WORST BOOKS OF 2018 || Unpopular Opinions on Books I Read in 2018
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- Out of all the books I read in 2018, here are the worst ones, the ones I hate! I'm doing a whole series sharing the Best, Worst, Most Disappointing/Overhyped and most surprising books I've read in 2018 so subscribe to not miss out! Some unpopular opinions here, I unfortunately didn't like these books, some I couldn't even finish and would love to hear your thoughts on them! What were the worst books you've read in 2018?
Best Books of 2018: • Best Books of 2018 || ...
Most Surprising Books of 2018: • MOST SURPRISING BOOKS ...
Most Disappointing Books of 2018: • MOST DISAPPOINTING / O...
Throne of Glass Reading Vlog: • READING THRONE OF GLAS...
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"i discovered one of my new pet peeves.... children." LMAO
LibraryofAmy it’s so true though 😂
Me at Disneyland!
Big mood
a fuckin mood
Same. 🤣😂
"Dum dum eats all the candies" is pretty much the story of my life. Can't wait for your top 10 "good porn" books! SMASH the like button you perverts.
Annnnd it starts... Look I'm not judging anyone on what they read. AT ALL.
Most of my reading is 100% for entertainment, read all the romance, read all the YA or read all the non fiction you want, I don't care. But let's just stop pretending SJM, CC and all the other popular YA writers are the best writers out there and that it's great literature. It's not. AND IT'S OKAY. But let's just stop pretending!
BookswithEmilyFox I LOVE when you do these videos. I agree with most of your opinions. You give solid reasons for your opinions. Please never stop making these! I totally agree with you on Throne of Glass. I hate read it and have zero desire to continue reading the filled with tropes series.
I always want to like those authors because SO MANY people on bookstagram post rave things about them and ughhh I just can't. It's like this elusive club haha
Don't let it get to you. We all like different things, it doesn't make us better or worse. Some people need a chill pill. BTW, looooove your rant videos, even when you don't like the books I liked haha.
People just don't realize that not every reader likes the same Authors or Books.
@@nicolealfonso totally agree! People should respect each other views not get offended by them just because they don't share same perspective
Salty Emily might be my favourite Emily!
Agreed! And she is not just being a hater but provides solid points!
Hahaha Salty Emily 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Lmao literally. I think she has mentioned she works in Law which totally makes sense with her passion for presenting her points in these videos.
It's that time of year when you talk trash about books I also hated this year and I love you for it!
"it wasn't even good porn" 😂 I'm dying 😂 I love your rants!
I mean, if you're going to make me read a sex scene at least make it a good one 😂
About kids in apocalypse scenarios: I actually think writers get it all wrong here. Children are super resourceful, adaptive and good at reading people (like their parents) and how these people react in certain situation. So for example they wouldn't be annoying and scream in dangerous situations because they would adapt to the parents behavior and understand that they are in danger. Emotionally they would probably even handle the apocalypse better than grown-ups.
That’s a very good point!
In my apocalypse story, the child character uses her cuteness and the adults' drive to protect kids to her advantage. She lowers their guard and then kills and eats them, and that's how she survives. Children are definitely survivors!
@@BookswithEmilyFox I don't know if you have read the book The Road it's one of my favorites and the child in it pretty much is conditioned to their situation
Yes, I recently finished the Gone series and that is all kids under the age of 15 in an end of the world type situation. I didn’t think I would like it because of that but I loved it. Most of the characters were able to adapt to the living conditions. Many died. But most did what they had to do to survive.
" Like him falling for her?.. like why??..." *whispering on the side* "Because of the rainbow hair" 😂😂 Love your sarcasm giirl 😂 Happy holidays☃️
I get 2nd hand embarrassment from movies but not books haha 🤷🏻♀️
I get second hand embarrassment from movies only if I watch it with people I don't know well or parent :P
Totally agree with you about female YA protagonists’ physical descriptions. I think about the idea that female beauty is empowering, but that it only empowers women over other women (and never over men). I feel like that could be what Maas is driving at, but that may be giving her too much credit.
