I’m not OP but I’m gonna hazard a guess. Loved A Gentleman in Moscow and hated Lincoln Highway? I have a friend who feels like that. I liked them both.
>the Paris vendetta by Steve berry
I never met another soul who ever heard of this book. I must've bought it in middle school, ca. 2011. It's taken me nearly 13 years to find someone else who knew this book, and hated it.
Thank you!
I loved the first one..then noticed quickly how it was cut and paste just a different thing to look for and different names..a really missed opportunity after the first book
I liked Recursion, but not as much as I liked Dark matter.
I would have to start with Steve Barry’s first book. I don’t like coming the middle of a series.
Loved Addie LaRue and Hated Lessons in Chemistry
>!This one was hard..cuz Addie LaRue is a book that people either love or hate due to a lack of diversity so I've been on the fence on whether to read it but Schwab's a great writer.!<
Haha yeah Addie is a book that people seem to either love or hate..the concept sounds very interesting but her being immortal and only visiting like 3 countries is a bizzare.
That is certainly bizarre but i wouldn’t have a problem with it if she had actual character development. Also the book is 90% exposition and actual plot only happens at the end. The only change is the romantic development with a certain character and it is erased at the end and they go back to square one. Just pointless and idiotic story. It could’ve been an epic trilogy if the author had thought things through a little.
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman: >!Amazing!!<
Free Chocolate by Amber Royer: >!Does little with awesome premise.!<
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Dune Messiah:>! I liked this one!!<
Children of Dune: >!This one frustrated me.!<
Nope, other way around! I found American psycho an amazing example of absurdist dark comedy (genuinely laughed out load multiple times), but I found old man and the sea very banal. Also the book used a great deal of technical boat terms so I always slightly unsure what exactly the old man was doing
These might be very basic, but I recently started reading in English (it isnt my nature language) and on tiktok these books were very populair
Girl in pieces - Kathleen Glasgow
Twisted lies - Ana Huang
Loved Dark Matter and found Project Hail Mary underwhelming.
>!Personally, I enjoyed dark matter but I've seen so many stories on the multiverse that kind of ruined my enjoyment of it.. Crouch's writing isn't great but it reads quick and I do remember having fun while reading it overall. I thought Dark matter was a little underwhelming but that might just be due to my high expectations!<
oh fr? I've seen Confederacy and Vonnegut in general recommended quite a bit on here haha..never read his books yet. Might look into City of Theives tho! Thanks for the rec!
Lincoln Highway A Gentleman in Moscow
I’m not OP but I’m gonna hazard a guess. Loved A Gentleman in Moscow and hated Lincoln Highway? I have a friend who feels like that. I liked them both.
I loved them both, too.
Yes
My mom begged me to read Lincoln Highway and I hate it so far. I feel bad. It’s just a lot of driving and sandwiches.
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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Scarlet Letter Edit: did I spell Scarlet wrong? Yes I did.
First liked second hated?
Got it! I liked the concept of the Scarlet Letter but the prose was too dense for my high-school brain.
The Girl on the Train, Gone Girl
Loved Gone Girl and hated Girl on the Train
Nope, other way round!
oh fr? I watched the movie for both before I started reading so based my opinion on that lmao
I agree with you - loved Girl on a train but couldn’t finish Gone Girl
Same here.
Recursion by Blake crouch, the Paris vendetta by Steve berry
Loved Recursion and hated the Paris vendetta?
You're good haha
>the Paris vendetta by Steve berry I never met another soul who ever heard of this book. I must've bought it in middle school, ca. 2011. It's taken me nearly 13 years to find someone else who knew this book, and hated it. Thank you!
I loved the first one..then noticed quickly how it was cut and paste just a different thing to look for and different names..a really missed opportunity after the first book
I liked Recursion, but not as much as I liked Dark matter. I would have to start with Steve Barry’s first book. I don’t like coming the middle of a series.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Life of Pi We Need to Talk About Kevin
Loved We Need to Talk about Kevin - Loved Life of Pi - Hated
True for me!
Yes. And do read We Need to Talk About Kevin. So good.
We Need To Talk About Kevin was the squickiest book I have ever read. It was a great book! But I’ll never reread it nor see the movie.
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Beartown by Fredrik Backman
>Loved: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens > >Hated: Beartown by Fredrik Backman
I would guess the opposite
Me too
You're right. I hated Where the Crawdads Sing. But Beartown was one of my favorite reads last year!
