Overhyped Young Adult Books!
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my most overhyped ya books are basically anything john green has ever written. i've read all of them, and see little reason why they are so hyped up. they're just ok books
TiniestPeanut true
same
I've gotta agree with you there. I barely made it through the whole of The Fault in Our Stars because I just found it so cheesy and, quite frankly, boring...
I found TFIOS the best book he's ever written so far because I could relate to it, given my family's history of cancer. I liked how different Hazel was. With that being said, his lead characters and the plot of his novels are super similar. They're usually mysterious, manic pixie reckless dream girls paired with an attractive nerdy guy who falls in love with them and chases after them.
TiniestPeanut I just can't stand his writing style.
I personally think that the Divergent series are very overhyped
+Baa 123 Well than you so much for respecting it. I read them a while ago and didn't like it as much as everyone likes them. But I am thinking about giving them a reread soon so maybe that may change my miind :)
+Lara Tokar 100% agree. I couldn't get past halfway through the 2nd book.
o yesssss...atlast someone..i think the first book is pretty good but other two feel like fillers n no way near good like the first one
I found the first book to be really good but I thought the other 2 sucked. I couldn't read the other 2. And the movie's not very good either imo.
Baa 123 I'm glad you liked them. I really wanted to like the other 2 since I enjoyed the first book so much but I just couldn't stomach them. And I haven't seen any of the other movies except the 1st but I hated the 1st so much i'm not even going to bother with the others lol
The most overhyped book for me was the fault in or stars.. I expected soooooo much and then it was just good.
I didn't like that book at all so I thought it was very overhyped.
I loved that book. It must just be if your the kind of person that likes that.
I agree!
Me, Earl and the Dying girl is better in my personal opinion.
I didn't even think it was that good.
Twilight was definitely overhyped. I still have a soft spot for it, but I feel like all the craziness for it was unnecessary :P And believe me, I definitely went crazy for it! xD
Kelsey Matthews It's basically a simpler rip off of The Vampire Diaries. I loved Twilight when I was 10 or 11 and now I'm older I realise that I loved it because it took so many ideas from an intricate, thought out series and turned them into simple nonsense that younger readers could get their heads around.
ResemeeC Yeah, exactly right!!! I read The Vampire Diaries a few years ago and I was surprised by how similar it is to Twilight. (The books are more similar to Twilight than the TV show is imo.) So basically, yeah, it does rip off TVD xD
Kelsey Matthews And apparently the idea for Twilight came to Meyer in a dream... haha
ResemeeC I kinda find that hard to believe lol
Kelsey Matthews I was a biggggg fan too😂 then I read better books but twilight was one of the first books I read which didn't fall in the children category, so yeah it means alot.
I have to say that I really "hate" that disclaimer about "please don't take my opinion like an offense" on these kind of videos... Of course they're just your opinions! And of course nobody should take them like an offense... I mean... wtf? I actually LOVE the videos that talk negatively about books (or stuff in general) because that way you can see both sides and you can really make your own choice based on what you heard (so it's not all just HYPE HYPE HYPE, like usually is). If you only hear beautiful, lovely, positive reviews, you're not getting all the information and I think that's just fake. The booktubers that I like the least are the ones that only say good things about everything they talk about. Actually, one of my favorite videos to watch is the "unpopular opinions tag" because it allows you to see their honest opinion. Why isn't it always like that? That tag shouldn't even exist because everyone should be able to share their opinions without being scared of people getting mad at them. So what if you hate a book that I love? That's not an insult. That's why youtube is made for, so you can see all kinds of people with all kind of points of view and preferences.
So thank you for doing this video! And of course for being honest and saying the things that you don't like, like you normally do too, I don't comment this because of you, but because of the "need" of that disclaimer speech :) xx
+May Quilez unfortunately the disclaimer is necessary. people get very disrespectful sometimes when their opinions are different than mine, so i have to say something like that.
I also hate those disclaimers!
I don't really care about the disclaimers. I wish they weren't necessary though :/
+May Quilez yeah I hate them too. What a waste of time! And yet...people actually do get all mean and defensive sometimes :(
+May Quilez 100% agreed. I actually subscribed to her just now, because of this video - because she shared her thoughts on the things she didn't like, which gives me, as a viewer, the chance to see if she might have similar taste to me
All The Bright Places is the only one I disagree with being on this list. Great job, regardless.
I totally agree with you All The Bright Places is one of my favourite YA books
Love 'All The Bright Places'!
chris latin Really? I disliked it because I felt like there was little substance to it. The genre isn't really for me either.
Same :)
All The Bright Places is my all time favourite book, I definitely died a little when she said it was 'overhyped'
For me, The Mortal Instruments were okay, buuuut I enjoyed The Infernal Devices so much more. Maybe because it was in a Victorian setting? Will Herondale became one of my favorite book characters as well; I enjoy the witty/gentle nature he has.
