Unpopular Opinions

👎🏼 Nicholas Sparks needs to stop...now.
🥨 +🍫 = Yes, please! Why choose?!
👵🏼👴🏼 x 2 Helen & Anthony; Eleanor & Francis
🎥 I loved Dirty Dancing. I was 5 and had NO idea what it was actually about. (Spoiler Alert: it‘s not just about a 🍉.)
🗺 Paris 🇫🇷
#friyayintro @howjessreads

BookmarkTavern Totally agree on Nicholas Sparks! 6y

TrishB I read one! Not for me either. 6y

Bklover Yes to Sparks! 6y

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GlassAsDiamonds 😂😂😂😂 as someone with dark chocolate pretzel bark thins currently on my table : 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌 6y

TheSpineView YES!#1😒 6y

howjessicareads It‘s funny how often when people hear my Eleanor‘s name (she‘s 8), they say, “My grandma was an Eleanor.” 🙂 6y

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suzie.reads

Unpopular opinion coming right up!

I just don't get audio books. The whole point of a book for me is that you're actually reading them and getting lost in the words.
I understand if you can't read or are blind they are amazing but for me I just much prefer actually reading a book.

Don't hate me! 😔

Aims42 I totally prefer reading books over listening to audiobooks too, but I do understand people‘s appreciation for them. I listened to my current read while driving to/from my parents house last weekend. That was a total of 8 hours that I enjoyed listening to my book that I would‘ve otherwise missed out on ☺️ 6y

readingjedi I've actually never listened to an audio book so my opinion is pretty much invalid but I don't think they're for me. 6y

JaneyWaneyB I tend to leave the audio books too, much prefer reading the book myself as well. I did listen to a comedian read his own book recently and it was brilliant. Maybe try a humorous book by your favourite comedian 6y

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suzie.reads @Aims42 I just don't think I have the concentration to listen to someone else for that long 😂 6y

suzie.reads @readingjedi I'm glad it's not just me 6y

Ashley85 I‘m with ya! I‘ve never liked people to even read to me. I‘ve always tried to snatch the book and say, “Hey, let me read it myself!” 🤷🏽‍♀️😂 6y

suzie.reads @JaneyWaneyB I totally get the comedians books think it would be actually better to hear them say it. I just couldn't listen to one of my novels on an audio book. 6y

suzie.reads @Ashley85 haha totally get you. I actually love reading out loud to the kids in work but don't like listening to others. 6y

TrishMcCallister I as well don‘t like audiobooks. For the few I have listened to I categorize them more into a podcast style listening experience. I‘ve only ever gone to them when 1) I have to get through a book for work that I despise 2) I was too ill to hold a book. I‘m glad audiobooks are bringing folks back to the world of books, but it will never be able to replace reading for me. 6y

suzie.reads @TrishMcCallister I agree you can't beat a proper book. I don't get this whole I've read so many audio books... you listened to them lol 6y

Elma My mind wanders too much to listen to audio books. I have to have the words in front of me so I can focus. 6y

MicheleinPhilly I‘m not an audiobook person either. I‘ve listened to snippets of memoirs read by the author but I just can‘t do it. 6y

suzie.reads @Elma I'm the same my hubby just said I struggle to listen to him for 10 seconds let alone hours 😂😂 6y

suzie.reads @MicheleinPhilly I just don't think I could take it in as well as when I'm actually reading 6y

TrishMcCallister @suzie.reads haha amen! 6y

Kaye Audiobooks aren‘t for everyone ,and yes,it does take awhile to get used to them,but I find them great to be able to continue a book while I‘m taking my daily walk, doing boring chores, etc.There are many audiobooks that are actually enhanced and better in audio than in print. It takes the right combination of book + narrator. Everyone enjoys books in different form. I remember the big debate when ereaders first came out.Reading in ANY form is good 6y

suzie.reads @Kaye yeah reading in any form is good but I don't class listening to audio books reading as you aren't actually reading. That's just my personal opinion. I just think technology is deskilling people in regards to spelling etc. Children struggle to read and write because they don't have to think about it as much, like when I was a child. 6y

CouronneDhiver I‘m less into audiobooks now than I was before. It‘s slower and more relaxing to read in print... and it means I don‘t get through as much volume, but that‘s ok 6y

suzie.reads @CouronneDhiver I just prefer a physical book. I can't believe people have unfollowed me because I don't like audio books 😂😂 6y

CouronneDhiver Actually?! 🤣 Silly 6y

Elma @suzie.reads 😂😂😂 6y

Rissreadswithcats I love both! They are both important parts of my day. Physically reading and holding a book in my hands makes me feel happy and warm but I spend a lot of my time driving in cars being a taxi for my kids, housework, walking my dog. These are all great opportunities to listen to stories. I am still imagining the characters and settings exactly the same way as I do when reading. 💙 6y

sprainedbrain Everyone is entitled to their opinion and should experience books however they like. I read paper books, ebooks, and audio, and sometimes I do book/audio combo for the same book. In every format, I‘m getting the same content and the same words, and I can get lost in both. I certainly hope no one unfollowed you because you don‘t like audiobooks... I wonder if they didn‘t like your comment that listening to audio is not reading, though? 6y

sprainedbrain I really like this article from Book Riot on this subject, also. 😃 https://bookriot.com/2018/07/10/audiobooks-vs-reading/ To each their own! 6y

suzie.reads No, they went before that comment. It's sad that people can't handle differences of opinions. Personally I don't see listening to audiobooks as reading as you aren't actually reading. Yes, they're both cognitive skills (reading and listening) but you aren't decoding words so you aren't reading, although you will still get the comprehension side of it. 6y

booklover984 I'm with you, I can't do them either. I did give it a try because, why not? But it's not my thing. 6y