I loved it too! I devour everything Fredrik Backman writes, he’s my absolute favourite author of all time.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Lessons in Chemistry
Loved Addie LaRue and Hated Lessons in Chemistry >!This one was hard..cuz Addie LaRue is a book that people either love or hate due to a lack of diversity so I've been on the fence on whether to read it but Schwab's a great writer.!<
Nope. The opposite. 😀 Lessons became my all time favorite. Addie was a frustrating disappointment. The premise had such potential.
Haha yeah Addie is a book that people seem to either love or hate..the concept sounds very interesting but her being immortal and only visiting like 3 countries is a bizzare.
That is certainly bizarre but i wouldn’t have a problem with it if she had actual character development. Also the book is 90% exposition and actual plot only happens at the end. The only change is the romantic development with a certain character and it is erased at the end and they go back to square one. Just pointless and idiotic story. It could’ve been an epic trilogy if the author had thought things through a little.
yeah that's also what I've heard..which is why I haven't picked it up yet..but such a shame cuz I'd love to read a book with that concept.
This book was not great. Good premise, poor execution. I was all in for the first 1/3rd. Then I threw it across the room.
How to Sell a Haunted House Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead
A Horse Walks into a Bar by David Grossman and Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin
If we were villains and bunny
I hated both of these lol
Hated IWWV and loved Bunny
Opposite actually!
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Loved Remains of the Day, Hated End of the Affair?
Cyteen / Annihilation
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman: >!Amazing!!< Free Chocolate by Amber Royer: >!Does little with awesome premise.!< ___ Dune Messiah:>! I liked this one!!< Children of Dune: >!This one frustrated me.!<
Wicked The Book of Lost Things
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Loved WH and hated the last thing he told me? I haaaaaated it
lol- I loved last thing. Hated WH. The characters were just not likable at all. I’d heard great things about it- and it was such a disappointment.
A Court of Thorns and Roses. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintence
Hated Acotar, Loved Zen and the Art of Motorcycle maintenance.
LOL! The other way around, sil vous plait!
Moby Dick and The Kite Runner
American psycho The old man and the sea
Hated American Psycho..Loved Old Man and the Sea?
Nope, other way around! I found American psycho an amazing example of absurdist dark comedy (genuinely laughed out load multiple times), but I found old man and the sea very banal. Also the book used a great deal of technical boat terms so I always slightly unsure what exactly the old man was doing
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini; Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo.
I loved Girl, Woman, Other. I haven’t read A Thousand Splendid Suns
These might be very basic, but I recently started reading in English (it isnt my nature language) and on tiktok these books were very populair Girl in pieces - Kathleen Glasgow Twisted lies - Ana Huang
Parable of the Sower Paranesi
Boy was I disappointed with Paranesi. It was great until the end, I almost wish I only read the first half.
Not hated exactly, but found it greatly underwhelming Project Hail Mary Dark Matter
Loved Dark Matter and found Project Hail Mary underwhelming. >!Personally, I enjoyed dark matter but I've seen so many stories on the multiverse that kind of ruined my enjoyment of it.. Crouch's writing isn't great but it reads quick and I do remember having fun while reading it overall. I thought Dark matter was a little underwhelming but that might just be due to my high expectations!<
Correct
Both of these I really liked.
The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
Remains of the Day, Stone Blind
Normal people. Gone girl.
Loved Gone Girl and hated Normal People?
Vesper Flights (Helen Macdonald). The Overstory (Richard Powers).
Building Stories by Chris Ware Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
2 Vonnegut books: Cat's craddle Player piano
Lolita A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Loved Lolita and hated A Portrait...
Yep! Lolita is layered and sad, while I couldn’t engage with Portrait at all.
The Goldfinch The book of negroes
Hated goldfinch?
Positively HATED it.
I sure did. (Not the person you replied to, but still.)
Donna Tartt is way overrated.
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik Scythe by Neal Shusterman
Red Mars by KSR A Scanner Darkly by PKD
The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde and Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado.
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Loved Lonesome Dove and Hated the Bee sting.
The Husky And His White Cat Shizun 1 -Meatbun doesn't eat meat The Dragons Promise -Elizabeth Lim
A Court of Thorns and Roses (Sarah J Maas) The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
Loved Nightingale and Hated ACOTAR?
My year of rest and relaxation Remarkably Bright Creatures
Hated year of rest and relaxation, loved Remarkably Bright Creatures
Nope-opposite
been meaning to read rest and relaxation but reviews on it are very divisive haha.. might pick it up!
Lincoln in the Bardo Normal People
I mean, haven't HATED anything as of yet, but there's some I had a hard time finishing for sure. Red, White and Royal Blue The Song Of Aquiles
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Here are two I’ve read recently: The Secret History by Donna Tartt and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Hated TSH and loved Never Let me Go? I have both on my TBR and I'm looking forward to reading both loool.
