the mix like you have one fucked up world already how about you finish showing that one before jumping to an alternative ending eh? I felt that for the amount of books and pages there are in this fantasy world there is very little world building and to me the main characters are always annoying compared to the side characters I'd rather have a book of them (which there are thankfully)
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I have found my people 😂
@@davidchehab3450 I agree there’s not much world building but I’ve learned that’s now what I’m here for in my reading journey. I COMPLETELY agree that all of Cassie clares main characters are annoying. The only one I don’t feel that way about is Tessa from infernal devices. Clary & jace are stupid and annoying. And Emma & Julian are just all about the angst. But the side characters are always PHENOMENAL
Totally agree with you on ‘when dimple met rishi’. As a female programmer I was so excited to have a protagonist I could relate to in that aspect. And despite it being set at a coding camp, I think the whole coding aspect really gets pushed under the rug which really disappointed me
every fae book is the worst YA i've ever read 😂the love interests are always so creepy
Same!! And yet 90% of my bookshelf consists of fae books 💀 I think fae books are the 2020 equivalent of vampire romance books
Only one I liked was The Cruel Prince.
Of the books you've talked about I've only read Throne of Glass, City of Bones and Eragon. I HATED Throne of Glass. Celaena is annoying af, seriously. As for City of Bones and Eragon, I was the perfect target audience at the time, correct age and everything, so I loved them; however, I suspect I would change my mind if I were to reread them now
LOL SO MANY OF THESE ARE ON MY TBR 💀
I was thinking the same right now
@@natashamorais6264 me too!
A shot in the dark for a good dragon book: His Majesty's Dragon, by Noami Novik. I liked her other books more because I'm more into fairytaly novels. The premise of reimagining early 19th century British warfare (Napoleonic War) with the simple, brilliant twist that dragons exist and are harnessed to serve as an air force is just amazing.
I agree =)
+ 1 recommendation for that series.
I thought I was going to like Fangirl a lot more than I did but when I read it, it didn’t reach the hype for me. It was eh and I was disappointed
Throne of Glass is the worst book in the series. In all the other books she is a really good assassin and really badass. Her scheming really blew my mind. And the romance also gets a lot better and there come a lot of new characters which are amazing!
Yes I really liked ToG especially later in the series
Totally agree, the first book is rough but if you can get through it it's so much better. Maas is brilliant at weaving things between stories and dropping hints and threads that'll be picked up in later books.
I personally don't agree. I can't remember a single time that she did anything while we were with her. Everytime she would come back and say she did this, this and this I didn't believe because she'd immediately lose a fight with someone and act all pathetic and whiny. Celaena/Aelin always felt like a kid who told you she could do a trick on a skateboard then couldn't replicate it while you watched. Perfect example is in The Assassin's Blade. She yells at the other assassins for, rightfully, leaving the body of her mentor. She storms out to get the body herself. Then it cuts to 3 months later. All we get is her offhandedly saying she got the body. How? How in the magical frick frack did a 16 year old, carry the dead weight of a grown man out of a castle? How do you where his body was? And how did you do this with the castle swarming with guards and hunting for the other assassin who just murdered someone in the castle? We don't get an explanation. Therefore, it just piles onto the ever growing list of things she claims but never backs up.
I agree the series got better with time I hated the first few books but fell in love with the series with book 3.
@@lear0612 that was the point when I started to just wish someone would kill her. She whines so much in Heir of Fire. She complains that she's all alone but she has Chaol waiting, Rowan giving up his time to get her to understand her magic, and multiple people there that are supportive but oh yeah, so alone. And we already know she had family waiting for her. To make matters worse, they introduce an actual interesting character in Manon. Less bitchy faerie princess, more bad ass witch with a cinnamon roll wyvern!
I’m glad someone else thought The Wrath and the Dawn was bad. He still ordered your friend to be killed, maybe don’t fall in live with him
Yeah plus a love story who start with a kind of rape... Meh. And she changed her mind in like what, 2 days ? 🤦Just for his D...
One thing about throne of glass: you do have valid criticisms about the fact that it’s a fantasy romance and it does focus on the romance a lot. However, her being “Oh so pretty and oh so tiny” is not a thing in it. In her POV she mentions that she’s quite average looking and she’s also supposed to be pretty tall. I think the only reason why she’s skinny (at least in the first book) was because she had just been released from slavery
1.) She used cosmetics to improve her looks. 2.) When describing Lysandra, Manon, and Ansel, she was ordinary compared to them. 3.) When she was dancing with the ballerinas, she stood out because she was bulkier and taller. Soooo I agree. People jump to conclusions without actually reading the series. Which is sad.
