 Hey guys, Julia, and welcome back to my channel. And for today's video, I'm going to be talking about the worst books that I've read in 2017. Julia, I read a lot of great books, which that video will be coming, but I read a lot of shitty books that I thought I would talk about. So let's count down to my top 10 worst books of the year, and obviously standard disclaimers. You can like these books. It's just I didn't personally enjoy these books. So chill. Everyone has different opinions. Great. Moving on to number 10 is a very controversial one, and that is History's All You Left Me by Adam Silvera. And I know a lot of people love this. I had some issues with it. I just didn't like it at all. For some reason, I couldn't just grasp onto his writing. Like, I liked they both diethy and more, but with this book, the writing just really, really lacked for me. And I was so disappointed because I'm always here for male male romances, but this just didn't feel right to me at all. Like, it just didn't sit with me well, you know? Next up here, I have The Beat on Ruby's Street, and this is by Jenna Zark. This was okay. Like, it wasn't the worst book ever. It was a middle grade book and just my cat is going into some drawer. I don't know why. Stop. This was just a middle grade book, and it was about a girl, and her family life isn't great. And they're talking about book deals with group homes and running away from home as a child. And it's middle grade. It's middle grade, so it's for a younger audience. And it just really makes me sad the way group homes were portrayed. And then how the main character looked at men. It was never addressed why she called them a pervert when they did nothing. There was just a dude, and she's like, oh my god, he's a duty-supervert. Oh my god. Like, no. Next, I have two that I'm going to group together, and that is Cherished and Misled. These are both smutty romances that were both horribly written and had horrible romances, and I hated them both. Verse six was such a disappointing one, and that is Depression and Other Magic Tricks. This is a poetry collection, and it's been getting so highly acclaimed, and I don't know why. I thought this was going to be a very insightful poetry collection that had to do with depression and loss and anxiety and just heartbreak and just that sort of thing. And it was literally just a girl complaining about this relationship that went wrong. I didn't like the poems. I thought they were very standard and boring. And then it was just her complaining about this relationship that went wrong. And I think this is the book where there was an abusive element, and then she goes back. Like, I was so confused. She either goes back to the abusive dude, or she finds another dude, but then she calls him, like, Lord, and I'm like, ew. Number five was The Dreadful Tale of Frost for Reading. I did not like the writing in this book. This is a middle grade book that has, like, it's a scary middle grade book. And I just hated it. Like, why is this popular? Like, why do people like it? I get, maybe it's like a fun spooky read. I didn't like the writing. I didn't like anything about it. I thought, for, like, it didn't grasp me at all. Like, I thought it found it very just boring, and I didn't like any of the characters, and I thought the story was just meh. So yeah. Next up here I have Getting Into My Top. Well, that was, Prosper was my top five. But number four, we have Ten Count, which is a manga, male male romance series that has to do with the main character as OCD. And through a list of ten things, he, um, a psychologist tells him that if you complete these ten steps, you will be cured from your OCD forever. That's not how it works. Oh, and then in the... And not to mention that the psychologist is a very, very hot male, and they have chemistry. And it's like, if you complete these ten steps, like, we can go on a date, like, ew, no. This Confessions of a Sociopath by Emmy Thomas. I really, really hated this book so much, basically. It's about a girl who is a self-diagnosed sociopath. She basically feels no empathy, and she just contradicts herself constantly. She's, mm, I can't, I couldn't with this book. One, the writing sucked. Two, just there was so much wrong with it. Like, I'll link all my ranty... If I did ranty good reviews, I'll link them down below for all these books. Getting into my top two, we have The Marriage Plot, which by Jeffrey Janities, which is kind of funny considering The Virgin Suicides was my favorite book of last year. And, well, like, not of 2017, not of 2016. And this was just so bad that I could not finish it for the life of me. So this is about, like, someone who's writing their thesis statement on George Iliad and, like, Jane Austen. This book just really, really sucked. Like, there was lines about, like, there was this one line from it that was, like, hearing in English is something people do when they don't know what to major in, or something really stupid, or, like, you're only an English major because you like to read. Or, it was just stupid quotes, like, stupid, insulting, offensive things. And I was like, oh my god, no. The only worst book that I read this year was Without Merit by Colleen Hoover, which is kind of also weird because I'm pretty sure some of her books have made it onto my favorites in the past few years. This was so bad not to mention the homophobia, the biphobia. Apparently, you think you'd be pissed off because of, like, the religious element. Like, they take over a church and they dress up a Jesus statue, which, like, okay. There's, like, sexual assault in this book and it's condoned for not the right reason. It should not be condoned at all, but it talks about molestation. And the reasoning for it is so offensive to so many people and it's won a Goodreads reward. Like, this won a Goodreads award and, like, I don't understand. Why? Like, the only thing this had was it was a fast read. Other than that, it made me sick. You know? So I hated this so much. I would not suggest Without Merit. And then there's just, I could totally pinpoint the flaw. Like, I will link my review down below. But this is one of those books that I don't get why people liked it, like, at all. Like, if you love this book, let me know why because I don't get it. And, like, people are getting this tattooed, like, this book tattooed on them and quotes from it tattooed. And I'm like, ew. Like, no. Like, it's homophobic, it's biphobic, it's homophobic. And it's just insulting to people who have been sexually assaulted. And not that I personally have, but it's just so offensive to so many people. Not to mention the, like, the relationship that is gross. The constant sister fighting and slut shaming. You guys have it, those were the worst books that I read in the year of 2017. Let me know your thoughts down below. I can already kind of, like, anticipate some dislikes and some comments that are like, excuse me. Why did you hate my favorite book? Okay, you're allowed to like these books. Just let me know why you liked them, you know? But thank you all so much for watching. And if you're new here, be sure to click the subscribe button and click the notification bell to be updated for when I post new videos and all that sort of stuff. See you all very soon with a new video. Bye.