CSeydel Well, now I get why people get so defensive about audiobooks. I didn‘t realize there were people who look down on them. Yes of course audiobooks “count” as reading - not that it‘s a competition. Is there a prize? Why does it bother you that some people prefer audiobooks? I frankly don‘t know why some people have to put others down to make themselves feel superior. 6y

suzie.reads @CSeydel So having a different opinion to yourself means other people are putting you down? Get over yourself love if you can't handle people not agreeing with you stay off the internet. We're all entitled to opinions not just you 😊 6y

CSeydel Interesting that you interpreted my comment that way. In fact, like you, I prefer print to audio. But unlike you, my preference for print doesn‘t mean I can‘t abide others listening to audiobooks. I don‘t take issue with your opinion, just your rudeness. 6y

suzie.reads @CSeydel When did I say I can't abide people listening to audiobooks? I said I don't like them haha. For someone who likes to read you sure do struggle with interpretating it. Please refrain from commenting on my post again I have no time for petty little people, out for an argument. 6y

suzie.reads I can't believe some people can't handle a different opinion to themselves. Yes, I said I don't like audiobooks, which I don't. Not once did I say I can't stand people who do, it's just a personal preference. Do I think listening to audiobooks is reading? No, I don't because you aren't physically reading. We can't read the test paper to the children during their reading test in school because it isn't a listening test. Some people are snowflakes 6y

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cathysaid

Harry Potter. All things Harry Potter. 👎👎👎👎

#UnpopularOpinion @Libby1

Libby1 Ooh. You‘re very brave. Well done! 👏 7y

knittedgnome I read it as an adult and wasn't obsessed but definitely could see the appeal if I grew up with it! 7y

Trashcanman Can I buy you a beer? I owe you a beer! Never will I read that and pfffttt with all the Potter madness and the beard guy and dobby and Hobbits and gandolf! 7y

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cathysaid @Libby1 Ha! Go big or go home!! I just don't get it. But I don't judge others for liking it...I simply can't relate. 7y

CindyE09 ***gasps and looks away**** 😲🙊 7y

cathysaid @Trashcanman BWAHAHAHA. I think you're mixing your Potter-head metaphors 🍻 7y

TiredLibrarian Was just having a conversation with coworkers about whether or not HP is still a Big Thing for kids and teens. 🤔🤨😕 7y

TiredLibrarian @Trashcanman HAHA! How do you really feel? 😎 7y

GrilledCheeseSamurai @TiredLibrarian I'm 43 & it's still a big thing for me. 🤣🤩🤣 7y

blondie You're definitely not alone. I can't get into it, dont really wanna try anymore. 7y

Texreader I loved it but I can understand your opinion. Especially book one as it is so juvenile. The books were clearly written for kids, but I did feel the books “grew up” with the kids as well. I think reading the very adult Casual Vacancy was the proof I needed that Rowling is a brilliant writer. It made me look at HP in a new light. 7y

Chelleo @Trashcanman Hobbits and Gandalf 😂🤣🤪 7y

night_shift I can understand this. I'm afraid to reread it as an adult and hate it lol 7y

cathysaid @Texreader I do like her adult crime series quite a lot. Just can't do HP! 7y

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Ingerella

Today's #readingresolutions prompt is #unpopularopinion. Here is mine..I did not like either of these books.
I was extremely annoyed with The Nightingale because the characters talked so modern for the time. I would read passages to my husband and say "I don't think they would have said that!" It took me out of the story every time! I thought Beartown took forever to get to the crux of the story, and then kept dragging once it got there.
@Jess7

CouronneDhiver I‘m with you... agreed! 7y

TheLudicReader I am with you 100% about Bear Town. Didn‘t like it one bit. 7y

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Smangela

#unpopularopinionsbooktag @Rachael5248 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks --> thanks for the tag ;)

I'm so over love triangles ya'll.

(I just tested out saying ya'll there to see how it felt. Oh, I liked it).

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Am I rubbing off on you?! Texting "y'all" all the time!!! ? 8y

Smangela @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I think so!! 😂😂 I love it 8y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Smangela ?? we will have to talk one day!! You can tell me how "country" I am ? 8y

TorieStorieS @Smangela I have a love for Scarlett too!! 8y

Smangela @TorieStorieS yay!! A kindred spirit! 8y

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ScientistSam

1. Not a huge fan of Sorcerer to the Crown or Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. But I keep feeling like I should like Regency fantasy.
2. Emma
3. I try to avoid love triangles in general...
4. Literary fiction and horror
5. Prunella
6. Dan Brown
7. Love triangles. See #3
8. Game of Thrones
9. Bridget Jones
#unpopularopinionsbooktag

Thanks for the tag @Dogearedcopy this was fun!
Anyone else hasn't played? @Jokila @MommaBeja @LaurenReads @Chachic