Wasn't there an entire paragraph at the beginning of the first book that was just about how insanely beautiful she was? I know it mentions that she has a "few average features" that she uses cosmetics on but I'm almost certain the book was said that she was beautiful.
@@mhua1132 I don’t have my book on hand but if I’m remembering correctly, I thought it said she was beautiful WITH the addition of makeup?
@@mindylemons8772 I just pulled up a sample of the book and I think you're right; the quote is "In short, Celaena Sardothien was blessed with a handful of attractive features that compensated for the majority of average ones; and, by early adolescence, she'd discovered that with the help of cosmetics, these average features could easily match the extraordinary assets." Although to be fair, the previous few sentences also describe her eyes and hair in vivid detail and states that she was "a girl of former beauty" so I think that's where most of the mix up is coming from.
The Simon snow series by rainbow Rowell are only books of hers I’ve read, but I enjoyed them. I personally am not interested in her other books from the descriptions I’ve read, but if you would like to try more books by her, I recommend that series.
First, your bangs and sweater are soo cute! Second, Everything Everything made me mad too😂. Girl seriously risked her whole life to go off with a guy she barely knew
I really don't like fantasy romance so I avoid a lot of ya fantasies. I don't mind if there's romance in the story, but I want the plot to be focused on the fantasy world. I've always got the vibe from Cassandra Clare and Sarah j Maas that they're fantasy romance books so I avoided no matter how popular they are. I might be wrong though 🤣
Same
The Iron Fey by Julie Kagawa was my favorite and I know a lot of people's favorite Fey series. I haven't read it in like 8 years but when I look back I don't have the feeling of cringe that I feel with other YA's from that time. I loved them all then but this one had a different feeling. The first one is okay but the series kept getting better. There is a love triangle but I don't hate it and I felt like the main girl was built up really well through the rest of the series leading up to war. Like I said, I read this when I was younger so I can't defended with my whole heart. But I think it's worth a try.
Okay... I love Throne of Glass... and I just finished speed reading the series, and like, love the series so much, and yeah, the first one really doesnt fit in with the rest of the series but like, idk it's good. Love it.
I am currently reading it, and it's not my favourite but I'm not finding it too bad. I've only read AB and halfway through TOG and I'm able to gloss over some of the cringe and I will definetly be glossing over any of the spice scenes because thats just not for me 😅but i'm reading it because it's been gifted to me and I cant stand DNF'ing books either
spoiler for Mortal Instruments
City of Bones was also one of the first books I read bc of Booktube and I was telling myself I was enjoying it because everyone enjoyed it. That's why I also excused the "oh no I have feelings for my (not) brother" bit. But then in the third book, her ACTUAL brother makes a move on her ?? I don't remember exactly what happened because I pushed the memory to the back of my mind but I vividly remember the disgust I felt.
Like, the (not) incest thing was already unnecessary, but the real incest part (i don't even know if they actually kissed, but i know that they were at least close to or sth) was just so so so bad.
yeah, I didn't continue with the MI.
but it's still so hyped and I kind of feel pressured to read the Clockwork books? but I don't really want to so idk
Their relationship was still heavily romance based. They definitely kissed when they knew they were brother and sister. I was so disgusted but it I couldn't finish the book either.
Thank you for calling out Girl Hate. It's the worst, and way, way too prevalent in YA novels with ostensibly "strong female protagonists." There is nothing remotely empowering about a girl with knee-jerk dislike for all other girls.
A new video! And it's a negative title. YAA YEET
Everyone loves negative videos a bit too much XD
@@BookswithEmilyFox because of all the real talk YES more of these please :-)
Sometimes i feel like im too old for romance YA too when im only 21 lmao. I just found most of them abusive and unhealthy, and too dramatic. And i just can't relate. Idk if its bcs most of em are hets or just bcs i never give two shits about romance irl
Yeah I feel the same. This is why I'm hesitant to read YA because almost all of them have romance in them, which I don't like reading.
