Popular Book Series I Won't Finish Reading || Books with Emily Fox 

What popular book series are you not planning on finishing?

you talking about cindy 🥰🥰 my two favorite booktubers

Emily mentions Cindy Me: 😵😵😵

I swear to god, Sarah J. Maas is solely responsible for giving YA Fantasy such a bad reputation. 😤

"I'm curious I always wanna know will i have the same opinion as everyone else will I just hate it" Same

honestly just read the infernal devices and not the mortal instruments. it’s way better and i think you might enjoy that trilogy more.

I think I'm going to be outvoted but honestly I wouldn't recommend the mortal instruments to you. I tried reading last year cause I also bought the whole series when I was young cause of the hype. I couldn't stand it. People always tell me that Clare's writing get better but I won't read six books to find a good one.

The Hitchhikers Guide is one of my favourite universes, but I found it through the radio show (which it was originally). If you ever want to check it out again, give that a go. It's brilliant

Personally, I enjoyed The Mortal Instruments and it’s prequels and continuations, but there are some things that I do have issues with myself, but it is a good read in my own opinion.

I love your videos! I am a sci-fi/fantasy lover like you but always seem to love the books you hate (Ninth House, Dune, Hitchhiker's Guide, Strange the Dreamer, The Passage, Nevermoor series, etc) 😂 doesn't matter to me, I still love hearing your thoughts and recommendations! Some of your favorites have turned into mine too. Thanks :)

Hadn‘t heard about ready player 2. Really excited for it now 😅😂

If u have the time defiantly read The Mortal Instruments and do a vlog/video on your opinion/problems of it. I feel like it would be interesting!

I'd be really interested to see you rank (maybe a best/worst style?) post-apocalyptic books you've read. I feel like that's a category that really interests me in theory but is SO hit or miss.

Ooooh, I would love that you binge read the shadowhunter chronicles and then tell us all about it ! Thank you for your videos, they are very soothing 🥰

I laughed a little when you said the series to vote on was The Mortal Instruments 😅 My mind instantly went to Clary and Jace - reading about them would be like snorting kryptonite for you, lol Even with that aside, I just don't think you would enjoy yourself, and honestly life is too short for that when there are so many great books out there waiting for us. I'd rather you spent the time with something you enjoy 🙂

I would be so here for a bashing of the Mortal Instruments Series 😁 I read them several years ago and liked them very much, but I am older and wiser now 😅 I enjoy seeing opinions on books that I enjoyed but other people has issues with.

Ready Player One is one of my all time favourite books. I loved all the 80s references (born in 86) and all the classic video games. I preordered RP2 as soon as I knew it was coming out. I'm a big fan of any fiction to do with popular culture so I'm probably biased.

I would like to hear your opinion on the mortal instruments, I used to love them and now only read them when I’m in a slump because they’re easy to read. I think my favorite things about these books is the family trees and how some characters reappear in different shadow hunter books.

With you on The Passage and Lunar Chronicles (yawn) but totally against with Nevermoor 😆

Skip Mortal Instruments if you wanna give something a go, try The dark artifices (Not the clockwork books). With that said, if would be interesting to hear the many many issues discussed....

The Infernal Devices is pretty good. I have been struggling with book 3 from The Mortal Instruments, but I want to finish, I really like the world.

🤦‍♀️ to everyone here recommending the books you literally just said you hated and will not continue reading lol

You should try reading the infernal devices and the dark artifices.I LOVED them both so much

The Dark Artifices is the best of Cassandra Clair’s books but I think reading the previous series can be informative? or interesting

I'm reading the shadowhunters chronicles because it's my best friend's favorite book series. honestly, I don't recommend, but I'm curious about what you'll think of it.

I agree with you on Sarah J maas books, Cruel Prince series and Ninth House

I think it would be fun to see you binge the shadowhunter books! I personally loove them, but always love hearing different opinions on them, especially from people who don't have nostalgia linked to them

I just stumbled on your channel and.... You have a really soothing voice.... Like.. I don't mind listening to you.

