The WORST Books I Read in 2023 (or ever)

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  • @JanaMorgen
    @JanaMorgen6 ай бұрын

    Riley is nice 364 days of the year. Source: I’m her lawyer

  • @GavinReadsItAll
    @GavinReadsItAll6 ай бұрын

    I’m signing the petition for mean Riley Marie to come out more, FREE HER

  • @RileyMarie_

    @RileyMarie_

    6 ай бұрын

    I keep her in the basement otherwise she gets too powerful

  • @YW2324

    @YW2324

    3 ай бұрын

    Lol hehe 😊

  • @mjllw2000
    @mjllw20006 ай бұрын

    This entire video is hilarious but I was cackling at you hating iron flame so much that fourth wing isn’t a favourite anymore. 😂

  • @RileyMarie_

    @RileyMarie_

    6 ай бұрын

    My hate for it grows everyday

  • @losermillie

    @losermillie

    6 ай бұрын

    i heard the same thing from 5 separate people now, i cannot believe how awful it must have been to do this to so many people 🤣

  • @secret_badass
    @secret_badass6 ай бұрын

    I love mean Riley. I think she deserves more than just one day per year 😆

  • @dasha_8
    @dasha_86 ай бұрын

    “If you have one hater, it is me. If you have no haters, I am dead” 😂😂

  • @smurfette01
    @smurfette016 ай бұрын

    The Alone With You In The Ether rant was perfection 😂. I felt the same way!

  • @taylorgayhart9497
    @taylorgayhart94976 ай бұрын

    I honestly only have one bad book this year, and that’s Fourth Wing. Edit: 13:13 🤣🤣🤣 I’m sorry for your pain but thank you for validating my decision to DNF the series!

  • @morganarosana

    @morganarosana

    6 ай бұрын

    Yeah I'm dnfing the series too because of this video lmao Tbh I was thinking to dnf way before because of the bad reviews, authors political opinions... The video was just the last nail in the coffin ⚰️

  • @EmJae
    @EmJae6 ай бұрын

    I think Mean Riley deserves to come out and play more than one day a year.

  • @ChemicalPenguinn
    @ChemicalPenguinn6 ай бұрын

    How To Sell A Haunted House made me almost laugh, which is not what I want from a horror book 😂

  • @Laura_Reads

    @Laura_Reads

    6 ай бұрын

    Me too, but I love that in a horror book!! I just want to be entertained with horror. Love hearing all the different perspectives though!

  • @laurynw.5864
    @laurynw.58646 ай бұрын

    cracking up at "I was die, cry, hating" lmao

  • @octaviag.1147
    @octaviag.11476 ай бұрын

    I hated The Writing Retreat too! Was confused that people liked it

  • @gabbyreads
    @gabbyreads6 ай бұрын

    “I am nice 364 days out of the year” hahaha 😂 100% agree with everything you said about How To Sell a Haunted House, so much wasted potential 😭 and I agree, Midnight is the Darkest Hour was so bad 😢 such a disappointment!!

  • @RileyMarie_

    @RileyMarie_

    6 ай бұрын

    I was SO disappointed by both of those cause I love those authors so much. What a bummer

  • @adport1
    @adport16 ай бұрын

    “And it turned out, I was born to be a hater” Video just started and I’m already hollering 😂😂

  • @WickedScorpio
    @WickedScorpio6 ай бұрын

    Lol "im so quirky and crazy" is exactly how i felt like maeve fly read too. It felt so fake and contrived.

  • @lfrizz
    @lfrizz6 ай бұрын

    I so agree about olivie blake’s writing what you said was exactly my feelings about atlas six!!! also unrelated but what lip product are you wearing in this because it looks amazing!!

  • @RileyMarie_

    @RileyMarie_

    6 ай бұрын

    its the Tarte Maracuja Juicy Lip Balm

  • @inasmjauhari
    @inasmjauhari6 ай бұрын

    OMG I was soo ready for this video and you definitely don't dissapoint. I'm sorry for you but I love your rant videos. Love youuu

  • @jkpiowa
    @jkpiowa6 ай бұрын

    What you said about Alone with You is pretty much word for word my review of Atlas Six 😅.

  • @ChelseyK919
    @ChelseyK9196 ай бұрын

    You’re not alone in the Writing Retreat. Hated that book so much!