Zelma Good call on Bridget Jones. Love that movie. Book was ok. 8y

ScientistSam @Zelma that's what I felt about the book. Interestingly I feel the opposite about Edge of Reason - book was better (more my normal opinion anyway!) 8y

moranadatter I'm glad it wasn't just me. The thing that I can never quite articulate about STTC is Zacharias starts the book as the adopted child of a man who purchased him as a slave and ends the book by being bullied into proposing to a woman who took his position from him and it's written as though I am supposed to be happy about his fall from power because he's obviously happy playing in his garden and marrying a woman who clearly doesn't respect him. (edited) 8y

ScientistSam Yeah, Prunella just isn't a character I can like it respect. She's really just out for herself. You can be a kick-ass heroine and still treat others with dignity. 8y

ScientistSam @moranadatter forgot to tag you for above comment 8y

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bookloo

1. The Great Gatsby/Red Queen
2. Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
3. Aelin's love triangle from Throne of Glass series. I hate how that turned out!
4. Historical Fiction and Contemporary Romance
5. I don't know. 😮
6. Virginia Woolf
7. Characters making unrealistic choices in order to move the story along.
8. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
9. Bridget Jones's Diary
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This was fun! ☺️ #unpopularopinionsbooktag

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Caroline2

1. His Dark Materials
2. Twilight
3. Little Women
4. Fantasy
5. Jane Eyre
6. Dan Brown / the Jack Reacher author
7. No more love triangles!!!!!! 🤛
8. Game of thrones (I love the tv series, that's enough for me!)
9. Big Little Lies

mrsamandahood Twilight! Yay! A new friend! 😁 8y

drbethandherkindle Thank god, someone else who doesn't like Jane Eyre! 8y

Caroline2 @mrsamandahood 😉 👋🏻 8y

Caroline2 @drbethandherkindle I find it shocking it such a popular book?! She only marries him after his house burns down and he's left disabled?!?! Wtf??? 8y

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underthebelljar

1. The Secret History
2. I don't know...
3. 🤷‍♀️ can't stand love triangles
4. Romance or westerns
5. Scarlett O'Hara (love to hate)
6. Agatha Christie - will give her another chance though
7. The clumsy, plain girl who has two hot guys in love with her and saves the world
8. Percy Jackson
9. Silver Linings Playbook

Thanks for the tag, @MinDea ! #unpopularopinions

Caroline2 Oh yeah silver linings playbook is a good one!! 👍🏻 8y

underthebelljar @Caroline2 So much better than the book - something I don't say very often! 8y

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mangokittty

1.) The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2.) Gallagher Girls and Monster High
3.) The only love triangle I'm upset about is Tally/Zane/David but that's not typical. I would have accepted a better ending with either one.
4.) Paranormal Romance
5.) All of John Green's female characters.
6.) Stephen King
7.) Whining and complaining main characters. Grow a pair. Be unapologetic.
8.) The Hunger Games
9.) The 100

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@Rachael5248

Sace Hell yes to 7! 8y

mangokittty @Sace I just wish they had more main characters who embraced their flaws from the beginning. Like they know who they are they love it and to hell what other people think. 8y

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Michelle_mck

Tagged from the lovely @Lizpixie here are mine 1. I do not like Divergent. At all
2. Womens Murder Club, JPat does ok on that for me, no shame in sayin
3. True Blood... GAWD!
4. SciFi
5. Na
6. I try most even once
7. The end of the world
8. Cinder series
9. Something Borrowed

Myhometownandbeyond

TrishB The Womens Murder Book Club is the only JP I've kept reading. 8y

mrsamandahood Something Borrowed is literally my favorite movie! We saw it on our honeymoon in Disney World so it'll always hold a special place in my heart. Did you know the sequel is in progress? The book is good too! 😁

Something Blue: A Novel

Michelle_mck @mrsamandahood oh I didn't know that! 8y

Jess_Read_This 🙌🏼I still fail to see the appeal of Divergent! I read them too but was always annoyed throughout the entire book. I didn't even bother with the movies. 8y

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tracyrowanreads

#unpopularopinionsbooktag @Rachael5248
1. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy -- could not get into it.
2. I can't think of any.
3. Everyone in Wuthering Heights was such a mess, none of the pairings made me happy.
4. Romance. I've ghosted so many I can't bear to read them.
5. Mr. Rochester. What a jerk.
6. Clive Cussler.
7. You are The One!
8. Fifty Shades. I tried.
9. Jaws. It's WAY better than the book.

tpixie Rochester was a jerk!! 8y

tracyrowanreads @tpixie IKR? 8y

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Megnogged

1. The Book Thief
2. The Siren.
3. Gatsby/Daisy/Tom
4. Romance
5. Bella Swan
6. Nicholas Sparks
7. The "plain," clumsy girl everyone is madly attracted to and who is randomly fantastic in battle. ?
8. Fallen. I made it through two-that's enough.
9. True Blood / Sookie Stackhouse Series
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GypsyKat

1. Catcher in The Rye
2. I loved Lunar Chronicles, some can't get into it
3. Little Women. I always root for Jo and Laurie
4. True Crime
5. Holden Caulfield
6. E. L. James
7. Love triangles are a little tired
8. Fifty Shades. You literally couldn't pay me.
9. (Don't hate me for this) Lord of The Rings
@Rachael5248 #UnpopularOpinionsBookTag

wellreadredhead I am right there with you about Catcher in the Rye! 8y

GypsyKat @collegecatlady For years I felt like I was the only one who didn't love that book. One more thing to love Litsy for! 😉 8y