I hated the mortal instruments but I think it’d be fun to see you binge read them and point out what you hate/what’s problematic

You definitely should do a video series reading shadowhunter books!

When authors add on to completed series or to stand-alone books I like to wait awhile to see what people think.

Agree. You is a standalone in my book😉

Cindy's rants about Sarah J. Maas are an absolute comedy goldmine. Her videos make me want to hate-read the series just for the lulz but I don't think I'm motivated enough.

Strange the Dreamer tho!! It's really beautiful, and completely worth reading! You should give this duology a second chance ^^

HHGG is a supposedly a 5 part trilogy. Love it!

Yeah...I don't know what to tell you about Shadowhunters books. I love The Dark Artifices with all my heart, but first series was just ok, and I hated and couldn't even finish the Clockwork one. In theory you could read TDA by itself, but you would miss a lot of nuances and easter eggs. The reason why I even continued to read TMI (even though I hated Jace and Clary) is because I really loved the world. So if you're meh about it, maybe just let it be😅

I loved The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy because of the humor. I hadn't laughed so much in a long while

The second book of Nevermoor series set in magical school. You should try it!

I literally could use this same list for myself, LOL. I MIGHT give the Ninth House series another shot, but that's about it. I'm so over YA at this point that I won't even consider looking into YA books anymore.

I got Harry Potter vibes from Nevermoor. That wondrous magical feeling I got the first time I read HP. Book 2 does have a school-like setting. I think you could like it. As far as I know, it's a trilogy.

Video game inspired book I recommend: "Survival Quest" (The Way of the Shaman #1) by Vasily Mahanenko!

I suggested watching Ready Player One with my daughter and thought about how much of the book was based on nostalgia and wondered if she would enjoy it. I get the sentiment.

A book that’s kind of video game related (virtual reality) that I loved as a kid is “Heir Apparent” by Vivian Vande Velde. It’s kind of old (from 2002), but when I was younger I loved it and read it multiple times.

I feel you on ready player one

Yah, I finished TrueLife (the final LifeLike book) this year very recently and I wish I didn’t push through. The characters were inconsistent and haaaaa, I wish I hadn’t pushed through. 😭 But oof, Ninth House hurt haha but you’ve gotta do what you’ve gotta do! Muse of Nightmares went downhill for me personally, so good call on Strange the Dreamer...

I feel you on post-apocalyptic books. The premise is my favorite but they tend to disappoint. Lucifer's Hammer is one that doesn't have the highs of Swan Song or The Stand but it's a more balanced read and I found it to be more enjoyable. I'm planning on reading A Canticle for Leibowitz soon and I still have to get Alas Babylon. On The Beach is the only 5 star book I've read in the genre and that's all I'm gonna say about that. jk read it now bish

The Passage Trilogy is my all time favorite! To each his own!

Read the infernal devices it’s very good and you can read it by its own

I enjoyed the folk of the air series 🧚‍♀️

I agree with you on most of these, but I do love the Nevermoor series. I don't usually love middle grade, but these remind me of the feeling I got reading Harry Potter (not the story though of course, which is unique). There is a bit more of a magical school element in the second one, but I think it is totally its own story. Not everyone has the same tastes though! I need to become better about giving up on a series when I'm not enjoying it. I usually force myself to read until the end. I think I'm giving up on Throne of Glass. I really don't have any desire to finish it.

Omg love the lipgloss. Which one is it?

I agree with most of these but I still plan on trying Ninth House and the sequel of Ready Player One, which I think is more fun when you actually lived during the 80s and can remember many of the things mentioned in the book.

Totally understand if the Shadowhunter books aren’t for you. However, I read them all as an adult and thought they got better as she goes... the Mortal Instruments is rough and very much “of its time.” Wasn’t a fan but have enjoyed the more recent ones. Still, don’t know if they’re your cup of tea.

