hey guys it's cAZ here and today I'm
going to be doing my top 10 worst books
for 2019. I mean is it a top 10 then? Is it a bottom ten? Either way it's the
worst, most disappointing, least best
books I read in 2019. My top 10 books of
2019 will be released on Monday, come
back and check that out. I kind of
attempted to make some sort of semblance
of order. The last three are the only
three books I gave two stars, and all the
others in the list I gave three, but
they still weren't the best. So kicking
off proceedings is The Lovely Bones by
Alice Sebold.
This is on this list not because it was
a bad book or a terrible book but because
my opinion changed of this book so
dramatically throughout the course of it,
that it's got to end up on this list.
Basically, the first third of this book I
was all set to give it a 5 stars and you
know how picky I am about 5 stars and then
it went downhill and the the choices
made in this book we're so bad I
eventually go it three stars, and yeah. If
you've read this you'll know the ending
it's just 'why?!'. That's all I've got to say.
This is about a girl who gets murdered
and then it's her telling the story from
heaven, looking down at all her family and
the killer, and basically watching them
get on with their lives and trying to
figure out what happens and where to go
from here. There was such potential in
this, like I said I blasted through the
first three quarters of it, I thought it
was going to be a 5 stars and then
Alice Sebold ruined it. Next up The
Fifth Season by NK Jemisin. This has to
be on this list because I put it down
for months and months and months because
half of it is written a second person
and I hate second person writing.
Eventually the last bit there was less
second person and I kind of slightly
enjoyed it a bit more. But I couldn't not
put it on this list when it was such a
slog to get through. I think I stopped on
about 180 and then left it for several
months. So this is a fantasy, it follows
different points in time and different
people and it's very throw you in at the
deep end. You ain't got a clue what's
going on, you don't know what any of the magic
system or any the words mean. It's kind
of you have to figure it out as you go
along. Which makes it even less enjoyable
if you hate second person and you don't
know what the fuck's going on, but
eventually y'know, it was all right at
the end. I am gonna carry the series on.
But I can't not put it on this list.
I very almost DNF'd it and I don't
DNF books. Next up is The League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen Volume One. This
one, it was just kind of boring, nothing
really happened. You met all the
different characters- I mean even if you
haven't read this you might have seen
the film- it follows all the different
characters like Jekyll and Hyde and The
Invisible Man and Captain Nemo y'know.
The premise sounds fun and interesting
but this story just isn't. It's kind of
boring, even the 'mystery' going
on isn't mysterious enough to be
interesting which is kind of blah.
Then even the artwork doesn't really
make up for it because that's kind of
blah. This is basically all those
different characters getting collected
up and trying to figure out this mystery,
but yeah, not the best. Next I have Low
Volume One. This one I really thought I
would enjoy because it's by Rick
Remender who does the Deadly Class
series, which is one of my favourite
comics. But it was just a little bit- it
just felt very rushed,
it was very all over the place, it was
very heavy sci-fi again like The Fifth
Season, it didn't really explain much. It
kind of kicked in straight at the deep
end- quite literally because we're
underwater- and it just didn't give you
any breathing space for anything to have
an impact. Like, something happens at the
beginning, everything kicks off and
certain characters get killed, and then
it's like 20 years later and you don't
have any impact of anything that
happened. The artwork is slightly more
enjoyable than The League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen but it's still
not my favourite. Basically, something went
on with the earth and then it sent
everybody to the depths of the ocean and
then stuff kicks off. Like I say, it
doesn't give you any chance to actually
ingest the story it's just like Bom Bom
Bom Bom Bom moving on. Next I have Filth
by Irvine Welsh. This one, I don't know if
I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn't
already seen the film because I knew the twist so maybe that's on me,
but, even so, I just felt like it was
very
very repetitive. It follows a character
Bruce who's a police officer, there's
been a murder he's trying to figure it
out, but it's just basically about him
being a disgusting, vile, horrific,
horrible human being, piece of shit, and
like, I don't mine characters that are a bit
shit, but give them layers. Especially
because it takes place within his mind,
and in your own mind sometimes you feel
sad or happy or upset, but it's in his
mind and he doesn't have any emotions
other then being a dickhead. So I'm just
like 'what's the point?' Then with the
twist, I wanted more to do with the twist.
I wanted more to do with the murder that
was going on. It was very, him going out
taking drugs and shagging people, just
over and over again. Give me some more
of the murder. Give me some more of his
wife. It didn't give me what we want. I
mean, give more of the tapeworm! If you
read this you know part of it is told by a
tapeworm. Give me the more interesting
parts, not just the same shit over and
over again of him being a dickhead. Also,
side note, I don't know if I actually
remembered to mention this when I wrapped
this up when I read it. But even him
personally described himself as a
disgusting, sleazy, horrific, he's got
piles, he's like all crusty and gooey and
shitty all around his genital areas. But
literally every single female character
you meet wants to shag him, does shag
him, and then falls in love with him.
Wishful thinking I think. Are you
trying to tell us something Irvine Welsh? You
think all women fancy you as well? I
don't know, but it's a bit odd. Next up is
Specials by Scott Westerfeld. This is on
here because it's a carbon copy of
Pretties which is the second book in
this series, This is the third book. It's
just kind of pointless. Literally the
first half of this book is exactly the
same story line as Pretties, just
rehashed again. There's no point, that's
it. The characters just get irritating by
this point and it's just blah. This is a
sci-fi story, dystopian type thing, where
when people hit 16 they get turned into
pretties, and everyone's just pretty. You
know not much in the brain but loads in
the face. Then y'know government
stuff, dystopian stuff, it's just it
didn't need to be a trilogy. It's just
the same shit different day.
Next I have We Disappear by Scott Heim.