Although Shadow and Bone wasn’t as good as I thought it’d be, I was glad they Bardugo mentioned Alina having acne and being sickly. Kinda annoying that it was ultimately a result of her “repressing her powers,” but still nice that she wasn’t pretty.
I’ve fallen in love with Mackenzie Lee’s writing & I think Felicity is one of the female protag I’ve read in YA this year. Same goes for Suzanne Collins: Katniss having leg hair is so refreshing, and even though she gets “made pretty” for the games, it’s clear part of herself is being stripped from her. More dystopians/fantasy and historical fiction should take into account differences in beauty standards/ the practicality of things like shaving/plucking/cleaning.
I don't think SJ Maas was thinking that deep.
I'm having flashbacks of high school when teachers would say the drapes being "x" color meant bla bla bla lol I also don't think she was thinking that deep.
I had super low expectation for Shadow and Bone so I enjoy it, it was refreshing at times! I agree for Katniss!
Sarah J. Maas is on my list of authors to never-ever-ever-read unless I'm being held at knifepoint. I have no interest in trashy YA fantasy novels with archetypal female characters who have to show no weakness and be the most badass person that walked the earth. I think they may be tailored towards a younger audience because I would have likely adored her novels years ago.
Honestly the fact that I would have eaten that bullcrap up a few years ago is why I get so mad about it. It's unhealthy to push down the throat of teenagers all the time! No wonder why everyone is so confused lol
I love your rants and your expressive eyebrows lol.
Sadly I didn’t read enough this year to have any favorites or Hates but that’s definitely going to change for
2019.
My reading is slowly progressing and I've gone from all YA books to recently finding out my love for adult fiction books. I do enjoy some YA, but I am beginning to get frustrated and become more critical with the one dimensional characters and story lines that aren't as complex and interesting as adult fiction. I do love a good romance, but some of the YA romances are so stupid!! Like 17 year olds who put their partners over LIFE after literally TWO DAYS.... like ??? Be logical ahaha!!!
What were the worst books you've read this year? ;)
The Boneless Mercies
Sad Girls by Lang Leav, CoBaB (sorry!!), aaaand Strange the Dreamer, for sure. I loved the first half and the the romance....... wow borefest after that kicked in.
The chalk man by C.J. Tudor. I didn’t like that book and didn’t care about the characters.
The Cabin by Natasha Preston🤢
Ready Player One and Eve: The Awakening
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur. Neruda is turning in his grave.
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan. No structure, purple prose, paper thin characters, bad dialogue.
Ilya K I can totally relate with milk and honey it was painful .I swear if that book wasn’t a gift I would’ve thrown it in the trash 😐
OMG I hate purple prose. I found I'll Give You The Sun so irritating!
I can understand about milk and honey.😑
@@taekooksdaisies1345 i thouht i was the only one in the world that hated milk and honey
People have to remember one thing, it’s her opinion and she has the right to express it.
Hey Emily -- would you be willing to do a video where you recommend a few, specific favorite booktubers? I'd love to know who your personal favorites to watch are!
Some of my fav stop doing videos and I haven't had much time to find more but on top of my head: Possibly Literate, Kalanadi, Kitty G, Amerie, Thoughts on Tomes
On Goodreads: Emily May, Petrik
Hope it helps!
I don't understand all the hype about the TOG Series, maybe I'm too old😂
NiallColg same
Thank you for this video. I love that you are not afraid to share your opinions.
Since I value your book opinions and you have great and unique taste I look forward to every single video of you. Thanks Emily, keep up the fantastic videos 👍🏽
I just love negative opinions
More of an honest review than especially hate..reasons are given and at the end it's how it's said.😊📚
Now this folks is what you call being brutally honest. I love it! I haven't read a lot this year, but will try to ko kick it off a notch next year. Definitely good video on what to avoid. 👍
You are wonderfully salty and sarcastic in this video and I am Here For It. And I totally agree, getting hate for disliking a book just makes me double down on how trash that book is. Not sorry! 💁♀️
That's exactly it! I don't judge people for what they read and like but I hate when people argue that these books are great literature... they're not. AND IT'S FINE! Just don't try to argue they are! I read for entertainment too but I know that!