Deena Rae Ess Yes! "Never trust a duck" 😂❤
Why say sorry for your opinions on the books, if someone doesn't like it then oh well.... you have a right tonot like the book as much as the have a right to like it.
+Melissa Wright because people don't understand that not everyone likes the same things and get very disrespectful about it
+Hails Hearts Nyc people are too sensitive lol... I'm glad for video's like this because I like to hear people's opinions on both sides.
Dang, I really liked Red Queen....
Me neither! Im dying!
Just out of curiosity..
Team Cal
Or
Team Maven
?????
I feel the same way. I just find it really hard to get over Maven...
Same! I really enjoyed both books and am eagerly awaiting the third! And I'm neither Team Cal or Maven. I like Kilorn more, which makes me so sad that she overlooks him as a third wheel D':
Bridget O'Connor oh....yeah I never really thought about kilorn... :'D I'm still team Cal tho
same. it's nicee
Me: I can see all of these being over hyped.
*Takes out City of Bones*
Me: FIGHT ME!
Lol XD
Same
Overhyped books: The Divergent trilogy.
I found Tris to be insufferable and the romance between her and Four to be too forced and quick. I thought that the books possessed a brilliant idea, but it definitely showed the authors immaturity as a writer.
i totally agree with you. Tris was such a flat (well, all of them were flat) and annoying character.
I do like the book but I agree with you.
You have your own opinion and that's fine we all do. But I really like the Divergent series and yes there relationship did go a bit fast but I mean if you really love someone than yeah and I just really love the book
am I the only person who thinks Divergent was awful and is way to overhyped or..
Oh! I absolutely agree with you; The first book was okay for me, but everything just went downhill from there; I really struggle reading the second one, and the third I didn't even finish because it was just too bad, I really really hated the series :/.
yes! I'm glad I'm not the only one who disliked it, like everyone all the time just loves it and I just- no, its not a good series to me
Callie Altair Exactly the same as me! I loved Divergent & it had a lot of potential. Then in the second book the plot was a little all over the place and I began to really dislike Tris. My favourite characters are Four & Peter. One of the only parts of insurgent that I liked was the scenes where they broke Tris out of the Erudite place. & the third book was just awful. It was so dull, confusing, I didn't know who was who and what they were fighting for. I couldn't finish it. I did read some of Tobias' part at the end but how that dull plot lead to her death I have no idea.
I was a fan of the Divergent series. It was my entrance into the YA genre though, so I thought it was great . I didn't like Insurgent and Alliegent, but I stuck to the series because I was younger and thought it was good. Now, I don't think I cold bare to read even 100 pages of the last two books.
No One Important same I feel like that divergent was good but Veronica Roth said in an interview that after releasing divergent she sold of the movie rights straight away so I think she rushed insurgent and allegiant and put no creativity into it and just wrote them with out thinking about them
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A book series hat I think is severely overhyped is the maze runner trilogy the first book was really good and the rest just kinda fell flat to me.
Ikram Ali PReach
Ikram Ali I really enjoyed the third one, but the second was a flop.
Ikram Ali lmao we have different opinions, then I guess
Overhyped books: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Great list! Btw, continue Vampire Academy series. It gets better and it lived up the hype. The movie adaptation is the worst. :)
We were liars is very overhyped
+Beatrice M
I hated We Were Liars! Glad I'm not the only one. :)
I actually really enjoyed the Peculiar Children series though.
+Beatrice M The Vampire Academy movie was horrific, I couldn't even watch it knowing it would be nothing like the book. And DMITRI UGH HE WAS SO GROSS IN THE MOVIE WTFFF
+Beatrice M I feel you on both. We Were Liars just fell flat for me. And Miss Peregrine's was weird and not at all what I was expecting it to be. The writing was a bit weird and the storyline in general just wasn't interesting to me. You win some, you lose some I guess.
+Beatrice M We Were Liars was awesome. Miss Peregrine's...not so awesome.
I'm really digging your color organized bookshelves.
I definitely agree with you about All The BRight Places . It just tried way to hard to be "deep" and the characters were simply their illnesses. And SOOO unrealistic.
the most overhyped book/fanfiction ever: After.
Like I hate that it puts fanfiction in such a bad light. People genuinely think that fanfiction (because of After and 50 shades) is all about weird ass sex and just ughhhh. I just think there are waaay better, much fuller and much more deep fanfictions that could easily be published and hyped about, I am just disappointed that fanfictions like that are the ones that drag the most attention, which usually turns into negative attention :(
Same, I am honestly so disgusted it is now turning into a movie
Yes! It literally discredits all the wonderful fic writers who actually put out more than kinky sex and plotless romance.
