Books I Didn't Like

Books that disappointed me or that I would not recommend.

1. 1
   

   Bloody Rose

   by Nicholas Eames

   Grade C-. I didn't like the book at all. It was as if the author watched Almost Famous and then wrote this as a homage while trying to subvert gender expectations. Not a good book.

   C-
2. 2
   

   Blood Upon the Sand

   by Bradley Beaulieu

   Grade C-. I didn't finish—I was too bored. There was nothing to pull me through the story.

   C-
3. 3
   

   Hell Divers III: Deliverance

   by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

   Grade C. The series has worn out its welcome. I don't care about the characters anymore.

   C
4. 4
   

   Half Share

   by Nathan Lowell

   Grade C-. I couldn't care about the story.

   C-
5. 5
   

   An Echo of Things to Come

   by James Islington

   Grade C-. This was disappointing—the first book in this series showed promise.

   C-
6. 6
   

   Shorefall

   by Robert Jackson Bennett

   Grade C+. Robert Jackson Bennett tried too hard with the woke elements and it ruined the story.

   C+
7. 7
   

   A Little Hatred

   by Joe Abercrombie

   Grade C+. Nothing really happened in this book. Maybe things set up here will pay off later, but there was no real character development.

   C+
8. 8
   

   Beacon 23

   by Hugh Howey

   Grade C+. It was difficult to understand what was in the protagonist's head and what was real, and I didn't care enough to work hard to figure it out.

   C+
9. 9
   Good Omens

   Good Omens

   by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

   Grade C+. The start was solid and funny, but the second half isn't very good. One of my least favorite books by Pratchett or Gaiman.

   C+
10. 10
    

    The Primal Hunter 2

    by Zogarth

    Grade C+. The second book in the series lost the spark of the first. Too much grinding and not enough story.

    C+