I asked 700 people what their worst book is ☠️

if you've been personally attacked by any of these books, now you know you're not alone!

🏺I also exist in these places 🏺

[neena]

I work at a bookstore and the amount of colleen hoover books sold each day is despicable.

[cassandralyne]

My biggest issue with Colleen Hoover is her books are NOT romance… they romanticize abusive relationships as if they are all the rage and normal *uwu*

[plantbasedontheprairie]

"How can a book that is entirely set on the ocean be this dry?" I absolutely lost it there 🤣

[HarvestLockwood]

"I was never Team Edward or Team Jacob. I was Team Carlisle." 
Valid.

[brunamgc]

We all already knew Colleen hoover was going to be in this video before opening it 😂

[loulelou]

I'm a Catcher in the Rye apologist! I read that one when I was an angry teenager myself and boy, did I feel understood. Idk how I will feel abt it now, but I think I'll still love it. Holden has a special place in my heart.

[Arconous]

I feel like The Great Gatsby gets such a bad rep because in the states they often give it out as high school required reading material in grade 9 or 10, when people aren't really ready to digest something like it, so its boring and awful and hard to get through for them.

[leena]

Donna Tartt's The Secret History is one of my all time favorite books. Tartt's way of drawing character in this book was so authentic, I felt like I was at the university with those group of people. So good. For those of us who went to college in the 1980s, this book is a way to immerse ourselves in that time while following a really compelling story.

[rosabellebelieve]

I'm such a Lord of the Flies apologist, i cant even- I LOVE survival horror stuff, speeecially when it takes on peer pressure and rising stakes. it all turns into ABSOLUTE chaos, and the ending is like having a bucket of cold water thown at you, yet it feels warm at the same time

[littledeebee]

I saw SO much hype about Colleen Hoover being so awesome. I finally read It Ends With Us, well tried to read it. I couldn't force myself to read it all. She writes like a high school student. The sentences and dialogue are SO simplistic. I felt actually dumber for having read what I did. This video made me feel better!

[brittlizzzzzz]

The Great Gatsby took me 3 reads to fall in love with it. We read it in high school - hated it. I tried it again a few years later - still hated it. Then tried it again last year and omg I loved it.

[smellerbee]

I can't wait to hear what you think about catcher in the rye. Tons of its fans are insufferable, but the book itself is actually super beautiful. I think a lot of people read this for the first time as teenagers and don't realize that Holden Caulfield is unlikable on purpose. Reading it as an adult, it breaks my heart. Such a sad story about a deeply, deeply lonely teenager who is dealing in all the wrong ways with grief and alienation.

[jjleecore]

[TW: mentions of unaliving] The depiction of mental health in The Midnight Library isn't bad, it is A depiction. Not everyone struggling with mental illness/depression and suicidal tendencies have the same experience and there is something very weird about proudly saying "that's a bad depiction of mental health" because there's probably some people who felt really seen by the way the main characters deals with her issues. We have to remember that media cannot represent everyone and everything all at once. The people who could not relate to the issues of the main character are totally valid but there's a lot of people who did and by discrediting the work and themes Matt Haig puts forward, we are also dismissing the real-life struggles that the people who did relate are currently facing. The book has its issues but the depiction of mental health is probably not what people should be criticizing.

[asahiynj]

it’s crazy how fast hoover went downhill, she was a trend in the booktok community and now all of a sudden EVERYONE dislikes her 💀

[nicolefegan]

I am a Moby Dick apologist!! It can be technical at times but I think the gorgeous writing and overall vibes make up for it. I especially think you would like it, Emmie, so don't let this deter you!

[JoannaNaomi]

“What was more culturally significant, the renaissance or…”
The Renesmee??? Emma, the joke was there! Can’t believe you missed it 😂😂😂

[sarahs.]

The Secret History audiobook is narrated by Donna Tartt herself and it’s spectacular. Really brings Richard, Camilla, Charles, Henry and Bunny to life. I ended up buying the physical copy afterwards because I loved it so much. Definitely recommend listening before reading!

[Maria-pzbz]

I really liked Lord Of The Flies : it was so interesting to see how the boys would survive and what would happen. But yes, sometimes it was a bit long

[Ninaofthes]

I'm surprised Wuthering Heights isn't on this list. I know so many people who hate this! (It's one of my favorite books) 😊

[Rohin]

When I had to read The Catcher in the Rye in high school I hated it but after I got a little older I gave it another shot and completely fell in love. CiTR was probably the first book to ever seriously deal with teenage angst and it came out in an era when it was almost never discussed. Holden is 16 years old, he’s dealing with immense grief, and it’s implied he’s a victim of SA. Of course he’s jaded and takes it out on other people and has long whiny rants in his head, who wouldn’t? But even through all that Salinger shows many times over that Holden is still a very sweet boy at his core, and just trying to navigate a very confusing world at a very confusing point in his life. Holdens hurt, he’s troubled, he feels alienated, and he’s constantly let down by the adults around him. It’s incorrect to shoot him down as just a whiny brat like so many people do. I actually think it’s one of the most empathetic novels ever written and one of the most deserving of a re-read by people who were assigned it in high school.