Review and Discussions Day
Review and Discussions Day
Discussion: Overhyped Books
Before I begin I’d just like to say that I know that this is a very controversial topic, and many of you will disagree with what I say. But please don’t hate me! This is just my opinion on overhyped books. If you disagree with me then I’d love to hear your thoughts on this topic in the comments. Here’s mine:
If I see a new release with a lot of publisher’s hype surrounding it, or a book with a lot of hype in the Booktube community or with great reviews, I’d most likely buy it or pre-order it. It seems that I’m always end up getting swept up into the hype of a book on occasion.
Whenever I read an overhyped book, my opinion of it is usually that it’s just great. It’s not the greatest novel ever written, it’s just great. Most of the time a book never lives up to it’s hype. A book that really stands out to me is The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey. I really enjoyed this book, but that’s it. I thought it was a great sci-fi read, and the plot was intriguing, but it wasn’t the best book ever, which was what the Booktube community made it sound like. A few others that I think are ‘just good’ include Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (I actually enjoyed City of Ashes much more).
It’s very rare that a book lives up to it’s hype. There were some hyped books that I really enjoyed and felt lived up to their hype though, like The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer and Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas.
So those are some of my thoughts on overhyped books! What are your thoughts on this topic? Which overhyped books have you read and felt like they didn’t live up to their hype?
~Shreya the Lunar Angel from Erilea
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I often read overhyped books before they're popular, then after they become popular I realize the flaws in them. Point in case: Divergent. I loved this book before everyone else loved it. Then I realized how stupid I really thought it was. That's also what I'm scared for with Legend. I want to love it, I want it to be one of my favorite books ever and I want to have people to talk about it to. But I don't want it to be hyped up because I'm scared that I'll hate it.
ReplyDeleteDivergent series. Their fandom says it's good, and I guess the first book. was okay, but I zoned out on Insurgent. It got boring after a while.
ReplyDeleteFangirl isn't over rated!Hardly anybody I know has even heard of it
ReplyDeleteIf I Stay. Couldn't stand it, but I seem to be largely alone in that grouping, at least if the reviews are anything to go on.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people disagree with me on this one but I feel this way with John Green books. Particularly TFIOS. I mean he's a phenomenal writer and his books are good but I don't think they r as good as everyone says. And yes, ive read them all, so Im not just critizing without reading (I HATE THAT) that's just what I feel. Sry if U don't feel them same way
ReplyDeleteI felt this way with the Selection Series!! I really enjoyed this series but the last one was just boring and felt rushed and i felt that this series could have been one book.
ReplyDeleteThis happened to me with the Hunger Games. By the time I started reading them, all three had come out, and I had heard that they were amazing, but when I read them, they were just... Good. They weren't great or amazing, just good.
ReplyDeleteThe Giver. I read and thought it would be interesting and everyone loved it. It was SO boring. I can't believe I was able to finish it because the most interesting part when he drove away on his bike with a baby. Same with Ender's Game. It was one of our summer reading books at my old school (and its on the list again this year but I refuse to read it again.) BORING.
ReplyDeleteAdjoa Baah Same here, I felt like the only one who thought Insurgent was boring. I eventually stopped reading it halfway through...
ReplyDeleteHeather Of Hyrule Me too
ReplyDeleteI know I am repeating what many said already, but Divergent. I liked the first book...... Just liked the plot, the characters (luv ya Uriah!) and the AU. But, it wasn't as great as I expected it to be..... Like I disliked the second book...... And the third book was fine.
ReplyDeleteSame with Blood of Olympus. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Uncle Rick's books, I love him for giving my OTPs quite happy ending, but somehow the whole thing seemed way too rushed.
But I have found some really good series because of overhyped fans - TMI, TID, HOO, Doctor Who (I know it isn't a book, but still) and many more.
Blood of Olympus wasn't as good as it could have been. Divergent got WAY too much hype. The Fault in Our Stars was good, but Looking for Alaska was better and that seemed to only get hype after The Fault in Our Stars because it rose the popularity of John Green. I love TMI but I think there are some flaws people don't notice. Frozen has WAY too much hype and it's only a mediocre movie, in my opinion. The problem is there's a lot of amazing books out there without a lot of hype, and they deserve the popularity some other books have
ReplyDeleteI feel that the hunger games books were over hyped... I liked the first one before it was super popular but I thought Catching Fire and Mockingjay (is it one word?!) Were rushed to end the series. I actually couldn't finish Mockingjay. I, for like once in my life but a book down and said I'm not going to finish it...... so that's my opinion...
ReplyDeleteThe thing about overhyped books is that it's solely the publishing company's fault. They make it seem super cool and wonderful. Then when it comes out, maybe it isn't all that great. Overhyping happens a lot because it's a marketing strategy.
ReplyDeleteHowever, overrating something is different. It's when the entire fandom thinks it's the best thing ever and it's getting great reviews and it really isn't fantastic or whatnot. Overrating just happens to books that people think are bloody amazing and it's not in your opinion.
Guys, please note this difference.
I feel bad for overrated books/movies. The expectations are set really high, and when the consumer finds that it doesn't meet those expectations, they hate on it.
ReplyDeleteI watched Frozen with my friends long before everyone freaked out about it. I wasn't expecting much in the first place, and was pleasantly surprised with what I got. I loved the music, so I enjoyed the movie.
But after everyone started saying it was the best thing ever, more people watched it and weren't as happy. Then the hate began. That's not fair to the writers, producers, editors, director, composers, or the (voice) actors in any movie. Maybe it's not the best, but maybe it isn't the worst. They shouldn't get hate because other people set high expectations for them and some people thought it wasn't all that. This doesn't just apply to Frozen, but to a lot of franchises today.
half the books on there were better then their hype...
ReplyDeleteThe books have to be overhyped. It's a selling tactic. If you surround a book or a series with all of these great reviews and all the hype, you're going to get people like us or others in general going "Hmm... I wonder...", and giving the book the benefit of the doubt and buying it. If reviews to a book were, "It's a great series" compared to, "This book is amazing! A must read for fans of..." then would you buy the book? Most of the time we read a book because of it's reviews. Some reviews state that the book is a must read for fans of a book we like or our favourite author has given their review of the book, which is why we are more prone to buy or read an overhyped book that isn't all that. I personally refuse to read reviews of a book or to buy a book that's recently been released anymore. I wait until the hype of a new book coming out dies down, read a few of my to-be-read books and then investigate.
ReplyDeletei agree with most of these (except fangirl and eleanor and park and delirium)
ReplyDeletewell, fangirl was sort of underground, but it was cute and i did love it. and eleanor and park... yes, a little overhyped. but it was substantial enough not to disappoint me :>
and delirium? lots of hype. my idiot school librarian swore up and down it was better than the harry potter books, of which she is apparently the "greatest" fan of (if she loves it so much, how can she compare it to a simple romance dystopia novel like delirium? harry potter is on a whole other level.) but again, delirium wasn't all that bad, i guess. (i speak for the first book alone- the rest of the series has my utter loathing)
some of the other books, imho, did not satisfy all the fuss they were getting, like the program, this is what happy and tfios- and even the lunar chronicles.
the coldest girl in coldtown was alright, for a supernatural. better than most modern (modern: post-twilight) vampire books, anywho. and the beginning of everything oh my god this book was so disappointing. like on the cover, it was a rollercoaster... until a decapitated head fell in my lap at the end of the ride (book). the ending was very disappointing ;-;
haha good job Fandoms United this list was pretty honest :)