  • @unhingedwoman
    @unhingedwoman6 ай бұрын

    Lol I have been WAITING for you to roast Iron Flame. Thank you for delivering 😁

  • @kamrynchristine3302
    @kamrynchristine33026 ай бұрын

    I love your energy this is the best video haha

  • @carly1628
    @carly16286 ай бұрын

    I can’t believe you nearly didn’t grace us with this hilarious video. You deserve to be mean 1 day of the year cause this video was 10/10 Also lowkey was so disappointed with midnight is the darkest hour. Loved her other thrillers so much. This book was a snooze fest

  • @taylorgayhart9497
    @taylorgayhart94976 ай бұрын

    12:38 I’m sorry… WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?

  • @Ms.SpookyNerd
    @Ms.SpookyNerd6 ай бұрын

    Happy holidays! Hope you find more greater books in 2024. ☕📚⛄❄️🎉🥂

  • @theaudiobookaficionado
    @theaudiobookaficionado6 ай бұрын

    I can't trust this list because How to Sell a Haunted House was my #1 favorite book of the year 😂 I love clowns I love puppets, Pupkin is my king

  • @Laura_Reads

    @Laura_Reads

    6 ай бұрын

    Saaaaammmmme!!!! 🎉 Long live poor little Pupkin. Lol 😂

  • @RileyMarie_

    @RileyMarie_

    6 ай бұрын

    Did you also listen to the audiobook?? Cause that voice was too much for me lol

  • @theaudiobookaficionado

    @theaudiobookaficionado

    6 ай бұрын

    @@RileyMarie_ yes! my friends and I listened to the audiobook and loved it and now we frequently do the Pupkin voice and quote the book at each other. High camp, loved it

  • @Showtunediva
    @ShowtunedivaАй бұрын

    I completely agree about Sister Maiden Monster & Iron Flame Riley.

  • @ErinMegan
    @ErinMegan6 ай бұрын

    You’re so real for including Maeve Fly and How to Sell a Haunted House!! I was soooo not interested in Maeve at all. Also, hard agree about the puppet aspect. It was too silly goofy, not scary at all. 😭

  • @opalthegembookreviews
    @opalthegembookreviews6 ай бұрын

    I choked on my coffee when you brought up the puppet 🤣🤣🤣 I haven’t read this but all I could picture was that stupid “horror” movie the hole 🤣🤣 with the puppet end scene

  • @carahamelie
    @carahamelie6 ай бұрын

    I read the short story collection by the author that wrote tender is the flesh, and it was the only book I gave one star. 😬

  • @story.struck
    @story.struck5 ай бұрын

    Oh my god mean Riley is hilarious 😂 go off, girlie!

  • @PistachioGold
    @PistachioGold6 ай бұрын

    'I was Die, Cry, Hating' needs to be merch in some shape or form 😂😂😂😂 14:56 the perfect gatekeep gaslight girlboss ❤❤❤❤ 99.99% nice 😂😂

  • @sereneadair4941
    @sereneadair49416 ай бұрын

    I also hated the writing retreat and so did my book club

  • @millymollymrst3537
    @millymollymrst35376 ай бұрын

    Loved this😅

  • @seeliequeen
    @seeliequeen6 ай бұрын

    You aren’t alone with the writing retreat. I dnfed it. I couldn’t do it. Lol

  • @necholejacobs6195
    @necholejacobs61956 ай бұрын

    I loved this haha💙

  • @RivetingReads
    @RivetingReads6 ай бұрын

    Your sweater is so so so cute!

  • @RivetingReads

    @RivetingReads

    6 ай бұрын

    I knew that The Fisherman would be on this list lmfaooo

  • @RivetingReads

    @RivetingReads

    6 ай бұрын

    You are notttt alone with The Writing Retreat I really didn't like it either!

  • @RivetingReads

    @RivetingReads

    6 ай бұрын

    I did not enjoy What Lies in the Woods at alllll

  • @MelLenoreReads
    @MelLenoreReads6 ай бұрын

    HAHAHAHAA This was great. I feel you on how to sell a haunted house

  • @Laura_Reads
    @Laura_Reads6 ай бұрын

    Oh man, I LOVED Pupkin. Lol 😅😂 The campy horror is what I love about Hendrix, and I laughed out loud more than once reading How To Sell A Haunted House! It was a five star for me, but I can totally see how it’s not for everyone. I don’t think I can handle gross/body horror, so I haven’t picked any of those up. Farts and butts. Lol 😆 I’m dying. Love your energy. Thanks for this list!

  • @JessLuvnNicky
    @JessLuvnNicky6 ай бұрын

    I agree with you on Finlay Donovan!. I really enjoyed the first book, second was ok.. and I couldnt even finish the third.. like I didnt even care at 70% I called it quits!

  • @kristenchumley1421
    @kristenchumley14216 ай бұрын

    The Writing Retreat was my worst book of the year. I side eye anyone who gave that waste of trees 5 stars. LOL

  • @IzzyRain
    @IzzyRain6 ай бұрын

    I’m glad I never started Finlay Donovan because that would stress me out 😂

  • @kimberlysreads
    @kimberlysreads6 ай бұрын

    Loved your rants and agree with Iron Flame. I loved Fourth Wing (flaws and all)...and I was so so excited for Iron Flame and was so disappointed. I keep seeing everyone posting about their shock at the end I get FOMO. I called one of the main twists like way before, so there wasn't that shock factor for me. Such a let down 😢

  • @rysreadingcorner
    @rysreadingcorner6 ай бұрын

    I didn’t like the writing retreat either!

  • @taylorvardy633
    @taylorvardy6336 ай бұрын

    Yes to everything you said about iron flame. It was so so so so so so bad.

  • @AlwaysInStock
    @AlwaysInStock6 ай бұрын

    I'm so glad that you felt the exact same way about We Need to Do Something because DUDE. I should've DNFed it as soon as all the fart jokes started.

  • @cherylNA
    @cherylNA6 ай бұрын

    “Throw it in a wood chipper”😂😂

  • @The_Reading_Wren
    @The_Reading_Wren6 ай бұрын

    Feisty Riley might be my new favourite Riley

  • @ambrelicious04
    @ambrelicious046 ай бұрын

    Please more rant/dislike videos! This one was so good!

  • @imaginepageant
    @imaginepageant6 ай бұрын

    About the constant talk about farts and butts… that is literally what life with a young boy is like. 😂 And poop. No, ESPECIALLY poop. I kept a list of all the times my son mentioned poop one day and I kid you not, it was something like 30. If you live with a young boy, you will hear about farts, butts, and poop endlessly, for years on end. (I should add that it isn’t boy-exclusive; my daughter is absolutely guilty of it as well.)

  • @frannook
    @frannook6 ай бұрын

    I know I probably shouldn't say it but I *love* mean Riley! You should totally be mean 364 days of the year and nice for 1 day 🤣

  • @Anna2187_
    @Anna2187_6 ай бұрын

    I watched this video in anticipation of the iron flame rant 😂

  • @contrapasso5456
    @contrapasso54566 ай бұрын

    Yessss about The Writing Retreat! It’s just very poorly written. And the story within a story elements were so bad.

  • @crystalsbookishlife
    @crystalsbookishlife6 ай бұрын

    I am here to celebrate the 1/365 hater days 😂 ESPECIALLY for the Alone With You In The Ether slander 😂😂😂

  • @JanAgaton
    @JanAgaton6 ай бұрын

    NOT MAEVE FLYYYY HAHHA that one's in my top 10 for sure so i almost wanna read your worst books 'cause we have such opposite tastes sometimes but i was also highly disappointed by how to sell a haunted house & tender is the flesh

  • @RileyMarie_

    @RileyMarie_

    6 ай бұрын

    honestly you would probably like Sister Maiden Monster if you haven't read that one yet. It had Maeve Fly vibes for sure

  • @JanAgaton

    @JanAgaton

    6 ай бұрын

    @RileyMarie_ i got sent that one a whiiile ago & keep forgetting about it omg I'll def prioritize it then!

  • @Sarah.reads.sometimes
    @Sarah.reads.sometimes6 ай бұрын

    I tried reading the 2nd Finlay Donovan book after finishing the 1st earlier this year & DNFed. I just couldn’t 😅 Big ouch about Iron Flame being so bad you’re taking Fourth Wing off of your favorites 😢 I just started Iron Flame & I’m so scared, especially since I’m enjoying it so far 😅😖 Oh, and I DNFed We Need to Do Something because that dad was just too much 😠

  • @ChemicalPenguinn
    @ChemicalPenguinn6 ай бұрын

    All I remember about Alone With You In The Aether is the line "he filled her" being used almost incessantly. No thanks.