BookswithEmilyFox (honest question) is there a standard set of criteria for what makes a book a great literature? maybe their criteria for a great literature is different from yours, and that’s fine too.
"Great literature" makes me think about amazing, more often than not, classic books.
Look at my "Best Books of 2018", all books I loved but none I would qualify as great literature. I read mostly for enjoyment so I'm not judging anyone here!
@@mariasbubble yes, there are standards for good writing and great literature. "Great" is not the same as "popular" or "liked".
Sooooo ready for this!!! You upload I very happily watch!!
Ugh your blunt honesty is always so refreshing. Thanks for blessing us with these videos every year! ✨
"I want you to die, i will leave you to die, i hope you die." That's gonna be my favorite quote from you.😂😂 I really love how you trash talk this books and gives me life😂😂
LOL your synopsis of Throne of Glass was spot on. I read it several years ago back when I feel that I was far less critical of books and actually rated it 4/5 on Goodreads. But even at the time Celaena drove me crazy because she really was the worst assassin in the history of ever. If she's the best assassin in that realm, they must not have a very high bar for assassins.
I started to grow more and more frustrated with the series as time went on. The third book was absolute garbage. 4th book was better, but even so I've had the 5th book sitting on my shelf for months and I still haven't brought myself to read it. I'm noticing the older I get, the less patience I have for YA main characters. Especially when they are written like Celaena.
I love the way to say "Trillers." I'm going to call them that now.
With Throne of Glass did you find you enjoyed certain parts more than others? I struggled to get into it, but kept going, and really enjoyed book two and am enjoying book three. I feel like Caelena becomes a bit of a nasty person in the second and third books, is that a good thing?
I knew you were gonna include Altered Carbon.
Love the rant.
Totally off topic, but I love your shirt! Where did you get it?
The black one seems to be out of stock bit.ly/2CotnGD
but lulus lets you get a notification when it's back in stock on their website so it might come back!
BookswithEmilyFox Awesome! Thank you 😊
Wow, I’ve never watched any of your videos before but I’m so happy I happened upon this one. I love that you get to the point and tell it how it is, that’s what I need for book recommendation videos! Thank you, can’t subscribe fast enough.
LIVING for the honesty and sass in this video! love u emily
Great video, as always!I just love the way you talk about books and show us exactly what you did or didn´t like the book honestly!Could you make video just talking about the romances in books that you ended up liking it ?
I already did one :) th-cam.com/video/j2gRXKrcFNk/w-d-xo.html
I’m so distracted by your beautiful eyeliner .
LOVED this so much! Also damn I though you slapped yourself at 22:58 because of the cut sound and how your hand went up so quickly xD
Haha it's so hard to edit a video where you speak fast and passionately! I didn't want to repeat myself and all!
I think I will stay far, far away from Sarah J. Maas...
I wouldn’t! I would read it and if you don’t like than you don’t have to keep reading. I originally thought that, but they are very entertaining!
Me too, I honestly tried liking her stuff but I just can’t .its just to over rated and to over hyped
A Musical Bookworm I find Sarah j Maas writes for the masses hehe
I feel she’s more focused on her word count that a good story. But...I’m not published so what do I know... lol
Good choice!
A Musical Bookworm far far away still isn’t far away enough from fucking Sarah J. Maas
Hi Emily! Have you read any David Mitchell book? Like Cloud Atlas or The Bone Clocks?
This is my first video I’ve watched of yours but I’ll definitely watch more! I had the exact same issues with ToG so it’s a relief to find someone else who feels the same!
So excited for the whole video series, but especially this one😂❤️
Loved it!!
I loved Eragon when I was young, and would really like to reread it to see if I still love it, but I fear I won't …
Can't wait to post my worst books of 2018: it'll be cathartic x)
@A Girl That Paints Oh my, I have the same memories!! She had to come to my room to force me to switch my lamp off, and I would take a flashlight to read under my blanket x) I really hesitate… I want to keep good memories, and I would be so sad if it was not as great as the first time… Maybe I'll do just like you!