AGREE i remember when the first time that i read After on Wattpad it weirder me out when i found out that it's a fan fiction about Harry Styles and his character's personality (cause I'm a big 1D fan at that time) and when im just in 2 pages of it i can't help but cringe of how amateur the writing style is and there's some spelling and grammatical errors that I've noticed too (there's even some people that commented it) and i still questioning why did it get popular. and the only Harry Styles fanfic that i really like and for me that much better than After is Psycho.
My overhyped books: the Throne of Glass series. Everybody seems to love it, and I can't see why!! Celaena was the BIGGEST Mary Sue I've EVER read, I could hardly get through the first book! But I never see it mentioned and feel so alone with my opinion lol.
Yes! Totally agree! I was expecting an adventurous tale of an assassin, but it was just self-insert fan fiction royal romance. Also, for "the best assassin in the land" she made so many dumb mistakes. She finds candy by her bed and just eats it with no suspicion.
Ashley Lesiak IKR?! All she spends the fricking book is fawning over herself and getting into a ludicrous love triangle. She’s the world’s best assassin. Or so we’re told. She does NO assassination at ALL. And she’s very, very talented. Very talented. And famous. She’s also really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, *takes a deep breath* really pretty. URGH WHY?! Mary Sue much?!
+ana&themob Ive only read the first one. I was just so meh about it.
Picked up A Court of Thorns and Roses ( her new series) and felt the same way. I think I just can't get behind Sarah J Maas. Too much "who's she going to choose romance" and not enough action/plot
xqueseraserax Totally agree! I love romance, but when it's the main focus of the story in one with SUCH potential I just... can't.
Right? ToG could have been so much more badass!
My most unpopular opinion ever is The Summer I Turned Pretty . God I hate Belly. And Conrad
I really didn't like Belly, but I loved the book omg I'm such a confused loser
Same! I thought Belly was the worst narrator ever
+kenzie THIS. That book was such a let down for me :( the fact that she even was referred to as "Belly" bothered me, and I felt like the whole series had this super bizarre child-like quality that didn't fit the tone of the books at all. It was like everyone talked to Belly like she was a five year old (probably because she mostly acted like a five year old). I will admit, however, that even though I didn't really enjoy the books, I read all of them in less than a week. Something about the series kept me involved even though I would never recommend them.
+BooksBooksBookss oh my gosh same!! Belly was just a main character who I couldn't relate to on any level. Also Conrad just made me wanted to rip the pages out of the book (a horrid thought, I know). He was so rude! I feel the only reason he got together with Belly was to make his mother happy. The only characters I enjoyed were Susannah and Jeremiah at some points. Jeremiah was very sweet! I also liked the side character Cam in the first book but he just disappeared. Also it was unrealistic af in the third book. Like Jeremiah cheated on Belly and then he's like "marriage will fix everything let's just run away from our problems". Nope. They acted like they were children when in fact they were supposed to be mature adults. Such a letdown.....
SPOILERS:
I barely even remember Conrad, except that he was super rude and acted like he was smarter than everyone. Yessss to everything you said about the third book! What a great message to send young people: "in order to fix a completely f'd up relationship filled with insecurities, unresolved feelings for other people, and dishonesty, WE SHOULD GET MARRIED." Ugh. Also, didn't they all end up on great terms at the end? Even though Conrad, Jeremiad, and Belly basically spent the whole series screwing each other over? I remember feeling like the whole love triangle thing would never have ended so amicably in real life.
I am a firm believer that the "Infernal Devices" series was WAY better than the "Mortal Instruments". I thought the characters were great and come on, Jem and Will are both so dreamy. ;)
"13 reasons why" did nothing for me sadly...
I totally understand what you re saying about "rubyred".. but Kerstin Gier is the only YA fantasy author every german fangirl is proud of (includng myself)! :D So let's say her books are magical... in one way or another.. :D
13 reasons why was so dumb and irritating xD
I am a German too and most probably the translator took a lot of the magic, in the original language everything sounds better
CarinaBoneBooks same name! haha wauw. and ruby red is a horrible translation. read the Dutch one and the English, English sucked, Dutch awesome. but Dutch and German are neighbour's so I think the translation was good because of that
Carina That's unfortunate. The trilogy is simply great. I did think of the fact that the translation might be the reason.. so cool that you are dutch? I guess you are.. I've been in the netherlands like every year since I can think! It's beautiful :))
CarinaBoneBooks yeah! Dutch :) I live in Groningen but I am from Giethoorn haha. I love Germany specially the south 😍
Have you read The Infernal Devices? In my opinion it's SOO much better the The Mortal Instruments. If you haven't read it I think you should give it a go :)
A while back (maybe 5 years ago) I tried to read the mortal instruments and I couldn't get pass city of bones. Maybe 4 years later I tried to read the infernal devices and once again I couldn't read half of it. Skip forward to now I attempted to read the mortal instruments and I didn't hate it and I was able to finish it but I didn't love it. I don't know if it's because I listened to the audio book and I didn't just like to narrator (because I hated it) do you think I should try it again? I'm so torn 😭😭😭
imanasaurus rex I think you should, it's one of my favourite trilogies. But if it's not your type of story, then you'll probably not love it. It's not for everyone (of course) but I think you should give it a another chance!
yeeess :D I loved TID (however, haven't read book 4-6 in TMI yet, maybe I'll like them more than the first 3 books)
o yeahh..exactly.. TID is far better than TMI ofcorse..!