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Bostonmomx2

1. Harry Potter. Sorry, I've tried twice.
2. Gone with the Wind/Girl on the Train
3. ??
4. Horror. Never ever.
5. Hmm not sure.
6. See #1.
7. Well not sure. I don't read what I don't like.
8. The Hunger Games.
9. The Help.
@Rachael5248 #unpopularopinionsbooktag

Bostonmomx2 lol I misread #2 and answered it backwards. Those are 2 I hated hat everyone seems to love. 8y

cathysaid Same here. It's not popular, but I'm not a #HarryPotter fan. 😐 8y

Debiw781 Number 5 for you might be Harry 😂 8y

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Bostonmomx2 @Debiw781 meh, I don't know. I don't dislike him, just don't really "get it." 8y

Debiw781 @Bostonmomx2 hmmm... I feel like there's some character you ranted about but darned if I can remember who 😂 8y

Bostonmomx2 @Debiw781 well that sounds like me, I'm always ranting about something aren't I. 😂😂 8y

Debiw781 @Bostonmomx2 I need an emoji looking away innocently and whistling here 😂😂 8y

Bostonmomx2 @Debiw781 🙄 like that? Lol 8y

Debiw781 @Bostonmomx2 close but that's more an eye roll. But hey that works too 😂😂 8y

Bostonmomx2 @Debiw781 lol 8y

Velaris_Kat How do I get the photo for this so I can do the trivia in my own post? 8y

Bostonmomx2 @Schonlass I just take a screenshot and report, cropping it to fit 8y

Velaris_Kat Ok thank you 😊 8y

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Wendyylou

1. Red Queen
2. Probably Divergent, I've been seeing a lot of hate towards it lately.
3. The Geisha Trilogy.. Alina & The Darkling ❤️
4. I've only recently started getting into Fantasy.
5. Ummm, Clary actually..
6. Maggie Steifvater ?
7. Probably the "repeats" of the Divergent plots.
8. Harry Potter (no offense)
9. The Maze Runner.
#UNPOPULAROPINIONSBOOKTAG

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gibblr

1. The Girl on the Train/Great Gatsby
2. Twilight
3. Twilight and Hunger Games (Teams Jacob & Gale)
4. Nonfiction/Historical Fiction
5. Gatsby
6. Hemingway
7. girl finally realizes her popular crush/bf isn't worth her time and falls for the unexpected nerd/geek/guy who has nothing remarkable about him
8. Harry Potter
9. 13 Reasons Why (only cuz I haven't read the book) #unpopularopinionsbooktag

WanderingBookaneer, BookishMarginalia, Figgy, Myhometownandbeyond

EchoLogical #TeamGale strikes again! Also, #7, yesssss! 8y

LazyOwl I didn't like The Great Gatsby either 8y

RaimeyGallant This looks fun! 8y

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WanderingBookaneer You kill me, Kimpo. 8y

MaleficentBookDragon I'm not a Hemingway either. 8y

booksandsympathy I only read the first book in The Hunger Games series because I heard she didn't end up with Gale and that made me mad. 8y

Jess7 I posted about Thirteen Reasons Why if you're curious about the comparison between the book and show. I much preferred the series to the book. 8y

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MisterWhitaker

I love these games!
1. Catcher in the Rye
2. IDK...
3. Yeah that's Harry Hermione Ron all day.
4. Mystery
5. Sadly, Harry Potter. Love the books, but can't stand HIM.
6. Can't get into Jane Austen
7. Tired of seeing the redeemed bad guy. Just let them be bad!
8. Tried to read the Davinci stuff and couldn't
9. The Hobbit original cartoon movie
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GypsyKat I hated Catcher in The Rye, I always feel like I'm the only one! 👍 8y

MisterWhitaker @GypsyKat YES! I'm curious when you read it? I didn't read it until college, and I really disliked it. Never got why people loved it so much. I wonder if it was the age most people read it? 8y

GypsyKat @MisterWhitaker I actually read it in high school. I just remember not connecting at all with Holden. Seriously, I didn't care if he lived or died. 😐 And it's not like I didn't read back then, I read all kinds of books including classics. That one just didn't resonate with me. 8y

Natasha.C.Barnes @GypsyKat @MisterWhitaker I thought everybody hated that book! 😂 (and I'm pretty sure I read it at the common age, too...) (edited) 7y

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rhiannebrownbread

1. Hate to say but... The Bell Jar - I'm going to try again with it, but first impressions weren't great 😕
2. The Fault in Our Stars
3. Can't think of any!
4. Ya Fantasy... I just have no interest!
5. Can't think 😩
6. JOHN GREEN. NO NO
7. Gonna switch this around a bit... I'm sick of the lack of POC protagonists in books
8. The hunger games
9. The perks of being a wallflower! Love the film but it doesn't touch them book!
#unpopluaropinions

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Bookish2

1. Those Cassandra Clare books
2. - pass -
3.- pass -
4. Dystopian - I loved a few series but after awhile it just gets old
5. Bella Swan
6. Stephen King
7. The helpless/clueless female
8. Red queen
9. Dark tower

#unpopularopinionsbooktag
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DragonSadhana

1. Outlander
2. I fail to think of one.
3. I don't think I am invested enough, love triangles can be fun, but mostly I read for the adventure
4. Romance
5. Mr. Darcy
6. Alice Hoffman
7. Love triangle
8. Anything by Cassandra Clare
9. Practical Magic