Loved Eragon growing up :) I actually reread the first one as an adult and I deemed it safe enough to continue lol... after all, the series gets 100× better after the first!
@@damdaddy not wrong! Well, I'll try it!
Absolutely loved your descriptions of these obviously horrible books! Thank you so much...I won't waste my time. Happy New Year! I look forward to another great year in books with you!
thanks for your honesty! these kind of vids help when deciding to pick up a book or not!
Your eyeliner is always so on point, dudette! 😍
This video made me want to watch more from you 😄 Love your honest opinions! Thanks for sharing!
I liked this before I even started! 🖤🖤🖤
Also, where did you get that cute sweater?!
It's from Free People! Lulus carries it but it's currently sold out!
I love that you are doing these!
Sarah J Maas is overrated. The same love triangles and cringey characters are too much. Even the most badass female characters turn into little, blushing, lash batting girls when they see a guy. It’s a pain to go through these books really.
Great video!!! Love the honesty!!!!!
Your reviews are literally refreshing to listen to. Your hilarious, but honest.
Thank you for another great year of reviews. I'm at a disadvantage because I'm loving everything I am reading. I don't think it is a question of how deep I am assimilating the books. I know it is not the focus of this channel, but I am curious about your thoughts on First Man (2018). I loved the characterization of the one INTP test pilot engineer NASA NEEDED to be on that particular flight to do the calculations & adapt to the evolving danger.
Gratitude for reading all these crappy (for you) books. At least you can say 2018 Was the year you found your pace for the large books! 🤷♀️🤷♂️
the way you go off on these books is so fun to listen to, i really love your commentary, it's so entertaining to listen to.
Love your video! Love your end of the year serie! 😻 I really love the ACOTAR serie by SJM, and I think i really like her books, but I'm so thrilled to hear FINALLY a bad critic! I really think her books and magic universes are not THAT special and that her writing is like really simple/ok/not that impressive, and sometimes I wonder how tf can her books can be so muuuuuch loved - and again, i, myself, really enjoy ACOTAR. Although i didn't pick up ToG serie yet, i can't wait to do so, but so glad to see someone not liking it! 💙 Also, aucun rapport, but did you already read Six of Crows/Grisha by Leigh Bardugo? :)
I like the little faces you draw on your annotations. Super cute. Makes me want to annotate! Haha.
Totally agree with your opinions on THRONE OF GLASS
Thank you so much for expressing my frustrations 🙇🏻♀️
I looooooooove how confident you are with your opinions. I just love you. I always get a heart attack when you upload. Love you.
Your sarcasm is killing me I LOVE IT. 😂
I love the way you resent those books, especially when you talked about Run and The Sixth Extinct. So hilarious 😋
I read warcross because it was on sale somewhere and really cheap. But the second when she saw the rich guy on like a magezine cover I knew that he was the love interest. The book was pretty predictable but i didn't hate it because i had really low expectations😅 btw. I really enjoy these end of the year videos so thank you for making them
"I was really hoping she'd get poisoned and die" omg mood
Yes! I look forward to these videos every year.
I have not had so much fun watching a video so far in this year. Content, people. THIS is good content. I trust you my reading life. Thank you very much.
This is my third comment regarding Throne of Glass on your channel/Twitter :D :D :D I swear, it really gets better with each book. I, as you, was waiting for the assassin bit in the first book - nothing happened. But lot will happen in second book and the following ones. I think that from the 7 (or 8 if you are counting the prequel) books I truly fell in love with the series in the 4th book and then it was just jaw dropping. Just saying to not give up on the series ;) I totally get your opinion I was feeling (not as strongly) similarly dissapointed but it really really really gets better. :)
'... and I discovered one of my new pet peeves: children!' XD Oh man, it's great that you're so honest and don't really care about having an unpopular opinion! That's one of the (many) reasons why I love your videos. This one was hilarious, highly entertaining and so true (for me at least). Keep 'em coming! ;-) I didn't read a book this year that I *hated* and only gave one star, but Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue and The Night Circus are some of my lowest rated books (I'm cleary not a YA lover). And A Little Life, bah...