  • @RileyMarie_

    @RileyMarie_

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes! Hard pass

  • @caprisbookisland
    @caprisbookisland5 ай бұрын

    “Break up or DIE” I need on a shirt 😂

  • @horror_queen35
    @horror_queen356 ай бұрын

    Thank you! I did NOT understand all the love for How to Sell A Haunted House. I DNF'd it. Twice. >.

  • @chelsimullen65
    @chelsimullen656 ай бұрын

    This video was so funny 😆😂 Your Alone With You in the Ether rant made me so happy 🥲 Finally someone who gets it!!

  • @anthropomorphicpeanut6160
    @anthropomorphicpeanut61606 ай бұрын

    I've only given 1 star to 4 books this year!

  • @toshp9362
    @toshp93626 ай бұрын

    I feel like I’m the only person on planet earth who loved Midnight is the Darkest Hour and also loathed The Last Housewife. Haha but I’m not upset, I love a good hater video, ESPECIALLY when I loved a lot of the books on the list ❤

  • @typeonereader
    @typeonereader5 ай бұрын

    The puppet rant was real

  • @KristinKravesBooks
    @KristinKravesBooks6 ай бұрын

    I love seeing you try to be mean 😂 Dragonfall sounded so good but I haven't seen a positive review of it yet!

  • @JulEnglefaris
    @JulEnglefaris6 ай бұрын

    "Break up or die" 😂 🐲

  • @imjustcookingpizza9354
    @imjustcookingpizza93545 ай бұрын

    Im always so pleased to find another alone with you in the ether hater!!! truly one of the most overhyped books.

  • @karinscott4455
    @karinscott44555 ай бұрын

    Agree with most, but I loved My Lovely Wife. One I hated was The One.

  • @JulEnglefaris
    @JulEnglefaris6 ай бұрын

    I would categorize We Need To Do Something as partially gross horror. Some nasty stuff went down in there. God I hated it.

  • @ourreadinghour
    @ourreadinghour6 ай бұрын

    Yes omg, i hated we need to do something. I don't understand why it. Also I feel the same way about gross horror which is actually why I don't think grady hendrix is for me. Southern book club was just... gross Ok also iron flame!!! This needed so much editing. My friends are making these comments about how it should have been two books but like, it was too long already?

  • @tara3827
    @tara38276 ай бұрын

    omg thank you for The writing retreat i didn't like this book

  • @anikamercier2651
    @anikamercier26516 ай бұрын

    I didn’t like The Writing Retreat either by the end it was a 3 star. Honestly I just got so bored by the time things picked up I was over it.

  • @theherblueprint
    @theherblueprint6 ай бұрын

    how you felt about disliking the writing retreat is how i felt about love & others words. i’m probably the only one that did NOT like that book.

  • @KatieColson
    @KatieColson6 ай бұрын

    I pumped my fist in the air when you mentioned Finlay Donovan. I am the captain of the hater ship for this series

  • @RileyMarie_

    @RileyMarie_

    6 ай бұрын

    it was SO bad

  • @ShelbyBarton704
    @ShelbyBarton7042 ай бұрын

    "What Lies in the Woods" was boring for me as well, I read to the end, still boring. And I'm not really fond of "The Writing Retreat", find the villain annoying and didn't like the protagonist. 😂

  • @louisathellama
    @louisathellama6 ай бұрын

    As someone who actually enjoyed Iron Flame, all of these negative reviews have me cackling 😂 it being a dumpster fire actually makes me love it more

  • @SabShowalter
    @SabShowalter6 ай бұрын

    Olivie Blake’s writing was my least favorite thing from 2023

  • @naomiking7518
    @naomiking75186 ай бұрын

    ❤❤

  • @kaybanks8781
    @kaybanks87816 ай бұрын

    From someone is nice one day out of 365, I loved this video - so funny! ". . . can this little boy die?" and ". . . just break up or die!" Those two quotes are going in my book (not a real book, don't be silly.)

  • @emileet.401
    @emileet.4016 ай бұрын

    first of all you are correct always! second of all, rebecca yarros betrayed me on a personal level with iron flame and made so many of us look stupid, so therefore, she can't be forgiven!

  • @RileyMarie_

    @RileyMarie_

    6 ай бұрын

    miss yarros needs to pay from her crimes

  • @fictionfreak1404
    @fictionfreak1404Ай бұрын

    lmaooo

  • @KittyAndTheBooks
    @KittyAndTheBooks6 ай бұрын

    The best worst books are the ones that ruin an entire series for you, I guess. 🙈