The Wide Web of Friends in YA Books discussion

Everyone always asks: "What is your favorite book?" What about the books that you really didn't like? What books did you abandon or dislike?

I surprise surprise hated the book City of Ember

I didn't like city of ember either; it was overrated!

I didn't like the book Wither by Lauren DeStefano. It was so boring and all of this weird stuff happens... I abandoned Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick. I got one hundred pages in but it is just so boring. Nora just spends the whole time feelings sorry for herself and pining over Patch, wanting to get back together with him.

Rachel wrote: "I didn't like city of ember either; it was overrated!"

IKR!!!!

Ana wrote: "I liked City of Ember, but the sequels sucked. I also really dislike those books about cancer. I hate cancer, but those books are just so sad and depressing, but there have been more and more poppi..."

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a really good cancer book. It's funny and not sad at all.

i hated the book Nightspell by Leah Cypess, it was so bad i couldnt even finish it

Pandemonium! It was so boring! I only got 80 pages in before I quit. Lauren Oliver should never have tried to write a sequel to Delirium.

Julia wrote: "Pandemonium! It was so boring! I only got 80 pages in before I quit. Lauren Oliver should never have tried to write a sequel to Delirium."

Thank you! Me too. I was so bored I just skimmed through it.

Julia wrote: "Pandemonium! It was so boring! I only got 80 pages in before I quit. Lauren Oliver should never have tried to write a sequel to Delirium."

I liked Pandemonium but I hated Requiem and didn't like Delirium that much either.

Really? Maybe I'll give it another try. The then/now thing was kind of confusing. But I really liked Delirium. I found the idea of love being a disease really interesting and different.

I thought the premise was...interesting but not very believable. Usually I can toss out all logic to enjoy a book but I just can't imagine our world being like theirs. Love a disease. I don't think humans would ever make love a disease.

Yeah I would hate to live in a world like the one in Delirium. Life without love would be so depressing!

I read Uglies but I didn't continue the series.

I don't think I'm going to read that series then. No point in starting a series that I won't finish.

Ashley wrote: "I don't think I'm going to read that series then. No point in starting a series that I won't finish."

Yeah, I started uglies and just put it back down again

I have only met 4 books I hated or abandoned
1)Of Mice and Men
2)Druid of Shannara
3)Swordbird
4)Chasing Redbird
There are some others that I haven't liked, but these four are the worst.

Uglies was terrible I was so bored and just quit completely. And Shine by Lauren Myracle I did not like that books at all!

I've heard a lot of bad things about Uglies.

Emilie wrote: "Uglies was terrible I was so bored and just quit completely. And Shine by Lauren Myracle I did not like that books at all!"

Shine? Really? I was going to read that. Is it that bad?

Well I'm more into scifi and its about a gay guy getting beaten into a coma and friend Cat trying to figure out what happened. But what happened to her really freaked me out (trying not to ruin it) and messed up the book for me. Then again it's just being realistic-ish...

I didn't like Shine either.

I really really really didn't like the first book in The Chronicles of Narnia series. That's why I didn't continue on with this series. And I also dodn't like the Bluebloods series. Althought the story is interesting, the writing is really bad.

The Magician's nephew?

Yeah that one. I don't know, I just found it really boring.

It was boring then fascinating, boring then fascinating. I liked it better than the 7th book.

I don't plan on reading the other books in the series, only if I have nothing else to read...

Oh... well I just finished this book I think you might like. Truth or Dare

Is this the first book in a series or a stand alone?

IDK give me a min. i'll figure it out.

It's the first in the series.

If you don't like waiting for the rest of the series to come out you could try reading this Hex Hall or I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You or Heist Society.

Ok, so this book leaves you with some unanswered questions.

prob. I'm only half way through. It was released like 2 months ago.

The other books I suggested are also first in their series, but the entire series is out for those. If you want stand alones I could recommend some.

I really want to read some stand alones, so yes please!

1.My Life Next Door
2.Fever 1793
3.The False Princess
4.Ordinary Magic
5.Freak the Mighty

Ok thank you so much!

anytime! :D

I loathed Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan :( And, I'm not AT ALL a fan of the 13 to Life series by Shannon Delany. I'm getting MAD just thinking about these!! Also, I have serious problems with these books because of the BAD endings: Requiem, Rise by Anna Carey, Ever My Merlin, and Bloodrose. I also detested most of the completely unnecessary middle books in The Immortals series by Alyson Noel!

Really? I thought GLOW would be good! I'm still going 2 read it though.

Might have been the mood I was in when I read it, but it rubbed me the wrong way BIG TIME!! Let me know what you think of it, though. I'd be interested to get someone else's perspective on it.

Was the ending of blood rose really bad? I'm going to finish it tonight...

You're reading Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer, right? I didn't like it. I had to hold myself back from throwing my book across the room at one point :( A lot of the book was really good and exciting, but I was really mad about a few things (one in particular!) that happened at the end. Let me know what you think!

Def 'Lord Of The Flies'

Carie wrote: "You're reading Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer, right? I didn't like it. I had to hold myself back from throwing my book across the room at one point :( A lot of the book was really good and exciting..."

sometimes I like it when characters make me want to hit them though. It makes them more realistic in some cases, like America from The Selection and The Elite.

Triseaton3 wrote: "Def 'Lord Of The Flies'"

We have 2 read that in English next year :( not looking 4ward 2 it.

Triseaton3 wrote: "Def 'Lord Of The Flies'"

We have 2 read that in English next year :( not looking 4ward 2 it.

Elle wrote: "Carie wrote: "You're reading Bloodrose by Andrea Cremer, right? I didn't like it. I had to hold myself back from throwing my book across the room at one point :( A lot of the book was really goo..."

I don't mind unlikeable characters but when a character is stupid then I throw the book across the room.....and pick it back up cuz throwing books is mean.

lol