Books 4-6 in tmi are thee beessttt read theemm just read themmm
About Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard i swear by her she is one of my favorite authors so i highly highly highly recommend that you continue on with the series with the second book Glass Sword. It was amazing. Honeslty i agree with you on TMI by Cassandra Clare. I've been reading those book and I don't like them NEARLY as much as i thought i would. I feel like a lot of the characters do thing that dont make sense, im not going to be specific just because i don't want to ruin the story but the series feels like its dragging and i'm only on book three.
I feel the same way about the first two or three mortal instruments books dragging on, buut I really recommend you keep reading them. The last three books of the series are so well written and the character development makes me want to scream. It's perfection. The very last book is my all time favorite book right now. XD
and all the unexplained craziness with Jace eventually makes sense
Cece Bookish I really liked Red Queen, but The Glass Sword bored me so much. I don't know why, but I couldn't even finish it. Now starting Throne of Glass. I hope I will love it 😀
I adored Red Queen but the other two I absolutely couldn't finish
i gotta disagree with you on the mortal instruments, i feel like the other three books just elevated and prepared us more for Cassie Clare's other books in the shadowhunter world. and I personally loved Sebastian/Jonathan more than Valentine.. but hey thats your opinion and I really love this topic.. new sub here.. :)
I disagree with a lot of what was said about All The Bright Places. My reason is I think that sometimes, especially in young adult mental health, people don't take it very seriously, even adults and parents. I think the point is that sometimes the signs can be there but people don't pay attention. I think that the book did a really good job of portraying bipolar disorder in a way that could be understood by a large audience, which was very powerful and helped raise a bit of awareness I believe. I read this book before all the hype (which I was a bit surprised it got, tbh, because of the stigma it received). I do find it annoying that no one really received the help needed, but unfortunately that happens a lot in our society. It's sad, and horrible, but it happens. I've never cried or felt so moved by a book before though.
Anyway, that's just what I thought. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts with us.
i have to ask, where did you get your bookshelves. i need new ones and was going to make my own but i really like yours
too
I don't think it's fair that you included vampire academy in this video when you've only read the first book (i think), because when people say they love vampire academy, they're talking about the whole series, not just the first book. In fact i think the first book was the worst in the whole series, so I think you should give the series another try if you're willing, because it only gets better :)
I thought book 2 was the worst tbh, then book 1 comes after that. Book 4 is my favourite in this series. I reread them all last year so they're pretty fresh in my mind.
Yes exactly. the first book(at least to me) was like an exposition to the rest of the series. but the book series defiantly gets better as it goes on. It's honestly one of my favorite series.
I read the whole series and I would have to say I agree that it was overhyped. While there was definite character development in the series, I feel it dragged in many places and was just not as good as people said. However, this is just my opinion.
Why would someone pick up the second book when they don't like the first book itself?
To make a fairer judgement perhap
Am I the only one who didn't like the House of Night series? I thought it had a lot of promise but it had too many cliche elements, and it was basically Hogwarts for vampires? In Tulsa, Oklahoma? I don't know, and I get that it was a mother daughter project but there were times where the writing seemed really immature and underdeveloped and sometimes pointless and I could tell it was probably written by the daughter. Like it would go on and on about what someone was wearing or just descriptions in general in a very shallow way. Does that make any sense?
do people still read it ?
Ariel Leigh I have still have to read the last book, but nevertheless I think they're okay, but not great. I started reading them years ago so I'm kind of attached to some of the characters and I think it contains an interesting take on magic, but UGH THE ROMANCES ARE TRASH. As of book 11 my favorite paring is the riding teacher (forgot her name ops) and that human guy who's her first love reincarnated. The romances between the teen characters are trash, especially Zoey's scandalous relationships. I still find the books funny, especially the silly and "immature" dialogue. I'm gonna finish the series and I think the magic element is good, but the series overall is just okay.
Ariel Leigh I liked it at first and stuck along till midway sixth book...it got way to boring and repetitive. The series was kept going on for WAY longer than it should've. Still don't know how I managed to get that far, only characters I miss are Stevie-rae and that bird guy Rephiam or whatever, I loved their relationship but that was legit it 😂😂
Emily G Lmao the only reason I'm going to finish the series is because somehow I've grown to care a lot about Aphrodite (I hope that's her name in the English books). She used to be a bitch but now she's a little less bitchy and I relate to that xD
I agree with you about City of Bones! I thought i was the only one thinking this.
