Books not worth the hype

Bit of a backwards post here, but what are some books that EVERYONE seems to recommend that you just didn’t understand the hype for.

I’ll go first (HOT TAKES AHEAD):

– The Name of the Wind – Patrick

Egotistical max level bard that spends too long complaining about his student loans. Story resolved literally nothing.

– The Wheel of Time – Robert Jordan

Slog of details in everywhere but where you need them. Can’t get me to spend 800+ pages a book with some of these insufferable characters.

– This Is How You Lose The Time War – Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

A story of pen pals with a pasted on sci fi theme that doesn’t work.

by ElePuss