Malibu Rising is the only TJR I liked. I actually loved it. But Evelyn Hugo and Carrie Soto fell flat for me. I’m reading Daisy Jones next because everyone says it’s her best but now I’m skeptical because EH got such high ratings on goodreads and I did NOT think it was worth that.

All the Light We Cannot See. Now there’s a book worth the hype. Chef’s kiss.

THIS. I think Booktok is mostly content over quality. It’s like how Verity blew up. They just want cheap shock value.

I could not agree more with all of this. Stayed to figure out why she chose Monique. Also agree I only really thought Harry was a real human. So shallow. SO SHALLOW. I also felt the relationship with Celia was abusive and I could not understand how there was any real love there it felt so shallow and just a talent crush on Celia’s end and an ego-stroke on Evelyn’s side. When I can’t emotionally bond with anyone in the book it feels like a complete waste of precious reading time.

Also hated It Ends with Us from the start. I am a stickler about finishing books I start but that is one of the few that I just gave up on. It was so terribly written I couldn’t handle it.

Someone else mentioned they felt the same way about Midnight Library because it was so hyped and I second this so hard. Because it was so hyped I ended up being extremely disappointed. I could not get over how many people said it was their favorite book ever.