@Rachael5248 #unpopularopinionsbooktag

2BR02B I put the same answer for #8 😋 8y

elkeOriginal I wholeheartedly agree with you on 8 & 9! 8y

DragonSadhana @2BR02B I'm so glad I am not alone! 8y

DragonSadhana @elkeo Right?! 🤘🏽 (edited) 8y

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EchoLogical

1. The Language of Flowers
2. Twilight 😎
3. The frickin Hunger Games
4. Do graphic novels count? Westerns? Fight me! 👊
5. Anna Karenina is the absolute worst
6. I wouldn't read Cassandra Clare's books if they were the last on Earth
7. Manic Pixie Dream Girl... Ughhh 🙄
8. Outlander
9. American Gods... I love the depth of Laura's story in the show

#UnpopularOpinions @Rachael5248

Cinfhen I love how definitive you are with your answers 😍 8y

EchoLogical @Cinfhen Lol. Thanks. I was so excited about this because I hate so many things that other readers love. I've accepted my status as a full-blown hater. 😂 8y

Cinfhen Ha!!! 8y

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Debiw781 😂😂😂 @EchoLogical (edited) 8y

AmandaL I feel like I read everything, and I will not pick up a Western... I have no idea why. 8y

EchoLogical @AmandaL It's funny because I'm like that too. I picked up a couple not realizing they were Westerns and I can't get into them at all. 8y

EchoLogical @Debiw781 👋 I'm Echo and I'm a straight up hater. 😂 Seriously name anything fairly popular and I'll most likely hate it: Oprah Book Club picks, classic literature, the latest book to be adapted into a film, and the list goes on. 😌 8y

Debiw781 @EchoLogical 😂😂 I think I've liked one Oprah book and I read it before she selected it. I hate westerns. I'm usually pretty good at picking what I'll like but when I get a dud, boy is it a dud! 8y

mahasoor I love you lol 😹😹 thanks for all the notifications 8y

EchoLogical @mahasoor No problem! I saw your comment on @Tanzy13's post and had to help a fellow Litten out. 😉 8y

mahasoor Haha all of a sudden my phone started blowing up. Agree agree agree about Cassandra Clare, hunger games and outlander for this list btw! 8y

EchoLogical @mahasoor #TeamGale! I tried reading Outlander but I was so bored after 50 pages that I gave up. I could tell you why I hate Cassandra Clare but it would take all day. 😂 8y

mahasoor I made it through outlander almost to the end but I am so turned off by love and romance and sex in books lol so I couldn't really get into it. And Clare, ugh. I'll admit I've read pretty much all of her stuff and some of it was okay. Not great. But it gets progressively worse as you go along and she's such a ripoff artist. I didn't like Gale or Peeta D: they were both wrong for Kat I thought. Honestly I was surprised she lived at the end. 8y

Gezemice Great answers. I don't hate anything. Except for The Alchemist. Full blown hate there. Possibly because I finished it, trying to figure why on earth people love it. Otherwise, if I don't like something I just stop reading it so no hate develops. 8y

EchoLogical @Gezemice I actually liked The Alchemist. It was kind of syrupy sweet, in a really simple way. 8y

DrSabrinaMoldenReads I hated Madame Bovary more than Anna Karenina. ☺️ (edited) 8y

EchoLogical @Joyfulmimi I haven't read it yet but she sounds awful in the blurb. 8y

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AndreaReads

When you come late to the party, it's hard to think of answers that haven't been said...with that, here's my #UnpopularOpinionsBookTag:
1. All the Light We Cannot See
2. The Circle
3. Katniss and Peeta--I'm sure there are others, but this one bugged me
4. Romance
5. 🤷🏼‍♀️
6. Fredrick Backman
7. Love side stories--why does the girl always have to get the guy?
8. Outlander
9. The Firm--the movie ending was so much better!

Myhometownandbeyond

saresmoore Yes! I agree with all of these, except I haven't read The Circle. I'm thinking maybe I should now! 8y

AndreaReads @saresmoore 😂 After seeing everyone's responses to that book, I'm hesitant to recommend it. I hated the main character, and I wouldn't say I loved the book, but I really liked it. Plus I enjoy the satire genre. 8y

TrishB Backman - me too! 8y

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AndreaReads @TrishB I really want to like his stuff...but every time someone describes any of his books as "it made me cry" I take it right off my list. 8y

TrishB It's not the crying so much - I love a good cry! Think just a bit too sugary ( I read one to check!) 8y

AndreaReads @TrishB Ugh, yeah, that's worse. 8y

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Debiw781

1. 50 Shades
2. Girl on a Train
3. The Hunger Games
4. Historical romance, chick lit
5. Jay Gatsby
6. Nicholas Sparks
7. Love triangle
8. Cedar Cove
9. Anything by John Grisham
#unpopularopinionsbooktag
@Rachael5248

EchoLogical Number 3, yesssssss! Who do you think Katniss should've been with? 8y

Debiw781 @EchoLogical #teamgale 8y

EchoLogical @Debiw781 Me too! I've heard some people say Finnick but I think that's because of Sam Caflin and the films. Lol 8y

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Debiw781 @EchoLogical Finnick had his own love already 🤔 8y

EchoLogical @Debiw781 True but Sam Caflin is hot and their on-screen chemistry was pretty good. 8y

Debiw781 @EchoLogical Somehow I just never saw that although it makes sense in that respect 8y