As a 5 foot nothing, 100lbs woman, I love the trope of having tiny little women being super strong because I was also a jockey so I was actually really damn strong compared to pretty much anyone who never works out. I am super small, but every part of me during that time of my life was muscle. I would ride 15-20 head of horse every day, 6 days a week, from 4am until noon. I cannot tell you how deeply it bothered me that no one saw me as strong. Same thing for the male riders, those guys are unbelievable strong. Their hands are so damn bulky from the muscle they develop from holding the reins of a 1,000lbs animal pulling against them but because they are under 5 foot tall, other men think they are fight them and win, and after seeing a lot of bar fights, I can tell you that a professional athlete standing 4'10 is going to beat the shit out of the 6 foot dude with a beer belly. I don't hate the trope for two main reasons, one, because it makes me feel represented and two, because in real life it is not a trope. A small, professional female athlete is rarely viewed as strong. It is assumed that an average man could still beat them in a fight due to size alone. Think of Ronda Rousey, woman is one of the best fighters in the world and she gets that shit all the time. She is actually not very big, she weighs 135lbs and a lot of people say that a big man without training would be able to take her on...it is so incredibly wrong, insulting, and sexist.
I get why the trope is hated in books, because the opposing force of society expecting women to be slim and small to be attractive and you wouldn't want your main female character to be unattractive right? But female athletes like Rousey or female jockeys might be thin, but not in the traditional feminine attractive way. Your stomach goes in, your legs and arms are disproportionately large, you have small breasts, etc. I completely disagree with having physically strong female characters being turned into this masculine ideal, exceptionally large, hulking, broad, etc. To do so is to say that only females who are able to closely mimic the masculine version of strength could ever possibly be strong. That is not true in real life and it is an insult to female athletes who have heard that all of their lives. It hurts to spend your entire life working your body to the bone to hear someone imply that because you are small you could be beaten by a man no matter what you do. You are told your body is unattractive because of the muscle development, and you are told your body is weak because of your gender. I get the rational for rejecting the small female fighter in the name of feminism, but it is extremely misguided. Just write small female warriors with bodies like Ronda Rousey, thin, yes, but incredibly muscular.
I'm with you on Throne of Glass. I read 5 books of the series, and they never got any better, just bad in different ways. If you're looking for Fey novels you might enjoy, I would suggest The October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. It's an adult series, so maybe not as angsty as the YA variety, and pretty well informed by traditional folklore (which is partly why I like it). Though it's also possible that Fae/Fey books just aren't for you, and that's okay, too.
Yes I always felt bad ig about not really enjoying it because I read the first 4 but it felt like it was just repeating things and I bought the whole thing cause normally I love books like this but I just couldn’t so rn I’m on a break from it
What I really liked about Throne of Glass is that Celaena/Aelin knew she was THE SHIT. She was beautiful, strong, smart, and an all around badass and she KNEW IT. Which is something not many books have. I understand it's criticisms though but I loved that it wasn't the same damn trope.
Yeah, the only sad thing was her being so inconsistent.
I already know from the thumbnail that you will break my heart 💔
It’s bananas to me that SJM wrote ACOMAF because that book alone is probably one of my favorites but I just can’t with the rest of her books. TOG was so painful.
do I love throne of glass, shadowhunters, and warcross? yep. do I still agree that they're not great? yep 🤣
you can understand that a book is pretty trash but still really enjoy it! i liked warcross too and read it really quickly but will not continue
welcome to reading books when you were 14 then rereading them when you are older and realizing they arent...really...that...good 😳
I know shadowhunters and twilight are trash but still love them. But throne of glass is where I draw the line though 😂
@@unprofessionalcritic3107 i’ve had tog sitting on my shelf for 4 years now and at this point i’m only going to read it to get it over with 🤣
I was disappointed in the Cruel Prince too, totally unmemorable. Same goes for A Curse so Dark and Lonely. Red Queen was torture to sit through, and the Grisha trilogy is boring too. I've since realised that maybe I prefer New Adult and Adult fantasy to YA... so no more YA booktube for meeeeee
YA booktube is a different place. The few times I’ve tried recommendations I’ve always been disappointed. I’m not sure what it is but my taste seems to be super different. I tried everything you mentioned and cringed through the ones I could even finish. Woof.
Yes I read the shadow and bone trilogy and the main character annoyed me but I liked the prince dude. Then I tried to read the six of crows series and it was boring to the point where I wouldn’t pick it up for weeks , I haven’t read the cruel prince yet but i heard it was ok. If u want a book rec u should read red white and royal blue or the infernal devices
If there's anyone in the comments looking for reassurance about everything, everything. I think it's a great book and if ur close to a hopeless romantic. Just close, u should get it.
I think the best word for the extra books is dishonorable mentions, no?
Bleh. Throne of glass. I got to the third book, and..
