Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Liked More/Less Than I Thought I Would

 

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

 

    This weeks theme is books I liked more/less than I thought I would. For this, I'm going to do five of each, because I have some of each.

 

  Books I Liked Less Than I Thought I Would:

 

 

  1. Sisters Red by: Jackson Pierce: I actually could not get through this. It was that horrible. Everything about this book sounded fantastic. Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood? Awesome! Hunting crazy wolf/people mutants? Sweet! Set in Atlanta? I have to read this now. And then I picked it up and hated it. The characters made me want to pull my hair out, the plot was incredibly dull, and the whole story was just lacking something.

 

2. Beautiful Chaos by: Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia: I didn't necessary hate this book. I just didn't love it. The first two books were enchanting, and everyone said this was their favorite in the series. Me? Once I finished it, I was hooked and had to read the next one, but overall, I thought that there wasn't that much excitement in it.

 

3. Deadly Little Lessons by: Laurie Faria Stolarz: This book is kind of the same deal as Beautiful Chaos. These books follow a pattern, and I felt that some things were a little forced. I was not super happy with the ending, since it could have been done better, but it wasn't terrible. I just thought I would enjoy it a bit more than I did.

 

4. The Water Wars by: Cameron Stracher: I read this book when I went through my dystopian craze phase. It sounds wonderful, I just think it could have been portrayed a little bit better. The story could get confusing at times, and the action wasn't very intriguing. This book just wasn't my book.

 

5. Legend by: Marie Lu: Ahh! Don't hate me! I know, I know, how could I have disliked this book? I don't dislike it. I haven't been able to get through it, though. I got it at the library, and I only got sixty pages in. And I had to give it back. And I was fine with that. The story didn't really grab me, but I might give it another try in the future.

 

Books I Liked More Than I Thought I Would

 

 6. The Selection by: Kiera Cass: I don't know why people keep on saying this is just like a girly version of The Hunger Games. That's what put me off. But when I finally read it, it exceeded my expectations. America was kick butt, and it was the perfect novel for a nice read.

 

7. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins: Okay, you have to give me credit on this one. By the back flap, I had thought I would be dealing with a whiny little girl who's upset about going to Paris. But once I got into the book, I realized that the mental breakdown throughout most of the book... It was not there. And then there was St. Clair. *AHHHH! FAINTS.* I could gush on and on and on about this book, but I won't. Sadly.

 

8. Cinder by: Marissa Meyer: Okay, after reading Sisters Red, I was kind of put off by all fairy tale retellings. And I'm not a huge fan of mechanical stuff *Cough, cough, Brother, Cough Cough* It's never really interested me. But this novel was creepy and eerie and cute and wonderful!

 

9. Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief by: Rick Riordan: Greek Mythology used to not interest me. At all. I had also put off reading this because it was in the point of view of a guy. Don't judge me. I was ten. But once I read it, I fell in love with this book. It was just so wonderful and magical and half-bloodsy. Camp Half Blood rules!

 

10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling: I used to not be that much of a fan of fantasy. I'm still not. But Harry Potter is absolutely positively enchanting! I mean, who could read these and not want to go to Hogwarts themselves? Who? I cannot believe I refused to read this book for a long time. I immediately read the rest of the series after the first one.