These are my #biggestdisappointmentsof2019 . These are books I expected to enjoy but ended up leaving me feeling disappointed for one reason or another. A few do overlap with my least favorites list, but just because these books left me disappointed doesn‘t mean I found them all pan worthy. One I even rated as a pick. I feel like these require some explanation, so I‘ll add that in the comments.
shadowspeak17 I had a lot of fun with the first book and the first part of this one, but then things went downhill fast and I spent most of the remainder of the book either bored or irritated...mostly irritated.![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
The Wise Man's Fear 5y
The Wise Man's Fearshadowspeak17 I had high hopes for Danielewski‘s foray into children‘s literature and was curious to see how the book‘s three nested stories would be executed. Unfortunately, I thought this nesting hurt rather than helped the narrative(s) and ultimately made it not work well as a children‘s book.The Little Blue Kite 5y
The Little Blue Kiteshadowspeak17 The Handmaid‘s Tale is fantastic. I loved that book when I read it and honestly didn‘t expect this one to even come close to topping it, but I also didn‘t expect it to disappoint so much either. The writing felt lackluster to me and the book ended up feeling very YA (which I‘m not a big fan of) and like it just exists to cash in on fans of the show. 🤷🏽♀️ I was incredibly disappointed with this one.The Testaments 5y
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shadowspeak17 I loved Chiang‘s first short story collection and was excited for this one, but when I finally read it it left me feeling a bit underwhelmed. It wasn‘t a bad collection by any means, I just expected more after how great the other one was. Perhaps this was a case of me overhyping things for myself.Exhalation: Stories 5y
Exhalation: Storiesshadowspeak17 Speaking of overhyping things... so many people loved this. My Litsy feed has been full of 5 star reviews for this book since it came out. It also utilizes some experimental aspects which I was really interested in because I have a soft spot for that sort of thing, so I saw no reason why I wouldn‘t like this book. I think my expectations were just too high. I thought it was fine, but just fine.Lanny: A Novel 5y
Lanny: A Novelshadowspeak17 I went in with high expectations for this given how many people love N.K. Jemisin, but I ended up disappointed. I wasn‘t a fan of how the second person pov was executed, but more than that, I didn‘t like how preachy the story was. I guess I prefer things to be more subtle.Emergency Skin 5y
Emergency Skinshadowspeak17 We Have Always Lived in the Castle is one of my favorite books and I read The Lottery earlier in the year and enjoyed it too, so I hoped I would like this one. While I did like the haunting parts of the book and how wonderfully creepy they were, the character interactions killed it for me. They got on my last nerve and dragged my opinion of the book down significantly so by the end I couldn‘t say I‘d actually enjoyed the book much.The Haunting of Hill House 5y
The Haunting of Hill HouseTheEllieMo Interesting thoughts on Lanny.I had the opposite experience: I went in expecting to hate it but was blown away by it (edited) 5y
TheEllieMo Totally agree with you on The Testaments, though 5y
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