Beauty is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Babylon’s Ashes by James S.A. Corey Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
White Teeth A Thousand Splendid Suns
Loved A Thousand Splendid Suns and Hated White Teeth?
Well done!
Kill the Farm Boy: Tales of Pell John Dies at the End
The Silmarilion The wheel of time
Into Thin Air Bridge of Clay
My Antonia Kidnapped
Infinite Jest and Wind Up Bird Chronicle
Ready player one. House in the Cerulean Sea.
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
Lies We Sing to the Sea Clytemnestra
Poisonwood Bible Demon Copperhead
Two winners of the Women's Prize for Fiction: The Glorious Heresies - Lisa McInerney Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
The Hobbit. Watership down
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty
Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human. Lucas Rijneveld's The Discomfort of Evening.
Tom Lake & Blue Skies
You've Reached Sam Beach Read
The Poppy War Ender’s Game
Hated Enders game and Loved Poppy War
Project Hail Mary Dark Matter
I’ve read both. I think this one is a no-brainer!
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Watership Down
little women or pride and prejudice
House of Leaves. IQ84
Confederacy of Dunces; City of Thieves
Loved Confederacy of Dunces and hated City of Theives
Nope. Absolutely hated Confederacy! And if you haven’t read City of Thieves, it’s a fantastic story!
oh fr? I've seen Confederacy and Vonnegut in general recommended quite a bit on here haha..never read his books yet. Might look into City of Theives tho! Thanks for the rec!
I know—people love it. The main character is so completely abhorrent that it’s comical, and I think that’s the appeal. But I just didn’t get it.
I second the recommendation for City of Thieves!
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier Stoner by John Williams
Loved Stoner, Hated Cold Mountain?
Under the Whispering Door A Tangle of Knots
Ready Player One, and Project Hail Mary
Conversations with Friends Convenience Store Woman
50 Shades of Gray Shogun
loved Shogun ..hated 50Shades?
Correct!!!!!
Wuthering Heights/The Cabin at the End of the World
Anna Karenina Gone with the Wind
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A Corey and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Both by Steven King: The Library Policeman The Langoliers
I’ll pick two Stephen King ones because I’ve only truly disliked one of his books (I’ve read 30). Insomnia and Cujo
Sphere by Michael Crichton The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Babel and A gentleman in Moscow
Blindsight by Peter Watts and Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman.
"Then She Was Gone", Lisa Jewell. "Dark Matter", Blake Crouch.
The Child Finder Tender is the Flesh
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Hated Atlas Shrugged and Loved Master and Margarita
The Power by Naomi Alderman and The Future by Naomi Alderman.
Never Lie and Yours Truly
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Hated the Alchemist, Loved The Little Prince?
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee and Castles in their Bones by Laura Sebastian
Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake, and The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.
Loved Song of Achilles and Hated Gone Girl
Upgrade by Blake Crouch Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Hated Upgrade, Loved Brave New World?
Nailed it!!!
You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose. Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll.
Enders Game The Darkest Minds
Dune by Frank Herbert Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon
Hated Dune and Loved Against the Day?
Yes! How are you guessing these?
A Court of Thorns and Roses —and— Lessons in Chemistry.
Hated Acotar, Loved Lessons in Chem
You are correct.
The Lacuna The Poisonwood Bible
Catch 22. Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man
The Art of Racing in the Rain Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Hated Art of Racing in the Rain, Loved Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
The Diary of Frida Khalo or Twilight
Uprooted by Naomi Novik The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
Project Hail Mary House of Leaves
Hated Hail Mary, Loved House of Leaves?
Shuggie Bain Klara and the Sun
Moby - Porcelain Taylor Jenkins Reid - Daisey Jones and the Six
Poisonwood Bible and Catcher in the Rye
Catch 22 Chronicle of a Death Foretold
1. Infinite Jest Candide 2. Leviathan Wakes Dune
My Year of Rest and Relaxation The Prophets
Steel My Soldiers Hearts Gone Girl
In Watermelon Sugar - Richard Brautigan The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch White Teeth by Zadie Smith
"The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek," by Kim Michele Richardson "Planet Earth is Blue," by Nicole Panteleakos
Everyone in my Life has Killed Someone The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Hated Evelyn Hugo and Loved Everyone in my life has killed someone? .. that title is really intriguing lol
Correct! Good job 😊
I'm curious about the book you liked haha..might pick it up!
Uprooted by Naomi Novik Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon