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1 Star Reviews

300 Pages of Blah. - The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey

Back to High School, Part 2 - The Return by Christopher Pike

I’m embarrassed that I even read this. - Chloe Sparrow by Lesley Crewe

This was so bad. Like, so very, very bad. I can’t even describe how bad it was. - Beautiful You by Chuck Palahnuik

A bratty vampire more concerned with about her shoe collection than being undead - Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson

Probably my biggest disappointment in 2014. - The Republic of Imagination by Azar Nafisi

Needs more vengeance, fewer stupid people - The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper

Don’t go “Whalin”….. - Gone Whalin' by Conor Lastowka

I read The Secret, so you don’t have to - The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

#11 Mediocre teen dystopian blah I get bored again already - Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi

Come for the Historical Romance, Stay for the Hostility - Once More, My Darling Rogue by Lorraine Heath

Imagine if Harry Potter was all about the Dursleys. - The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling

Would you like some pretension with your racism? - Understand Rap: Explanations of Confusing Rap Lyrics You and Your Grandma Can Understand by William Buckholz

Nerds, gosh! So nerdy, amirite? - Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb

- The Red Book by Deborah Kopaken Cogan

Utter worthless shit - Lost For Words by Edward St. Aubyn

I’m not convinced - Persuasion by Jane Austen

“He Texted?” Even the title sounds too high school for me - He Texted: The Ultimate Guide to Decoding Guys by Lisa Winning, Carolyn Henderson McDermitt

An affront to everything that makes books good. - The Sweet Spot by Stephanie Evanovich

Another Contemporary Romance, But with a Violation of the Client/Therapist Relationship - Sisters in Love by Melissa Foster

Ugh (a review in Drag Race gifs) - No Rest for the Wicked (Immortals After Dark #3) by Kresley Cole

Pretty sure this is the worst book I’ll read all year - This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

50 shades of “oh my, no! Really?! Yikes…Oh come on!” - 50 shades of grey by E L James

Jack London, you are one screwed up SOB. Also, Cannonball. - White Fang by Jack London

Are you a dumb witch, or THE DUMBEST witch? - 666 Park Avenue by Gabriella Pierce

A historical romance with so much dumb. This is not a good book, guys. - Somewhere I'll Find You by Lisa Kleypas

Nope. Not for me. - The Goldfinch: A Novel by Donna Tartt

House. Lake. Dirt. Woods. AND REPEAT. - In The House Upon The Dirt Between The Lake And The Woods by Matt Bell

The Dumbest Kiss - The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter

An Unbelievable Bore - Home to Stay (An Anchor Island Novel) by Terri Osburn

Turns Out Life Is Cheap - The New Boy by RL Stine

The Book About Basically the Same Thing as The Invention of Hugo Cabret, But This Is a Very Bad Book - The Robot King by Brian Selznick

The Cluttered and the Dead - The Waking Engine by David Edison

What’s invisible to me are the hours I’ve lost reading this thing. - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

If you like monstrously dumb protagonists, this is the book for you - Where Shadows Fall by Judith Kelman

Death would be preferable to reading this again - The Kills by Richard House

my last zombie book - The n-body Problem by Tony Burgess

Avoid! Unless you’re really into math. - Count to a Trillion by John C. Wright

Please do not enter - The Technologists by Matthew Pearl

If You Ever Found Russian Mob Guys Hot This Book Will End That For You - The Professional by Kresley Cole

Maybe I am Too Old for Young Adult - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Hallways in the Night by R.C. O’Leary - Hallways in the Night by R.C. O'Leary

Not Actually a Fear Street Book - Ski Weekend by RL Stine

Austen for Sad Cat Ladies - Austenland by Shannon Hale

A more accurate title would have been Uninteresting - Unexploded by Alison Macleod

Personally, I’ve Never Much Cared for Bees - Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan

Review 19 and 20: Bad writing but some good laughs - Hunting Eve and Silencing Eve by Iris Johansen

I don’t like Beckett, I don’t like Pinter – I certainly don’t like this - Nokon kjem til å komme (Someone is going to come" by Jon Fosse

Officially done with this travesty of an adaptation. - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Vol. 2 by Denise Mina

When you put “five star” in your title, you’re just asking for it - Five Star Billionaire by Tash Aw

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