+Réka Kósa you're definitely not alone! :)
What do you do with the books you don't like? Do you try to sell them or donate?
idk if you have but if you haven't you should really read the rest of the Vampire Academy series. The tone really changes throughout the series. The first book is really silly compared to the the rest. There's so much character development throughout those books.
true. the first book wasn't that interesting. actually, the whole plot is no that interesting, but i loved the characters. Very relatable. Rose is brave and would do anything for her loved ones but also gets worked up and gets jealous for small stuff and that's what i love about her. not only her but all the other main characters
I thought, All the Light We Cannot See was amazing. Made me cry at points.
So I really love your videos and I think you are such an inspiration, but "All the light we cannot see" is not a YA book
Hey Hailey, what do you think of the Lunar Chronicles series?
This was so interesting!! I really loved All The Light We Cannot See but I can see where you are coming from as it is a historical fiction novel but you don't get very much information about the war itself compared to some other historical fiction novels. I am a big fan of both the mortal instruments and vampire academy but I read them both at an age when I enjoyed them. I have tried to reread The Mortal Instruments recently and couldn't get into it which is a shame but I think it might just be because I am in a bit of a reading slump! This was a great video :D
RED QUEEN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES
Love the Mortal Instruments and the other spin offs but I do agree that the last three books weren't really necessary. My fav will always be book 3. I'm sure it was intended to be a trilogy. Book 4 was very boring for me but I did enjoy the last two.
Kathya Diaz I have the exact same opinion! I'm currently rereading the third one! How old were you when you first read them?
I was 15 or 16. theessenceofbeauty1g
Kathya Diaz So was I! I was 15 when I read them and I remember the night before my 16th birthday I was like "anytime now a shadowhunter wants to come find me would be great.." 😂
Man! I've been looking for a book vlog with really similar tastes as myself and I even bought incarnate due to another video of yours but....girl!! I LOVED the red queen and the glass sword and I made all my friends read it and they all loved it too. You are the first person I've ever heard of who didn't find it awesome. It's on the top of my list! I could re-read it over and over! I even asked for a signed copy for my birthday next month and I have a signed copy of glass sword!
I NEED that scarf it's gorgeous! Anyone know where it's from?
I really love the Vampire Academy books, the plot actually develops and I feel that Rose, as a main character, was very strong. The spin-off series was even more amazing for me! Bloodlines put together two character that I never would have even thought of but are now one of my favourite couples XD
I couldn't get past Clary in the Mortal Instruments. Maybe because I'm an adult and I'm not the target audience? Who knows? I didn't even touch Vampire Academy, it's not something I was interested in. And I'm half way through Red Queen and cannot stand it. It's one thing to be angry about things....it's another to have it completely consume every thought you have. It's like reading a psychopaths diary.
Vaan1891 you should try Cassandra Clare's other series set in the same world , the infernal devices . It's amazing and it takes place in 1878
what edition do you have of alice in wonderland, behind you in top shelve? :)
I love vampire academy and it didn't felt like a vampire story to me at all. have you read the entire series or just the first book?
Okay, I'm going to have tons of people disagreeing with me:
I don't think that Harry Potter is as amazing as it's made up to be. Sure, the writing is great, and the world is wonderful and fantastic, but I just don't really like the plot as much? And some of the characters are a bit disappointing, too. Don't get me wrong though, I'm on the fourth book right now, and I do enjoy the books, I just really don't see how they're so popular.
Madelyn Hanes I think people like them because they read them when they're younger. I related to the characters as a child and now as an older reader I understand some of the complicated themes which make the series so likeable. And they'll always be my favourites because I loved them as a child.
As for the plot, it mirrors history. Maybe that's why you don't like it? Also, if you're not British (I don't know where you're from), many of the cultural aspects will be completely lost on you. In the American version so much was changed to the point where a lot of little details won't make sense.
At the end of the day Harry Potter is for children and when it's hyped up as a teen/young adult book, it will always be disappointing.
ResemeeC that makes sense, hopefully I'll like them more when they get a bit older, and I am in fact American so that makes sense, thank you :)
ohh okay i totally understand what you mean about like the plot thing. well for me personally, the whole thing with Voldemort is just kind of like a side thing you know? like it's very important, but to me it's not the main plot. To me the plot is just how Harry deals with his life and specially how the events that happen affect him. Since it's such a long series and it's literally narrated as the school years go by, i think it's more of a series to just read to get lost in. I think that's why for me it's a series that I do not recomment rushing on. I think it's best to just dive into the magic world for a little while and just kind of like check in on Harry HAHA it sounds so dumb but I swear it's the only way I can explain it.