Love your shirt. Where did you get it !? lol
I am a new subscriber because of this video!!! Can I asked where your from? I love your accent!!!! I also love your reviews and how you explain yourself!!!
I'm French Canadian :)
Thank you for responding! I kept trying to place it and thought you were from France so I was kinda close? No not really lol!!! I can’t wait to see what you come out with next! I’ve started back watching your videos!!!!
OH MY GOSH I LOVE YOUR BRUTAL HONESTY!
Emily, your rants are awesome! Ha!
I do hear you on Stars Are Legion. It is definitely confusing at first and it's intentionally messy. But frankly, it's not where I would have started with Kameron Hurley. Her other books God's War and The Mirror Empire are much easier to get into.
Thank you sooo much, Emily! This video is great. Love it, love you. I enjoy your review, it's useful, I LOL all the time, I'm becoming familiar with different books. It's all around great experience.
I laughed so hard. Your comments are on point.
I showed your review of Eragon to my friend who also complained to me about it. She loved it and she agrees with you 100 %.
You're hilarious.
Also, I wanted to say thank you because you notice and discuss sexist things. I think this trend should be widely acknowledged.
and that dialog in Eragon that you showed... You should be a comedian)
Love your vids and opinions! We need more of these videos of people actually saying the truth and not just loooving every book.... Thank you!!
I hope you do continue reading the Throne of Glass series because in my opinion the series does get a lot better, the author had a whole series in mind but didn’t know if it would sell so (like most authors) she wrote the first book to be a stand alone but the rest of the series is planned really well. again that’s my opinion and everyone has different opinions but...ya
also this is the first of your videos i’ve ever seen but wow i love your eyebrows, you’re killing it
I never wanted this video to end... I love your rants :D
You should read more book that you hate, just for the sake of the videos you make afterwards 😂
I like that you are mature enough to have your own opinion (even an unpopular one), explain the reasoning behind it clearly and stick by it, yet at the same time be so quirky and have such an lively gestures and facial expressions
Love to hear your opinion, especially when you get so salty lol. While I often have similar taste as you there were a couple on this list I enjoyed but respect the reasons you didn’t. The worst book for me was The North water (don’t even remember who it was by) but oh man was it an awful waste of time. Can’t wait to see the rest of your end of the year videos!
HERE! FOR! THIS! The "not like other girls" trope is the absolute worst, I'm soooo tired of it. I read The Kind Worth Killing and Dark Matter of your recommendation! Bummer that you didn't like some of their other books.
Oh my god your Eragon Simulated Conversation has me dying!!! (I did grow up reading the books and they were good but waaaaaay too long).
This video just completely confirmed that you are my favorite book TH-camr. The "rants" about children and ya tropes in particular made me die laughing because you sounded so much like me,.
does anyone know where her top is from?? it is important for my closet
Sonali i believe its from a site called lotus boutique !
I’ve not read Altered Carbon (I have watched the Netflix show, which was excellent and sounds totally different to the book) but your review was amazing, laughed out loud hehe I’ll be giving the book a miss! Fab video 😀
your reading tastes are exactly like mine. when i start to read a fantasy/sci-fi book i look for death, adventure, battles, technology, futuristic stuff, medieval stuff, not a boy and a girl falling in love. i get so cringy when the author seems to force a romance that just doesnt need to be there. i feel you girl
I’ve still yet to read Throne of Glass 😅😂
Hi Emily ! I respect your opinion about ToG but let’s keep in mind it was her first book published years ago, the last ones are really better 😊 love your videos, bonnes fêtes de fin d’année ! 😘
She was 26 when it was published. If I came out with a book like that right now everyone would call me out on my shit lol
Bonne fetes de fin d'année!
I think the point is that she has improved with practice, not that she was young and dumb. I agree. The characters are way more developed as you go on. The love triangle goes away. It's not perfect, but a lot of the issues you mentioned get resolved given time.
I live for your rants 😂 also the worst book I read this year was In The Woods by Tana French. My dad read it and loved it, so I listened to the audio book. It INFURIATED me like there was a mystery in it that’s stated in the summary that NEVER. GETS. RESOLVED. I was so mad and annoyed, I literally gave it 1 star I think 🙊
Also are you doing an anticipated 2019 reads video? ☺️
Lol, was laughing throughout the video!!! Kudos to your humour sense and honest opinions🙌
Emily hating on books is my favorite thing in booktube 😂😂
Thanks for this! Going to go cross Throne of Glass from my reading list
Such a fun video! 😁
Are you from Montreal,Quebec by any chance? Kind of sound french :P
i really love these videos from you, since i agree with so many things you said about all the ya literature. i'm so tired of the ya trope of every man falling for the beautiful main character that can't do anything right. and just like you i have nothing against beautiful women in books! but that trope is so over done and boring to me, that whenever i pick up another ya book i kinda feel like i already know whats going to happen. and that's really sad :(
so yes! please keep doing these videos, since i'm all for unpopular opinions and salty emily!
I came for the tea and I got the tea 😏🍵. Thank you!! I love these videos.
You are literally one of my favorite booktubers now
Your eyeliner always looks so good
Thank you! I have a beauty channel (beauty with emily fox) so I get a lot of practice haha
23 minutes of teaaaaa 🍵
My hero! Thank you for saying this!!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching you be salty as hell in this video. This has to be one of my fave videos you’ve ever done!
Once a year, I let all the build up frustration from reading bad books come all out haha Very satisfying!
For me the worst book I read was Carry On by Rainbow Rowell. I was really angry at first but now I can only laugh about it. It's hilariously bad. Firstly it reads like the last book in a series because we basically get thrown into the story before the big showdown with the villain (which was so stupid, both the guy and the situation).
I think the worst part about this was the 'magick system' (the term 'magick' annoyed me so much). Basically the spells in this world are popular sayings /nursery rhymes etc. The villain gets defeated with shouted out Queen lyrics. Enough said.
For 3/4 of the book nothing was happening, which was weird because again, it's like the last book in a series and the ending just blew up and pissed me off so much.
The Dumbledore guy was so maddening, both Simon Snow and the Hermione-double were idiots. We were supposed to believe that everyone was so close, but we never got to see that, because LAST BOOK IN A SERIES! Baz was the only good thing in this story, but was later ruined as well by association with Simon.
I gould go on forever.
Lol i literaly agree with all your points and still enjoyed this book. I guess it was bc of Rainbow Rowells writing. Idk lol. I have never thought a book was objectively so bad but enjoyed it so much subjectively.
Your reaction to carry on is me with fangirl. Guess we aren't fans of rainbow rowell😂😂 Also STALK
@@_echointhevoid_ haha that's cool 😂 I think if I reread it I would just enjoy the badness 😂
@@aflowerthatcannotbebloomed STALK 😎😎😎
I kinda agree with your points, but I still personally liked this book because it was just really fun to read lol
Reading and Writing are subjective art forms and I love that everyone can have opposite opinions on the same thing. It is all art and regardless of the interpretation or opinion, it still remains art for some people. I love that! Also, I love "worst books" videos because I love seeing a fav of mine on another person's "worst" list. It just reminds me of how amazing literature is in that way. Nothing is objectively bad and nothing is objectively good. Everyone has their own opinion and every opinion is valid😍❤️
Oh man do I love these videos! YA can be so cringey! I totally agree with your points. Excited for the next video!
I agree on ToG! I rolled my eyes a lot in that book and the second (so many explainable points and ellipses), but I feel more lenient now that I know it was her absolute first book. Mostly, I'm reading the series because she has had to do a lot to fix plot holes and I think that's an interesting problem for beginning writers. Also: I'm so glad you're pointing out the "pretty girl" parts of the book because it is really trite and toxic to always be exposed to. Good points 🙌🏼
Tbh ACOTAR wasn't much better :/
This is why you're one of my favourites, everyone loves Throne of Glass and I hate the damn thing. I expected to though, because numerous people have mentioned that the first is one of the worst in the series so I will give the second book a chance because I do enjoy SJM writing, it's simple and easy to read which is what I need right now haha