Spoiler:
Apparently she’s a freaking fairy princess and by the second book the fact she’s an assassin isn’t really mentioned. There are so many parts that like all the guys just fall in love with her for no reason. >.< it never actually shows her being a strong independent woman, just keeps saying that she is despite her stupid decisions and annoying personality. 😐
I DNFd the fourth book because all it was was her manipulating all guys and walking around like she’s some kind of badass yet not doing anything productive to anything 😂
I genuinely don't know how people can read and enjoy/not set fire to Erin Morgenstern's books (The night circus and the most recent The starless sea). I think she simply can't grasp the concept of "narration". But I'm happy that she has such a great readership, to each his own.
I actually liked The Night Circus, but I was bored out of my mind with The Starless Sea. I sometimes can't get into surrealism or whimsy because it feels self-indulgent and pointless. For instance, when one of the characters has a long fall... into an ocean of honey!?!?
Finally someone else who can't stand these books! Agree 100%
I absolutely adore Fangirl as a huge fanfictioner and slash shipper. I can see why it’s not perfect, obviously. But I’m a huge fan.
Okay so cruel prince isn’t really meant to be romance in the first book, Cardin is more meant to be the antagonist than anything else until about halfway through the second book. If you decide to finish the series, you just have to keep that in mind!
lmao I recently finished Midnight Sun and I was like how did I adore the Twilight series SO much and then go oh right I was in middle school 😆I think a lot of the romances are so inappropriate/creepy or corny in old-school (like what came out a decade+ for me) YA but I guess that's what we thought love should be like at that age bahaha
Relatable
I can't geht into sjm, I dnfed the third throne of Glass book, and acotar I couldnt get into the english Version and liked the German Translation waaaay better and only finished it because of that
These books are mostly meant for YA and I honestly feel like most teenage girls finds themsleves in these books and even though there are some parts of the books that can't be considered the best doesn't mean they're bad. Examples, Aelin and the 'candies'. WE ARE NOT TRAINING TO BE ASSASSINS. And you cannot expect the character to be flawless when a series starts. If she is perfect and her relationships are out of a fairytale(at the beginning ),what's the point in reading it? It's completely okay to not like a book or critique it ,but without trying to take the minor flaws in the first book of a series and exxagerating it to no end ,it'll be better to be open minded and just except the fact that nothing is perfect. (+you cant read the first two books in series and and tell that it's trash. As I said before,if she is all so perfect at the beginning no one would want to read it. :)
People: What do you have against pretty women ?
Emily : Nothing, I love them
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Completely agree with Throne of Glass, City of Bones, Cruel Prince and Eragon, for so many reasons! I enjoyed Fan Girl and Everything Everything but honestly I can agree with you on those criticisms for sure!
I haven't read the rest, might cross Wrath of the Dawn off my list - cannot stand romanticised abusive relationships which seems like a theme with some popular books on Booktube? Anyway, really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on these!
I finally feel less lonely hating When Dimple met Rishi
So i listened to warcross as an audiobook right after ready player one. I loved it, but i forgot that some things made me confused and upset.... this year was a year i got back into reading. It has helped with my grief and such, but the more i read the more im starting to critique the books😅 i never really analyzed them. But, once you mentioned some of the stuff i forgot, i was like oh yeah that really sucks, and im starting to get annoyed with certain troupes.
You literally just described all of my issues with The Rose and The Dawn!!! Idk why people like it so much
Everything Everything was a zoella recommendation I bought and I hated it so much😂😂I was like trynna cry cause the reviews made it seem so emotional but it really wasn't
OMG SHATTER ME! Yes! I feel like I never find booktubers that dislike it! That would 100% go on my list if I made a video like this!!
i read The Wrath & the Dawn this week and gave it 5 stars. it might've been trash but it was good trash lmao
Thanks for the warnings! Some of these were on my radar but I've been hesitating, you've helped my decisions quite a bit as many of the thropes you can't stand neither can I! :)
Good dragon book.... not YA.
Temeraire
It is a historical fiction retelling of the Napoleonic War with talking, smart, emotional, moral dragons as the Arial unit.
The main draw to the series is the relationship between Temeraire and his pilot William Lawrence and also Temeraire learning about how humans treat each other, dragon, and the world at large.
A good series I know, has Dragons, princesses, witches and other fantasy beings. I think the first book is either called 'Searching for Dragons', or 'Dealing with Dragons' I don't really remember.