Melissa Lozano I really do love the Harry Potter world, especially now that I'm a bit farther into it, I guess it's just that I don't get why it's the most popular book in the world, and why there's five stands for it at my Barnes and Noble, and just things like that.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was sooooo overhyped. I was expecting this really amazing story and it was just meh.
what do you think of the other books of Cassandra Clare (from the Shadowhunter's world)??
If you've only read the first Vampire Academy book then I highly recommend you keep going because I admit the first one or even two are quite slow and juvenile but the later books are so amazing and kickass! The plot and characters are amazing.
Either way though, I totally understand your opinion.
I think my opinion about really overhyped would be Miss Peregrine's!!
Red Queen and Paper Towns. I had so high hopes for Red Queen, but I didn't like it at all. (2/5 *) And I thought I would love Paper Towns because I love TFIOS, but was very disappointed. (3/5 *)
I am so glad to see someone else feels the same way about Paper Towns. I was left with a real wth feeling in the end.
+fahmida zeidan Paper Towns was overhyped. It was an okay read, but nothing special.
+Cornelia Sandberg Funny because I thought apposite about Paper Tows and Tfios, I liked tfios but I prefer all of his other books over it lmao
+Cornelia Sundberg I felt the same way! I loved TFIOS and was just so underwhelmed by Paper Towns.
+Cornelia Sundberg I remember the feeling of going to my bookstore and purchasing Glass Sword. So excited! Through out the book I thought I havent reached the climax yet and I kept reading, UNTIL I finished the whole book! So dissapointed! All mare did was complain about her own problems, and thinking shes the most powerful leader in their group. I rated it 2/5 on goodreads, but honestly it deserved a one.
I really didn't like If I Stay. It was a big thing a few years ago, so I decided to read it. The entire book was just a very cliche relationship told in flashbacks meant to show that it wasn't cliche.
Great video! I always worry about reading books that have a lot of hype on Booktube etc because it builds up my expectations for the book and then a lot of the time I'm left feeling let down after reading them even when the book was really good!
I love your channel. you have inspired me to read more and to start my own videos. Books really do bring people together!!!
Totally agree with the Mortal Instruments! When I first started it, it was supposed to just be a trilogy and then it turned into a six book series! I liked the first three; they weren't the greatest, but they were good. And I also agree with Red Queen! Everyone was saying SUCH amazing things about it and when I read it, it was kind of 'meh' for me.
Don't ever apologize for an opinion, the world would be a boring place if everyone thought the same ~
huh, I never thought of all the light we cannot see as a ya novel. I would have put it with adult fiction.
Your outfit.. Tell me where you got it! I love it!!!
I completely agree with TMI. Do you think you'll read Lady Midnight?
i was obsessed with the mortal instruments so much that i wanted more, but when cassie added more books following the same characters i was eh about it. i was considering reading lady midnight but after hearing reviews on it i don't think I'm going to anymore.
poewtry I read Lady Midnight a few months ago and I found it really good. You should try it out and see if you like it or not -- if you're going to read it and get bored at the beginning for some reason, it gets better as you continue reading btw
poewtry i really liked Lady Midnight but it's undeniable that Emma is just another version of Jace and something's Julian says reminds me a lot of Clary, it's kinda annoying at times but it's a great book
I think the maze runner was overhyped
Me too
HELL YES IT IS
I basically fell asleep a couple times while reading the books
Those books were not even okay... the plot was awfully bad. Unfortunately, because when I first heard about it it sounded so much better.
we all have different opinions, I guess!
would you recommend a 15 year old teenager to read All the light we cannot see?
I really loved Splintered but I get what you didn't like about Unhinged and I really hope that I'll still like Ensnared when I'll read it next month...did you read those in-between-books ?
finally someone who agrees that the mortal instruments is overhyped. like the books aren't bad but I don't think they deserve as much hype
toulouseee Yes! There are many better plots and better writing. It was alright but overhyped.
i’m reading them right now and i feel like all the action happens at the end of the book which kinda sucks because the books are like 400 pages
i still like them tho they’re just hard to get into
I think Rebel Belle is really overhyped!!
I loved this video! I always love hearing different opinions on things, especially on books. So props to you for doing this.
Ugh, gosh yes!! I agree so much about Rebel Belle, Vampire Academy, Mortal Instruments. I enjoyed and appreciated hearing your opinions about them :)
Damn I love Red Queen and I just bought TMI
am i the only one who hated if i stay and where she went 😬👎
Have you read any Ally Carter books? Like the Gallagher Academy or Embassy Row??
Some people just complain for the sake of complaining. Try to ignore them, don't let them get you down.
I agree on all of these, and I want to also say Throne of Glass is super overhyped because of white feminism and her absolute reluctance to keep a focus with poc and lgbt+ characters, and often writing them off as old, dead and/or villains. Plus the romances were distorted and ended for reasons, I feel, only fueled the idea of making the endgame romances making the toxic masculinity ideal.
I think Throne of Glass is the most overhyped book I've ever read. When I got it, I was so excited to read this and it was just awful
It's totally alright if you didn't like it but personally, I would recommend continuing the series at least after you've read book 2 Crown of Midnight. I'm a huge fan of the series so I might be biased but ToG was definitely the weakest book in the series. Up to you though :]
:D Okay, I think I'll give it a chance. But it will take a while, there are so many books out there that I need to read. So many books, so little time!
Personally I found as the series went along and over the years Sarah J Maas writing got a lot better
I agree!!
I absolutely love Red Queen, it was quite different to other books I have read and had me gripped! After Glass Sword I was left a little disappointed but I can't wait to see where it goes😊
I appreciated your insight into why popular books receive the hype they do, and why that hype doesn't always end up supporting the narrative's integrity. Thank you, Hailey!
Also, would you consider making a video about extended universes in the vein of Tolkein, Rowling, and Clare, whose series revolve around the same characters, places, and concepts, and end up lacking creative innovation because of it? I'd like to see your take on this.
Have a lovely holiday!
NO! I'm so upset you watched the Vampire Academy movie, because it was awful. It was nothing like the book, and the movie itself was just plain bad. I can understand where you're coming from, but ugh the movie was just. Awful.
For me, the most overhyped book is The Book Thief, The Mortal Instruments, the Peregrine series and Beautiful Creatures. They are just terrible stories and I just never realy enjoyed them.
I see where you coming from in relation to the immortal instruments, past the third book I just felt like it was way to dragged out and I was just reading to finish it. It felt so slow by the time I got past that point, I can't even remember if it was actually slow actually I can't even remember the main plot tbh, haha. It's funny because I seemed to finish the whole hp series just fine.
love these kinds of videos! You should definitely do more of them :) one book that I didn't really care for but got so much hype was Perks Of Being A Wallflower. It just didn't do much for me unfortunately!
I had great expectations for all the light we cannot see...now I'm afraid it will disappoint me :(
Omg same. I'm waiting for it to get shipped to my house and now I'm scared that I'll hate it.
+Gretel B you may like it! i just had way too high of expectations for it
I hope you eventually liked it. It was for me at least top notch.
Amrita Sengupta I didn't end up liking it. It felt like it was dragging on and nothing was really happening. Very disappointed☹️
+Gretel B Ohhh :( You must be disappointed then. I personally felt the book was lyrical. Did you read The Nightangle by Kristin Hannah? It has a similar theme(ww2).
Thank you!! literally no one agrees with me on Red Queen, it's just so stereotypical and I feel like I've seen it all a thousand times before.
You are my new favorite youtuber :) i think we have the same taste in books. I'm trying to read more and your vids are awesome. I read all the time in middle school (twilight, harry potter, percy jackson, all the famous ones basically 😂) but only really read books i was required to read in high school. I'm starting by rereading some of the ones I've read before that I don't remember much.
Can you please make a recommendation video about biographies?
red queen series is incredible!! just re read it for the 4th time, disappointed to see it on this list :(
soph xo I know right? It's one of my favourite series! Can't wait for the third book!
same !!
of course??? hailey has her opinion and i have mine??? i'm disappointed that she wasn't able to enjoy it i'm not hating
I know
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wow i'm sorry for my gayness it sometimes just bursts out of me
steph suko Oh my god mE
+Potion Maker SAME
I appreciate the disclaimer because it's really great that you recognize that opinions are different!! just found your channel and I love 😍😍😍
Your eyebrows are perfect, your bookshelves make my eyes happy, and i love your accent, subscribed! Haha :) xxx
DOES NO ONE AGREE WITH ME ON THE OVER-HYPEDNESS OF DIVERGENT I'VE WATCHED SO MANY OF THESE VIDEOS AND NO ONE EVER SAYS DIVERGENT I FELL SO ALONE SO ALONE I WILL USE CAPSLOCK AND NOT PROPERLY PUNCTUATE THIS COMMENT
+Jillian Adams I AGREE WITH THIS I COULDNT EVEN GET PAST THE 2ND BOOK IT WAS JUST KINDA WEIRD AND EH
+Jillian Adams YES YES YES I LOVED THE FIRST BOOK BUT EVERYTHING JUST FELL APART AFTER THAT AND I ENDED UP NOT LIKING ANY BOOK IN THE SERIES IT IS SO SLOW AND THERE ARE SO MANY CONFUSING PLOTS AND CHARACTERS AND THE STORY??!! UGHHH
I was like "I swear to god if she mentions Eleanor and Park"
Andrea Menjivar
My favorite book lmao
i agree with you with the Mortal instruments after the first three books . i tried reading the fourth book and barely got through it . im not even trying to read 5&6 yet . it would have been a great idea if Cassandra did write the second half of the series years later :). got to love the first three books though
I want to give you HUGE kudos to you for articulating that your stage of life might have something to do with you opinion on that first book. I see reviews on booktube that sometimes make me wonder if it is the life stage and not the book. You put that in words and I appreciate that SO much.
Since everyone is confessing : hunger games wasn't that good and I can't get through the second book without being bored I'm sorry please don't hit me
Alondra Herrera the first book was decent (not my favorite though) but the second and third books were absolute trash in my opinion. Nothing super exciting happened, except the actual games in the 1st book, just some half-hearted add ons. Sorry for ranting. BYE
I love that series!
Does anyone else think the Harry Potter series is overhyped?
Blasphemy! lol no way imo at least :p
I think it is. I mean, don't get me wrong, the magical vibes and stories are very nice, and I love the series, but idk, people tend to idolize the author, and she doesn't write THAT great, I mean she's good, but not excellent. Also, I think people aren't seeing the series objectively since it's "their childhood" or whatever, I never read Harry Potter as a child so I don't have that strong personal connection with it. I love the series but it isn't my favorite.
Yes, exactly! I read it a year ago (when I was 18). I also agree about the part about JK. Rowling's writing. It's okay, not excellent.
I think it's way overhyped honestly. All of my friends were like "It's so amazing!" And "you NEED to read it". So I started it and it was like, what? Now it seems like every single fantasy book is about some wizard boy who goes to this wizard school and saves the world somehow. Just my opinion.
It's for fifth graders dude
I am looking for new books to buy from powells book store. But I agree for the first choice and I do agree I sold the book right away. Looking forward to more book reviews from you along with tags such as this
Have you already read the sequel to Red Queen (Glass Sword)? I'm currently reading it, and I liked Red Queen, but I'm just not feeling it yet while reading Glass Sword....
Overhyped YA books: the entire YA genre.
S R I agree. I've yet to read a YA novel that isn't disappointed.
S R I have found a handful of good YA books. It's really sad. I think it is because I don't really care for romance and high schools and such. I want so SICK ADVENTURE BOOKS!
Nahhh I think once u look for the ones I haven’t heard about , they are usually pretty enjoyable
see, i used to feel that way, so i stopped reading YA at all. sometimes i had to read one for a class, and i felt uncomfortable even liking one at all, because of the stigma i’d placed on them inside my head.
then, i needed a new book to read and i didn’t feel like reading anything that was particularly difficult, so i asked my librarian for a recommendation, and she handed me Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, and that book ended up legitimately changing my life.
it also changed my mind about YA. there’s a couple of good ones. not too many. not all the popular ones. but there’s a couple, so i’ve started giving them more of a chance.
try finding ones that have no romance! they're great
Did you read past the first Vampire Academy book? I agree with you about it not being as great as it was hyped up to be but the second one really makes up for what the first was lacking. I'm so happy I didn't decide to quit reading the series because they later introduced my all time favorite characters. Adrian and Sydney are what really made up for the book for me with their unique character traits and their relatability. I just started the spinoff series Bloodlines and I like it so much because Sydney is the main character and she's a lot more relatable to me than Rose was. So is her love interest. I think if you haven't you should give the series another shot.
I pretty much agree with your list.
City of Glass was my favourite book in the TMI series & I was a little bit sad when I found out that it was getting a continuation. I haven't read the last book yet but the two continuation didn't do much for me, reading them somehow almost felt like a chore
I agree that the 2 books between the 3rd book and the 6th book were pretty tedious to read but the 6th book was fantastic 👌
An alternative to Rebel Belle: Spellbinder by Helen Stringer.
Loved your videos a lot of these books were on my TBR so I am thankful for your opinion I need to take in consideration what to buy and what's not ! but I already have TMI actually I like TID so I thought I might like TMI also but I saw different point of view I will give it a go and see =) . BTW have any one read any other book about mental illness other than all the bright places ? I am interested in these sort of books / stories or novels I only read Sylvia Plath The Bell Jar and Oliver Sacks's book the man who mistook his wife for a hat -I did not finish this one I don't know why :$- and I'd like to read more novels or YA books so can any one recommend anything?
I agree with you on the Mortal Instruments series. I got a box set of the first four books a couple of years ago. I marathoned the first threw books last summer and I loved them. I feel like the series ended with the third book. I did pick up the fourth book and read 3/4ths of it but I just had to put it down because I felt the series ended with book 3. I just couldn't get through the fourth one and don't think I'll be continuing with the series
RE: Vampire Academy how close is the book to the movie?
For some reason when you say "this series" it turns on the hey Siri feature on my phone :)
+Fiona M hahaha that's awesome!