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jenniferw88

#unpopularopinionsbooktag
1. 50 shades
2. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
3. Remus Lupin - it should have been Sirius Black!
4. Horror/Romance
5. Emma Woodhouse
6. Catherine Cookson
7. Don't know!
8. Twilight
9. Lark Rise to Candleford

Tagging @Annl @Emiller @ScorpioBookDreams if you've already done this, you don't have to do it again!

thegirlwiththelibrarybag I also love the Remus/Sirius ship ♥️ 8y

MimiLovesToRead I loved Lark Rise to Candleford! I binge watched it! 8y

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lesliemarie

1. Divergent trilogy
2. Can't think of one!
3.Can't think of one
4. Fiction about animals
5. Daenerys
6. Paula Hawkins
7. Reluctant hero
8. Twilight
9. Last of the Mohicans

Yellowpigeon We had to read Last of the Mohicans in high school. We almost revolted. A halfway decent editor could have made that book readable 8y

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wingedsnails

1) Twilight 2) Catcher in the Rye 3) ? 4) Romance 5) Heathcliff 6) Tom Clancy 7) Dystopias 8) Maze Runner 9) Howl's Moving Castle and Into the Wild #unpopularopinionsbooktag

britt_brooke Love The Catcher in the Rye, too. 💚 8y

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Howl was ridiculously good looking animated 😍 8y

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Yournewfriendsams

1. The Stand (or anything I've read by SK)
2. Beat generation books
3. I loathe Harry + Ginny ( p.s. Katness + Peeta #4eva)
4. Fantasy
5. Thing 1 and Thing 2
6. Neil Gaiman
7. Suspense novels with the word 'girl' or 'woman' in the title.
8. GoT
9. Perks of being a Wallflower

#UnpopularOpinionsBookTag Thanks @Rachael5248 !!!

Bookzombie I thought about Gaiman, but I liked what I have read okay. I'm just not all that excited about him. 8y

cariashley Ugh agree about Beat Generation books. Blechh. 8y

cariashley Oh no I just saw that's the one you love but everyone hates!! Guess I played right into that 😆 8y

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britt_brooke I'm with you on #6! I loved Norse Mythology, but have very much disliked everything else of his I've read. 8y

thegirlwiththelibrarybag I remember reading the books and being so puzzled when early on people were all about Hinny and I was like - pfft no... also YASSS Katniss and Peeta! 8y

JuliaTheBookNerd Harry totally should have ended up with Luna! 😬💙 8y

Yournewfriendsams @thegirlwiththelibrarybag @juliathebooknerd I don't like Ginny at all she's just not that developed of a character- I can't understand why people like the match. I also feel the same way about Gale, we barely even know him! Why people so upset!?! (edited) 8y

Yournewfriendsams @cariashley Haha too funny! 8y

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @Yournewfriendsams, it's been so long since I read the later HP books... maybe the marriage itself is more symbolic - he marries into a family which is everything he didn't have growing up? 8y

Yournewfriendsams @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I bet you're right with the symbolism. It would have been better if married like any other of the Weasley though. 8y

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MinDea

Thanks for the tag @Jess7! I'll tag @moranadatter @BookishJess @Books_Wine_Repeat @zelma #Shippy @jfalkens

1.The Six of Crowes, or Southern Reach series
2. No idea!
3.Almost all love triangles
4.Romance, just never got into it
5.ugh...I don't know. Right now thinking Hermione Granger in the books.... 😕
6.Jeff Vandermeer
7.Dystopian Love Triangles
8.50 Shades
9. Man in the High Castle
#UnpopularOpinionsBookTag @Rachael5248

Balibee146 Ditto Vandermeer and the Southern Reach series - yuk! :-) 8y

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MaleficentBookDragon

1. The Goldfinch (nope)
2. Sharp Objects
3. I'd pick Wolverine over Cyclops in X-men. Does that count?
4. Fantasy / Romance / true crime
5. Stephanie Plum (see 6)
6. Janet Evanovich (see5)
7. The sweet young girl who has magical powers but only wants to live a normal life, and is more powerful than she knows (gag). Sorry, if I was a witch I'd have a blast
8. Discovery of Witches (see 7)
9. The Mist by Stephen King
#unpopularopinionsbooktag

Myhometownandbeyond

Jess7 I loved Sharp Objects! 8y

Bookzombie I loved Sharp Objects too! 8y

MarticaMustRead #3...Awesome example!! And I totally agree!! Wolverine for the Win!!😎😍 8y

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MaleficentBookDragon @MarticaMustRead in the older movies I am more torn. I find James Marsden very endearing. But, Hugh Jackman. Sigh. I'd take both. 8y

WarpedSweetness I'd totally pick Wolverine over Cyclops too! 8y

Leniverse Yeah! Wolverine always counts! 8y

Susanita I gave up on Stephanie Plum mostly because of the never ending love triangle. 8y

thegirlwiththelibrarybag @MaleficentBookDragon, both is good 🤔😊 8y

KathyWheeler I really disliked The Goldfinch. 8y

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Conservio

So I had to screen shot it..
1. Lord of the rings
2. Ummm I don't really have one!
3. Splintered by AG Howard
4. Thriller and contemporary fiction
5. Hmm. Idk? Maybe Rick Grimes..
6. Dorothy Dunnett
7. Love triangle, "the girl xxxx"
8. The dark tower
9. Coraline

