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1 Star Reviews

Classic Book + Angsty Teen = Not Worth It - The "Wonderful" Wizard of Futher-Mucking Oz by Matt Youngmark

Save your time, avoid this book. - Saving Grace by Debbie Babitt

This is definitely not my brand of heroin… - Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer

The stench is right, this book STINKS! - The Stench of Honolulu by Jack Handey

What Was This Woman Smoking? - Preternatural by Margaret Wander Bonanno

I’m an Atheist and This Book is Exhausting - Hi, I'm an Atheist by David G. McAfee

Part Fantasy, Part Messianic Fever Dream - Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella

Strangers in their Own Land – Arlie Russell Hochschild (2016) - Strangers in their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild

You Get What You Pay For - Deepening Fiction – A Practical Guide for Intermediate and Advanced Writers by Sarah Stone and Ron Nyren

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve disliked a book this much, but boy howdy, did I dislike this. - The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

Robot Dreams? More like a nightmare. - Robot Dreams by Sara Varon

I’ve made a bad decision, but I’m too stubborn to change my mind: The Wheel of Time (Part V) - The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan

Absolutely do not read this book - My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent

Trigger warning for rape: The Wheel of Time (Part IV) - A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan

“Oh my God. My fantasy crush is a gynecologist. My gynecologist.” - Wrong by Jana Aston

Babyluv, This is One Smucking Annoying Book - Lisey's Story by Stephen King

This gives romantic sci-fi a bad name - Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

Hot Kylo Ren, Toxic Relationships, and Dull Writing - The Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster; The Last Jedi by Jason Fry; The Rise of Skywalker by Rae Carson

Hi, I’m the world’s most pedantic detective, and I have a few more questions for this book. - Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner

They say thriller; I say crap - The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah - The Professor and the Parson by Adam Sisman

Dumb and Bloated - The Graft by Martina Cole

What’s the opposite of taking it easy? This book is that. - The Art of Taking It Easy by Dr. Brian King

Crime and the impoverished young woman - Miss Tonks Turns to Crime by Marion Chesney

Venus on the Half-Shell – Kilgore Trout (1974) - Venus on the Half-Shell by Kilgore Trout

The main character is a dumbass - Hush by Dylan Farrow

I should have known better than to read this book - The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

There’s No There There - Your Turn, Mr. Moto by John P. Marquand

More Like Crazy Ramblings of a Mentally Ill Cat/Book Lady - Confessions of a Curious Bookseller: by Elizabeth Green

Burn it all down - The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner

Stop reading after book two! Is my advice. - Five Dark Fates (Three Dark Crowns, #5) by Kendare Blake

Yeah, I’m too old for this…stuff - Only When It's Us by Chloe Liese

Diamonds are a Reader’s Worst Friend - The Cutting Edge by Jeffrey Deaver

Lost in Translation - TharnType Book 1 by Kuhn Mame

A Ostentatious Room With a Boring View - Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan

Disappointing Domestic Thriller- try saying that 10x fast - The Last Mrs. by Mary Kubika

In which I begin to question my choices - Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

Such High Hopes, So Little Pay Off - The Charmed Wife by Olga Grushin

I’ve already forgotten this book - A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess

And Now For Something Completely Superfluous - Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide by John Cleese

Yes, Let’s - Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

The reviews I forgot to post, part 1! - Wilder Girls by Rory Power

Oof. - The Motion of the Body Through Space by Lionel Shriver

The odd feeling when you give a book a one just because you’re not “feeling it” not because it’s a bad book - Spacebot by Mike Twohy; Cityscape: Where Science and Art Meet by April Pulley Sayre

I got suckered, don’t get suckered - Big white ghetto by Kevin D. Williamson

A truly awful book to blackout my bingo card! - Mary Bennet and the Bloomsbury Coven by Beth Deitchman

Markov Chain Text Generator – the Mystery Novel! - The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

This could have been so much better… - Pay the Piper by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple

A Sugary-Sweet Take on Dark Academia That’s Far Too Unpleasant to Other Women - Bunny by Mona Awad

I hated it - The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

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  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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