Top 5 Wednesday: Most Disappointing Reads of 2018

January 16th: Most Disappointing Reads of 2018
--These are books you read in 2018, not only ones released in 2018.


This was alot harder than I expected to narrow it down to just 5.  I read 150 books or so last year and most of them were 3 stars or above.  I had 14 books that I gave 1 or 2 stars to.  Some of them I didn't expect to like in the first place (1984 by George Orwell is a good example of that) so I didn't list them here because they weren't really a dissapointment.

Here we go

• Warm Bodies by Issac Marion
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• I liked the movie, hated the book.  I'm not really into zombies, and I think I was expecting this to be more like the movie.  I wanted the comedy from the movie and this was dark and gruesome.  I
• The Defy Series by Sara B. Larson
• My Series Review
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• This entire series dissappointed me.  It was recommended if you liked Graceling by Kristin Cashore, but it is nothing like Graceling.  It is a contemporary romance that has some fantasy elements.  I didn't want swooning I wanted a strong female character who could kick butt.  She spent too much time worrying about her love life.  I didn't like it.  It got better, but its not Graceling by any means.
• Ruin of Stars by Linsey Miller
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• My review
• I wanted so much more out of this book.  I loved the first one, but this one was just missing something for me.  It wasn't the conclusion I wanted from this duology.
• Unbreakable by Sara Ella
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• My review
• This is another one where the conclusion of the series was so disappointing.  I really enjoyed the first 2 books, but the ending was immature.  It really ruined the whole series for me, which is a shame because the first 2 books were good and I liked the premise and the magic system.
• Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench by Mark Titus
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• I expected to like this more than I did.  I just didn't connect with the author's sense of humor.  I honestly didn't need to know about his gastrointestinal distress throughout his college basketball career as many times as he mentioned it.  Nor do I think much of his commentary was funny.  I did appreciate getting a look behind the scenes of college basketball, especially for games I watched or was at that he talked about in the book.  He is a talented writer, but his approach and humor just isn't for me.