Saw throne of glass and clicked immediately 😂 I read all of them over quarantine since my roommate LOVES them- and they didn’t really get better, the romance got almost unbearable to read- I was so disappointed /:
The love triangle was so strange and rushed in the first book... can't imagine how bad it got!
I marathoned them just recently too and I actually enjoyed them quite a bit. I never thought I would as I have a similar taste in books as Emily. I thought they got a lot better especially with the third book, still very cringey at time though, but they kept me entertained. I think with these, you need to keep an open mind.
Oh gosh I have been thinking about the Uglies but could not remember the name of it! That book was awful and frustrating to read!
I am removing a lot of books from my tbr now.
Thanks Emily
Good dragon book, 'The Iron Dragon's Daughter' by Michael Swanwick.
I'm all here for the facial expressions.
Keep in my mind these are all my personal opinions.
1) I totally agree with you on' when dimple met Rishi ' the writing, the story, how it was described, the instantromance( UGGGGH I HATE IT) I couldn't even continue it.( dnfed)
2) everything everything also agree, like never risk anything in your life bi matter how small it is for a boy, it's not worth it.
3) shatter me was so bad especially the romance and how the protagonist was so desperate to be touched in a normal and sexual way, and she was incredibly pathetic.( also dnfed)
4)- book you ddin't mention- the astonishing colour of after, it was so hyped up, I don't think it deserved it- in my opinion- the magic system and her relationship with her father and everything just didn't do it for.( dnfed)
5) also one I didn't like might as well say hated it is 'six of crows' a lot of people worship that duology but I didn't enjoy it the least, it got me into such a bad reading slump, I loved the characters, a bit of the story and the world building. However, it also didn't suit me as much.
I started watching your channel yesterday and I have watched soo many videos in two days😂 And I love love love youuu...I like how honest you are, I don’t agree with you on everything but I still love you!!🥺❤️
Both Mara Dyer and ToG end up being totally different with the rest of the books. In Mara Dyer's case though you are still right that it chewed off a bit too much.
You need to read Fireborne! It has dragons and it's just such a well done book and doesn't get as much love.
Thank you for mentioning Eragon! From what I’ve seen, it’s a rip-off if Lord of the Rings, but ...DRAGONS. Also, couldn’t stand Uglies. I swear ‘bubbly’ was used in every sentence and i don’t even know what it means
The worst YA book I've read because of booktube is Firstlife by Gena Showalter. It's the first book of a trilogy, but I didn't continue the series. Everything about it was pretty bad: the writing was cringy, the characters were obnoxious, the romance was just yuck, the plot was just okay. However, the premise was great, which makes the bad execution even more frustrating. Basically, people discovered that there's actually an afterlife, and in that afterlife there are two realms that fight each other. Before you die you have to choose one realm Troika or Myriad. Of course, the main character is a "special girl" that both sides want to recruit, it was explained why they wanted her, but the significance of the concept that made her special was lost on me. Also, I did get the duality of the realms, but at no point was I ever convinced that Myriad is a good choice, the only positive aspect of that realm are glow-in-the-dark turtles. It was also never explained why they fight each other.
Speaking of fae books... I read 2? of the Wicked Lovely books in high school, and loved them. Don't know if I'd enjoy them now, but yes. If you'd be up to trying another fae book, I'd rec Wicked Lovely :D I remember them being messy but probably why I enjoyed them so there's that. Also, the only fae books I've read. Tried Cruel Prince and maybe it was my short attention span at the time, but could not get past ch1. It dragged on and on and I cried.
Fangirl. God. I love that book, actually ended up getting a copy recently after reading it last year from the library. It was an easy read, the fanfiction parts were awesome, the family relationship was A+, and the anxiety was painfully great (I wish I couldn't relate but yeah lol). I was upset that Cath ended up with Levi. I wish Levi had just stayed friends with her.
Have you read Carry On? It’s great. Apparently Wayward Son (yes, really) isn’t that great. :( I haven’t read it yet.
Your eye rolls are my favorite
I did want to let you know, that I have started listening to Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson, which I am really enjoying.
Literally the worst book I've ever read, not just YA, is Matched by Ally Condie. Only after finishing it did I realise how horrible it was. And a close second is the last book in The Dark Artifices series. It's so bad! The whole series is pretty crap, tbh, but the last book takes the cake!
Me too, Matched is the worst book I have ever read! Hated it from the start.
as a shadowhunters chronicles fan, I like to forget that the whole incest part of the mortal instruments happened. just 'cause someone likes the shadowhunters doesn't mean they support incest lol . but the other trilogies that take place in the world are actually pretty good!
I haven't read all the books you've mentioned here but I can definitely agree about those that I have read! Now I'm curious to know what you'd say about a YA fantasy novel that I wrote. It doesn't have any tropes you seem to dislike, but it's self-published, so you probably never will! Anyway, I did enjoy this video 😊
all the bright places/ eleanor and park
please dont burn me
Little, Big by John Crowley. Try that for a fae book. Its adult fantasy and is not romance the way you seem to hate. I dont want to hype it up or explain it even. I do absolutely love it.
Fist I enjoy most YA. I don’t mind trashing and overly dramatic angst. But I stopped reading those City of Bones books for the exact same reason!! I was like that was soooooooooo unnecessary. And back back in the day when I was looking for more YA books to read, after gorging myself on post apocalyptic teen melodramas, I came across Throne of Glass. Yeah the assassin thing and the love triangle didn’t work for me. And when I hear someone say it gets better around the 4-5 book. Uugg no I’m out. It should be good after the 4-5 chapter!
Thank You! I can't stand Fangirl and I feel like everyone loves it. So glad I'm not alone.
I have all these books in my to read list.. now I'm changing my mind about them 😂
I don't know too many dragon books but one I enjoyed (as far as I read it) was a series by Naomi Novik.
Eventually, I couldn't be bothered to keep up anymore because the series had a lot of books but I enjoyed the first few.
What about you guys?
No offense ,I'm just gonna tell u something...
TOG - I also didn't like the 1st book so much but the novella it had and the last two books of this series are so good.. I love the ending and there are going to be many other characters who will came later and I think u would have liked their chemistry ..IDK but I love the series as a whole but not the first book. I get it why u didn't like it tho..
BTW, I totally agree with u on Mara Dyer trilogy and Fangirl.
I've read the "Fallen" series because it was recommended to me and I wound up getting reviewing everything I've ever written to make sure I didn't make all the same mistakes.
I wouldn't even recommend them, but if you want to read them, make sure to protect your brain cells from this "Twilight" rip off
I hate to say it because I'm guilty of reading almost all of Cassandra Clare's books, but I have to agree that the whole Jace and Clary being related was so unnecessary and gross after finding out about Cassandra Clare's fanfics about incest
I love Marie Lu and felt pretty neutral about Skyhunter! It's good but quite forgettable. And lots of tropes lol
Fangirl's MC was the first. I couldn't stand her. I loved Everything, Everything until the twist. I would still say I kind of liked it, but there could've been a lot more to be explored with the mom.
Okay I have mixed feelings. I definitely didn’t get the hype about Fangirl. It was really slow and awkward for no reason. But I loved Everything Everything! The plot and writing style was so unique and I didn’t feel as though she was giving her life up for Oli. I felt like she was realizing that she didn’t actually enjoy her life and thus cared less about risking it. Dimple and Rishi I’m torn. Definitely not my favorite but I didn’t dislike it.
Also I absolutely loved Throne of Glass. I didn’t read the rest of the series but I have heard it changes quite a bit. I get that she wasn’t a super intense assassin but I feel like that was kind of the point. They made it quite clear that she wasn’t cruel because that was supposed to be the complexity of her character. Very physically capable, but still witty and kind.
You should watch The dragon prince on Netflix, it has dragons
I love that show!
The throne of glass gets bigger and bigger from the 3rd book.....the world building is massive..like really massive...the first and second books have a very small scope n it doesn't include much...the assassin thing was also not good in 1st n 2nd books...but from the 3rd one..it's just massive..you just need some patience
Can you tell what did you think about The Sun is also a star???
I love the Cruel Prince series and fae worldbuilding but I agree that the romance was frustrating.
When the author herself says that the book is not YA, I tend to believe it. So no, ToG should not be on this list. Because SJM has said numerous times that she does not write YA and her books are not meant for YA audiences.
I don't have any YA that I can think of off the top my head to share that I hate, but you might want to try the Temraire series by Naomi Novik. I don't think you're a fan of her other books, but this one is an alternate history set during the Napoleonic wars where dragons exists and they use them in the war. A navy captain and crew infiltrate a French and steal the dragon they were bringing to China. Our main human character accidentally bonds with the dragon when it hatches.
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr is one of the only AMAZING Fae books I've liked read it if you get the chance, very interesting world building and the the series only grows and adds dimensions to the lore that I don't think are typical for other Fae YA series.
So glad to find someone that also didn't like The Cruel Prince. I honestly don't get the hype over that book, literally nothing happens!