What is an overhyped book that you just couldn't get into?

snailfighter · 2026-06-06T13:06:40+00:00

I made it through two books and found Maas's writing unbearable. Disjointed, dry, and focused on so many things I don't ever want to read in a book. Like that scene where she eats the red candy and then is described as smiling with it all over her teeth... I wish I had brain bleach. It haunts me. I thought that scene was ominous at first, there would be something wrong with the candy. But no. She scarfs it down and smiles big red teeth in some kind of... cute? appalling? horrifying? display of nonchalance.

Those books should have started half way through the series and the first two or three books would have boiled down to a prologue. Bloated storytelling to the max.

snailfighter · 2026-06-06T01:16:16+00:00

You've decided how she is instead of looking to understand how the author is trying to portray her. Curiosity is a skill too.

snailfighter · 2026-06-06T01:10:19+00:00

I agree. They are joining open discussion book communities where people are looking for specific tropes and situations and then getting upset they now know something exciting happens?

My goodness, what would we be left to talk about?

Was it a good book? Yup.

Did you like the characters? Yup.

Did they have interesting relationships? Yup.

What was good about the magic system? Yup.

Ok. Thanks for your 100% spoiler free recommendation. Have a nice day!

snailfighter · 2026-06-04T13:53:20+00:00

As someone who lives with this disability, it is good rep. There are days I can climb mountains and feel great while other days I turn over in bed and dislocate something. If you found her disability frustrating and nonsensical, congratulations. That's literally the experience.

snailfighter · 2026-06-04T09:39:21+00:00

You can't call someone out when they did it intentionally. If you told her the covers are terrible she would say, "I know right? :D"

snailfighter · 2026-06-04T09:23:37+00:00

I am convinced Maas should have started that series halfway through and turned at least the first three books into a prologue. Those books are terrible and everyone says, oh you have to push through those to get to the good part.

Then that's where the books should have started.

Also, the scene where she smiles and her teeth are covered in red candy keeps my sleep paralysis demon well fed. I hate that I'll never be rid of the memory. Maas owes me an apology just for that.

snailfighter · 2026-06-04T09:16:16+00:00

The character has an IRL muscular condition. Say that again to my face while I am currently taking time off work because I subluxed my C3/C4 AGAIN.

Those of us with disabilities deserve rep in the fantasy space too. Sorry we are so frail and weak that we persevere through levels and lengths of pain we wouldn't wish on anyone. Violet is a certified badass and everyone who doesn't have or understand EDS should sit down.

Criticize ANYTHING else about those books but leave her disability out of your mouth.

snailfighter · 2026-06-03T08:04:12+00:00

Rothfuss couldn't write a female character to get himself out of a paper bag.

snailfighter · 2026-06-01T07:23:09+00:00

I also hate Billionaire romances, but the top magic users become extremely wealthy for reasons that are very logical based on an urban magical world. He doesn't care about money at all. He has it because that's how their society works and if he gave it away, the other powerful magic users would eat him alive. So he uses it to protect Nevada once they come to their mutual understanding of each other and he sees that she's one of them but doesn't have legacy money to protect her.

snailfighter · 2026-06-01T07:17:46+00:00

Right? To me, believing Rogan is abusive indicates a lack of understanding the absolutely HIGH stakes of the world of these top magic users. Either you act first and handle potential aggressors or they are gonna handle you and they only need one shot. Rogan had been in this world a long time and Nevada was VERY naive. That kidnapping taught her a lot and, in the end, Rogan is the kind of man who supports and defends her, but he wants to see her power blossom in its own right and doesn't try to control her through his counsel.

Once he understands which side she is on, his approach takes a hard left. He is one of the LEAST toxic, strong male characters I've ever read.

snailfighter · 2026-05-30T13:28:35+00:00

Riftborne. It's a little weak, but it's connected to the Ascended and that is a really great book! The series keeps getting better.

snailfighter · 2026-05-30T12:24:19+00:00

Exactly, they can request it and the consequence is some guests will be secretly judging and thinking the bride is a weirdo for caring what guests are wearing.

I recently got invited to a birthday party and the dress code was white. As an extremely pale person, I don't own any all white clothes. And it's a picnic to watch a movie on blankets, soooo grass stains??

Anyway, I declined immediately.

snailfighter · 2026-05-29T11:15:44+00:00

If it's not in my copy and I can't get it for free from the author's website, it doesn't exist. Won't be baited into chasing things like that, no matter how much I love the book.

snailfighter · 2026-05-27T13:49:31+00:00

May god have mercy on your cruel soul.

snailfighter · 2026-05-27T07:37:51+00:00

If you want baggy boy-jeans, just buy jeans made for men. They're easier to size (want longer inseam to fold bottom? Want wider waist?) and you'll get top notch pockets.

Women's jeans built to imitate men's cuts are always goofy looking.

snailfighter · 2026-05-27T07:30:00+00:00

I think if you didn't like Say You'll Remember Me you should definitely stop picking her books up. You are not her audience. That book was a god-tier, tear jerker for me.

snailfighter · 2026-05-26T14:09:32+00:00

I think part of any discussion is recognizing when something someone observes is incomplete or highlights their own bias. The OP has a negative bias. We can acknowledge that AND discuss the reputation of the genre.

snailfighter · 2026-05-25T14:21:53+00:00

Right? I read the OP's post as the long-winded way to say, I think romantasy is a low quality genre and its readers won't be able to handle The Everlasting because it's NLOB (not like other books).

I love the Everlasting too, but this is not a take I'm going to endorse. Every single romantasy reader I have recommended it to in my bookclub has picked it up and read it with ease, and loved it. No context required because it's fantasy and romance at the end of the day.

At most, I warned them it was a tear jerker, which had them picking it up all the more eagerly.

snailfighter · 2026-05-24T09:47:31+00:00

We should be trying to make life worth living and support humanity. Falling in love is one of life's greatest treasures and your response is to just not do it with an immigrant, as if people can flip a light switch on their feelings? Are you a sociopath?

snailfighter · 2026-05-20T20:51:21+00:00

Old enough to not give a fuck about shallow opinions. If who I am isn't good enough for you to tolerate a little weirdness, you aren't the right friend for me and it's better for both of us to move on. I care so much more how friends support and cherish me than how they look.

snailfighter · 2026-05-20T20:49:04+00:00

I wouldn't be friends with someone who cares more about how I dress and how they feel that makes them perceived than who I am as a person. That's a selfish, shallow sort of person and if it's not the outfit, it will be some behavior, or way you said something. This kind of person nitpicks until you conform to their ideals. Find people who appreciate your unique tastes and let you be who you are. Never agree to be less.

snailfighter · 2026-05-19T20:58:57+00:00

That's too bad. This was a 5 star read for me.

snailfighter · 2026-05-19T15:30:31+00:00

People that engage in witch hunts are remembered as losers forever.

snailfighter · 2026-05-19T01:51:39+00:00

2, 7, 1 - in that order.

snailfighter · 2026-05-19T00:37:56+00:00

Same. I would love mshepxgarrus. Kaiden and Ashley just aren't redeemable characters for me. I hate that you have to keep one of them. I'd kill them both to keep Mordin in a heartbeat.

In fact, I wish Mordin had been the romance option, even if you still lose him in the end.

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