the WORST books i read in 2023 (of the 200+ i read)

I love Hater Jack. It's refreshing seeing harsh reviews from popular book tubers. So many want brand deals and want to be popular so they pretend to like popular books and authors.

Jack: I can be a hater for like 15 mins Also Jack: makes a 30 min video that is most certainly edited down

I admire you for actually finishing books you don’t like 😫

Cruel Prince is like a glazed sugar cookie. Nobody would call it "great food", but if you're in the mood for it, it's amazing.

The dad jokes + puns + hate = Extremely entertaining video

I honestly have no bad reading experience for this year, because 80% of my reading list comes from Jack’s recommendations !

“I’m allergic to bad literature, it’s not my fault” I love you, Jack

Fun fact: the word cringe has actually been introduced into the Italian dictionary, so cringissimo is not only Italian for cringe, it's actually the absolute superlative for cringe😂 3:26

i love these type of videos because they help to shorten my tbr list so much quicker HAHA

I loved the Cruel Prince but as someone said in the comments, if you're in the mood for it, it's amazing. Honestly a few years back there was so much hyper over the ACOTAR series and I've read it and loved it. And then A Court of Mist and Fury got published, a few months later and I LOATHED the writing style. I just think sometimes books come to us during a good time and we love them and some other times we've just read the most amazing book and when we come back to that author we kinda liked, it's just not the same anymore. And sometimes they're just bad.

my worst of the year was probably Murder at the Book Club. a direct quote from the book: 'He was used to having Barrett shut down his ideas, but he still hadn't got used to it.' I am perplexed how it even got published

Here’s the thing Jack… when you are a fourteen year old girl and you read the cruel prince right after it came out… it hits different!! (I realize this is an experience you will never have so no shade also your impression was SPOT ON 😂)

May the book trial begin🍷✨

Thank you so much for talking about authors needing to build emotion before a significant event. People tell me I sound like a sociopath when I say things like “they died but it wasn’t sad.” The point of a good novel for me is that you’re invested in characters and their lives.

"this would kill a victorian child" is just a phenomenal line

"It’s like the devil threw up in your mouth" sounds like the title of a book Jack would love.

My book “How I Saved a Planet!” was deemed by one blogger The Worst Book They’d Read in 2020. They hated it so much that they wrote a multi-part blog series on why they disliked it so much. It was fascinating 😂

'Fourth Wing' and 'Iron Flame' got so much popular on TikTok with both these books having 4.4+ ratings on Goodreads but they were heavily criticised by most of the booktubers. I wonder why these books failed to garner much praise on booktube just like on TikTok.

I honestly loved The Cruel Prince because it was so easy to read. I'm not typically into fantasy novels because of the immense world building and having to remember so many characters. It is YA, so it is written for a younger audience, which may be another reason why you wouldn't like it as much as another book catered to an older audience. But either way, a simple and enjoyable read for me. Unfortunate that you didn't like it. Loved this video though, I always appreciate your content

I honestly need Jack to read and review six of crows but I’m scared 💀