This one, I'm mostly disgruntled at
this because of the synopsis. The
synopsis makes it sound really
interesting, it makes it sound like a
psychological thriller. There's some kids
that have gone missing, they're trying to
figure out what these missing kids have
to do with his family, there's a kid
trapped in a basement somewhere locked
up in handcuffs. It seems like it's gonna
be really interesting and really
psychological. What it actually is is
just this meth head going home to look
after his dying mom who's dying of cancer,
who also is kind of obsessed with these
missing kids that went missing years ago,
and it doesn't really progress from
there enough. It was just kind of boring.
It was a family drama without even much
drama. It was just 'oh look this guy is a
meth head, he's going home, he's thinking
about meth, he's taking meth,
his mums dying'. Little bits of
sprinkle in there of this mystery, of the
kids going missing, but it really is not
the main part the story. The back
makes it sound like it is, so it sounds
interesting but you read it you're like
'it's not that interesting'. Kind of boring.
These last three books are the only
books that I gave two stars to. The first
one being Black Panther The Complete
Collection. I just found it extremely
boring. It was really long, it was like
400 pages of just blah. About halfway
through I was just kind of trying to
read it as fast as possible, just wanting
to get through it because it was so
boring.
This one, it wasn't even told by
Black Panther. It wasn't told from his
perspective, there's this journalist guy
who's talking about stuff that happened
in the past of Black Panther, and it
keeps going to him and then the girl
he's telling it to- his boss- is like 'no
what happened then'. I'm just like *sigh* This is
such a pointless way of telling this
story. It's just so wordy and boring and
just..that's it.
The next book I gave two stars, the
penultimate on this list, was Black
Panther Vol One , I can't remember what it's called, it's
there. I wanted to see whether it was
just because it was told by this
journalist perspective,
that was the reason I didn't enjoy it. So
I was like 'you know what I'm gonna give
Black Panther another go because it
might not be boring'. I read this. It was
boring. Apparently I don't like Black
Panther, and that's okay. I gave it two
tries. It's boring, I find him boring, I find
his family boring. The only part I
found interesting were these two other
characters that weren't anything to do
with him, that were like doing bad shit.
Those are interesting, but the politics
boring. I'm sorry, that's my opinion,
Black Panther is boring. I've not seen
the film yet I'm sure that's probably
enjoyable, but from what I've read it's
boring. And last but certainly not least,
this isn't necessarily the worst book I
read, it was just the most disappointing
book I read. So number one on this list
is Confessions of a Conjuror by Derren
Brown.
I'm just gonna throw it out here, I love
Darren Brown. I think he's amazing. I've
seen all of his shows, all his specials.
I've seen him live twice. I've met him,
he's amazing, he's a lovely person he's
quite short to be honest, he's only a
little bit taller than me, you'll see in
the picture. Here's a DVD that says 'To
Carrie-Anne, love Derren'. I mean, I literally
have one of the big things that was the
finale on one of the times I saw him
live and I kept it and I got him to sign
it
it says 'Dear Carrie-Anne. Red pen! How
exciting, love Derren'. So I fucking love
Derren Brown. This book however is
extremely, extremely, just, it was a slog
to get through, it was so long-winded. Some of
the points he was making was just so
pointless and it's not even an anecdote
it's just chatting shit about something
that nobody cares about. For example,
there's a whole page to tell you how he
clips his fingernails with clippers. Why
is that necessary?! A whole page for that?
This takes place over one trick, he's
showing one trick to these three people
at an event he's doing, and then as he's
telling it it just randomly goes off in
different tangents and tells you stories
about his past or stories about magic.
Some of them were interesting, I'm not
saying it's a terrible worst book ever,
there were some bits about magicians
that were interesting, some little
tidbits. Some bits about his life were
interesting, but so much of it was so
unnecessary, it's so much crap that
nobody cares about. Also there's
footnotes in there-
let me just find you one because this is
stupid- Here's a page right. Here's where
the little asterisk is for the footnote.
This, this, this, and this is all one
footnote. Oh wait, there's more on the
next page- and this. So you have to read
five pages of footnotes and then go back
to the page you are on originally to
carry on reading it. Why?! I feel sorry for
anyone reading this on Kindle because
that's a lot of flicking through pages.
It's just. I mean the footnotes we're
just absolutely unnecessary, boring shit.
For example, there was like a five half
page or two third page thing footnote
that went on for five pages just
describing how he gets into a lift. You
don't need to explain, everything is so
over explained. Ah, it was so annoying.
Even the trick was over explained I'm
like, explain it a little bit cuz it's
interesting to know all these little
tidbits of information and how the
tricks are done, but you don't have to
explain every millimetre of a finger on
every single little piece of one card. Or
take a whole page to explain how you, you
get a clipper and then you put your nail
into it and you love the fact that you
spin the little thing around and put it
on top to make the clipper do this, and
then you go around, but oh the clipper
never goes fully it always goes about
half way, and then you have to clip the
end bit off again' Nobody gives a fuck! I
originally gave this three stars and then
when I was writing my review I was like
you know what I'm getting so angry about
this, it's not a three star is it, it's two
stars. Unfortunately. I did enjoy certain
parts of this, some of the stories were
interesting, some of his anecdotes are
interesting. But there's just so many
that weren't, it was just so pointless.
I've read one of his other books and I
found that very interesting. I don't know
why he decided to do that on this book.
It's just a lot. So, there we go. Those
were the 10 worst things I read in 2019.
After all that negativity I'm about to
film my top 10 books, so that's gonna be
fun. Let me know down below what were
your
least favourite books of 2019. If you've read any of
these books, if your opinions are
different. I know some of them are
definitely gonna be mixed opinions, like
I know a lot of people really like The
Lovely Bones and The Fifth Season. Let me
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