#unpopularopinions

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teebe

⚡️1. Cinder / Shadow & Bone / Daughter of Smoke & Bone / A Complicated Kindess / The Fault in Our Stars / A Tale of Two Cities
⚡️2. I loved The Reader but have only seen bad reviews.
⚡️3. Shadow & Bone (kind of- I just really don't like them main characters in general)
⚡️4. Mystery
⚡️5. Ginny Weasley
⚡️6. Cassandra Clare / John Green / John Grisham
⚡️7. Love triangles should die a fiery death
⚡️8. Outlander / Millenium series
⚡️9. Pet Sematary

Myhometownandbeyond

JuliaTheBookNerd Totally agree about love triangles! 🔥🔼🔥 I like my triangles in pie form only! 🍕🍰 8y

teebe #unpopularopinionsbooktag 8y

teebe @JuliaTheBookNerd it's really awful and there's so many of them! It's gotten to the point where I now refuse to read books that are known to have them. 8y

MaleficentBookDragon I agree about

Pet Sematary

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cherinium

#unpopularopinionsbooktag @Rachael5248
1. Harry Potter (don't hate me)
2. ?
3. Katniss: Team Gale all the way
4. Cozy mystery
5. See #1
6. Nicolas Sparks
7. ?
8. No interest in reading beyond 1st HP
9. Forrest Gump; Orange is the New Black

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Well, I can agree only on Nicholas Sparks... I haven't read any of his books but his movies frustrate me (but always have actors I like in them) 8y

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Hestapleton

1. A Darker Shade of Magic
2. Twilight (hides face in shame)
3. Hunger Games! Team Gale forever.
4. Romance
5. Adam from SHATTER ME.
6. James Patterson
7. Love triangles!
8. Fifty Shades
9. The Shining
This was delightfully cathartic and I love seeing everyone's responses!
@Rachael5248 #unpopularopinions

Bundoolin Ugh I totally agree w five. Adam is a jerk. 8y

mrsamandahood YES! Another twilight fan! 😁😍🙈 8y

Hestapleton @Phroop here's my response to your tag! Notice our mutual love for Twilight! And I totally agree with your number 3: Edward was the worst. 8y

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Phroop Oh you did it! I'm so glad, yes I loved the books. The movies, I think, threw a lot of people off of Twilight. I will forever love it though. Also, yes, Edward sucked. Haha. 8y

Hestapleton @Phroop Team Jacob forever! ❤️ 8y

Phroop ❤️❤️❤️ 8y

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Jokila

1. Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
2. Captive Prince!
3. Outlander
4. Thrillers
5. Karou (Daughter of Smoke & Bone)
6. Joe Hill
7. "Mates" in paranormal fiction
8. Harry Potter
9. Hannibal (NBC show)

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WarpedSweetness

1. Pride and Prejudice
2.
3. Anita Blake...she dated Richard for quite some time and I hated that.
4. YA
5. Mr. Darcy
6. James Patterson
7. I don't think I have one...unless you count comparisons, i.e. "This is the next Gone Girl!". I hate that.
8. 50 Shades of Grey and Those Mortal Instruments books
9. The Magicians

#unpopularopinionsbooktag
@Rachael5248

AmandaL Ugh! Richard! He was such a disappointment! 8y

WarpedSweetness @AmandaL I know! I used to cringe whenever he was trotted out into the story. I dunno, I kind of felt like she should have ended up with Edward. Lol 8y

Kristel @WarpedSweetness I love Edward! If they were together the books could have taken a great turn 8y

Kristel @WarpedSweetness I love Edward! If they were together she could have taken the books in a totally different direction. One I probably would have preferred 🙊 8y

WarpedSweetness @Kristel Her and Edward would have been so bad-ass together! I have a soft spot for Jean-Claude and Micah, but Edward hands down always wins. The books after a while started to drift too much into her multiple relationships for me. :-/ I missed the action and the world Hamilton had built. 8y

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Marchpane

#unpopularopinionsbooktag

1. Big Little Lies 👎🏼
2. Bleak House, or for a recent one The End We Start From by Megan Hunter 💕📚
3. Jo March / Professor Bhaer / Laurie / Amy March
4. Romance 💏
5. Harry Potter! *hides* I wanted Neville to be the chosen one
6. Dan Brown - tried, never again
7. Lisbeth Salander clones
8. Outlander, although I'll watch the show
9. I try to judge them separately! But if I had to pick, Orange is the New Black

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Agree with Big Little Lies!!! 8y

Conservio Alright I got a question. How on earth do you save the photo to use?!? 8y

heylaurenmack Agree with Dan Brown! 8y

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Jas16 Yes to #3!!! 8y

Beachesnbooks YES #3!!! 8y

Marchpane @Conservio it will depend on the kind of phone/device you use. If you google "how to take a screenshot with (your device)" that should tell you. Hope it helps! 8y

Marchpane @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks yay, we are not alone! 8y

Marchpane @heylaurenmack I've never seen the appeal but he must be doing something right 🤷🏼‍♀️ 8y

Conservio @Marchpane , thanks. I did that. I thought there was a way to copy/save without a screen shot 8y

Marchpane @Jas16 @Beachesnbooks No way Laurie should have ended up with Amy, of all people! 😬 8y

Laalaleighh 💙 bleak house. 8y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Marchpane yay!!! 😊 8y

JuliaTheBookNerd Totally agree about Big Little Lies... hated it! 8y

Dragon So agree with your number 3- I never could understand the Professors attraction 8y

Anna40 Big little lies: just bailed at page 25... simply couldn't go on... 8y

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dariazeoli

1. Twilight
2. So many people hate The Tommyknockers, but I remember really enjoying it as a teenager!
3. I'm going with the film Pretty in Pink. DUCKIE forever!
4. Romance
5. Christian Grey
6. Dean Koontz. His books all sound the same to me.
7. Blank slate MCs who embark on great romances.
8. Book 1 of the No. 1 Women's Detective Agency was meh, so I won't likely continue.
9. Return of the King is my fav movie so 👈🏻

#unpopularopinionsbooktag

EllieDottie, Myhometownandbeyond

MarticaMustRead Omg, #8...YESS! AGREE!! 8y

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mom2bugnbee

1. Twilight 🍎
2. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
3. If I cared about Bella as a character (I don't, see 1), I would be #teamJacob.
4. Horror. Never.
5. Jay Gatsby
6. Charles Dickens
7. Being politically correct for political correctness' sake, when it doesn't fit into the story.
8. Outlander
9. Anything by Tolkien

#unpopularopinionsbooktag @Rachael5248

britt_brooke My #5 was the same. 👍🏻 8y

LauraBeth I cannot stand Jay Gatsby (Although I'm willing to wear a shirt that says Great Catsby! 😹) 8y

Foragingfantasy #8 😭😭 8y

mom2bugnbee @Foragingfantasy I might give it a go sometime. ☺ 8y

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Books_Wine_Repeat

#unpopularopinions #unpopularopinionsbooktag
1. Red Rising, Red Queen 🙄👎
2. Idaho! ❤️
3. Hunger Games: Team Gale!! ✊️😏
4. Romance 🙄👎
5. Any of the characters in The Great Gatsby
6. Victoria Aveyard
7. YA dystopians—Please, stop. ✋️😐🤚
8. 50 Shades of Gray
9. The Devil Wears Prada

Myhometownandbeyond

merelybookish I like Idaho! 😃 8y

Melissa_J I'm so glad to see other people on Team Gale. 8y

Books_Wine_Repeat @merelybookish Yes!! 🙌 @Melissa_J This one always irks me! Why would she choose Peeta!!! 🙅🏻🙅🏻🙅🏻 8y

Evelien Finally someone that doesn't like the red queen books! 8y

Books_Wine_Repeat @Evelien To be fair, I only read the first book and I couldn't finish it fast enough. 8y

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sprainedbrain

I love this one!

1. The Alchemist 😕
2. Fifty Shades and Twilight. Fun books, no shame😃
3. Red Queen/Glass Sword 😡
4. Nonfiction 😶
5. Emma (Jane Austen) 😒
6. James Patterson 🙄
7. Love triangles and/or YA description of boy 'smell' 🤢
8. Jack Reacher 😐
9. Vampire Diaries: the only incidence of this I've seen 😬

Myhometownandbeyond

AlaMich I don't read that much YA so I didn't know that discussions of "boy smell" is a thing? 8y

sprainedbrain @AlaMich it sure seems to pop up a lot for me... comments about how the love interest smells. Makes me roll my eyes every time. 😂 8y

ScorpioBookDreams Yes! They always mention how they smell and the love interest can smell them a mile away! 😂😂 8y

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trazo I am so with you on number 5. I am not a fan of Emma's character. 😒 8y

rabbitprincess I thought you meant that the characters were saying how gross a boy smells 😂 8y

sprainedbrain @rabbitprincess Somehow, they always smell amazing. 😂 8y

sprainedbrain @trazo glad I'm not the only one! 8y

sprainedbrain @ScorpioBookDreams so very cringey. 😂 8y

Izai.Amorim Didn't like the Alchemist either. Paulo Coelho was a hippie in the 60s and early 70s and part of a band. He wrote the lyrics for really great songs. His magic realism imagery works best in the condensed form, I think. 8y

heikemarie Seriously and they smell like the most inane things that don't have a smell. It's infuriating. 8y

Bookworm54 Totally agree with vampire diaries. I haven't read the newer ones, but the original 4 were so bad in comparison to the tv show! 8y

sprainedbrain @Bookworm54 I didn't even know there were newer ones, but those original ones. Ugh!! 8y

sprainedbrain @inwhichHeikereadsharder Yes! 8y

sprainedbrain @Izai.Amorim I normally like magical realism, but the Alchemist was just too preachy for me, and I don't do well with preachy books. I do love music from that era, so maybe I would have likes his songs a lot better! 8y

Izai.Amorim @sprainedbrain Worth learning Portuguese! 8y

sprainedbrain @Izai.Amorim my grandpa spoke Portuguese, so I know some swear words. That probably won't help me though. 😂 8y

batsy I like the side-eye for Emma 😁 8y

Izai.Amorim @sprainedbrain Smart move! Swear words are the first thing I try to learn in any foreign language. It empowers you, right? I also try to learn the gestures, so many ways to say the same thing! You know, English 👌 is a very bad thing in Portuguese if shown upside down. 8y

jmtrivera Hahaha, my YA book club has a running joke about YA boy smells and the way they're described! We group text whenever we find a particularly good one (and let's face it; they're all pretty hilarious). 😂🤣😂🤣😂 8y

sprainedbrain @jmtrivera that sounds like a fun book club! 😂 8y

Debiw781 Boy smells 😂😂😂😂 Too true! 8y

Fandomlyla_Pottercy I SO AGREE WITH THE SECOND ANSWER!! 8y

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