I only read the first book in the Mortal Instruments series and oh my god I have sooo many issues. However I will continue with the next just because I want to see if it gets any better (and because of all these people loving it and recommending it, let's not lie). So I am very interested in a discussion about it, if you finally decide to pick it up💜💜

I felt a bit indifferent towards the first Nevermoor book, partly because, as you said, it has no school setting! But I loved the second book! It does have the life at the magical school and it actually does give me Harry Potter vibes, both in terms of setting and humour. The third book is coming out next month and it's my most anticipated book release of the year! Hopefully I love it just as much as book 2. The premise sounds fascinating though!

The passage has a tv show which is quite good.

I'm sorry if I missed it in another video, but have you read any of the OUTLANDER books?? I'm about to finish book 1 and would love to hear your thoughts!

With the hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy I read the first book and I (personal opinion) loved it, so I read the restaurant at the end of the universe and it was even better, the writing actually felt like this was meant to be a book and the humor was better and much darker at some points.

I think you should consider reading Restaurant at the End of the Universe before giving up on Douglas Adams--our reading tastes seem so similar, I would be surprised if you didn't like it. I do agree, there is a certain amount of absurdist humor that was hard to follow in the first one. I felt that it continued, but made a lot more sense in the second book.

I’m in a reading slump right now because of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.. I didn’t hate it but it was boring and I really didn’t care for it.. all the other books you mentioned I haven’t read and will not read lol but apart from The Cruel Prince!! I can see why you didn’t like it but it really does get better!

I love Cassandra Claire's Shadowhunter universe because they are so bad but they are my exact brand of garbage that I just can't get enough. And I feel like if people go into them knowing that they will be tropey and cheesy then they'll be pleasantly surprised but most people don't so I'm not all that surprised. And each series gets better as she writes them so most people just read a few of her first books and stop which is disappointing

Looooove The Mortal Instruments series but can understand why you wouldn't like it (romance). Would love to hear your opinions nonetheless.

I would love to see your reaction to the infernal devices series! That one has only 3 books and is much better than the mortal instruments. I can honestly tell you that the problems you had with the first two books only get worse and in my opinion reading them without a nostalgia aspect makes them literal garbage to the point where its just flat out awful and painful to read. I pushed through them and I wish I hadnt because they are so not worth it (which sounds terrible i know but true). The infernal devices on the other hand doesnt have those icky problematic elements and is brooding so its a fun series to read - at the same time though, i dont think you would love it or anything but it has all those ya tropes that you could make fun of and it would be a fun video without having to go through the absolute torture of the mortal instruments.

I am so happy the Dark Tower series is not here, although I was expecting it and ready to complain lol I am very excited to read Ninth House but it has so many mixed reviews I am also scared I'll hate it

Cress and Winter are the best YA books I've ever read

I didn't like hitchhiker's guide until I listened to the actual radio show that came out BEFORE the book. It brought the whole thing together.

"The Godfather" series, couldn't even finished the first book, just didn't click with it. And maaaaaaybe "Lorde of the Rings" - I read the first book this year and it took me so long that I don't know if I have the motivation to continue (it wasn't bad tho, just exhausting)

Le livre 2 de Nevermoor est entièrement focused sur l'école magique si ça pourrait t'intéreser o.o j'ai beaucoup aimé!

You're not missing out on much with the rest of the Hitchhiker's series. I wasn’t sold on the humour either though I can maybe understand the appeal of it when it came out in the pre-internet days. It took me until book 3 before I came to the same realization as you that, while I didn’t hate them, I wasn't exactly enjoying them either and was reading just for the sake of finishing the series which I had naively bought the entirety of. I can barely remember anything about the sequels aside from a lesson learnt in not buying a whole series before having read at least part of the first book.🙄

please dont keep reading any series or books that you arent going to enjoy, even for a video! i want you to enjoy reading :D

Info Dumpy is soooo right!

i read house of earth and blood when it came out and i am big fat never finishing that series or picking up any of her other books

City of Bones, well I have finished it and dropped the series right there and then. Do not waste your time if you did not enjoy them. As for post apocalyptic, I have read The Road and gained an author. Cormac McCarthy turned out to be one of my favorite authors after that.

The Maze Runner series. I won't finish it. There was something about the author's style that made me think of overcooked dry chicken that the cook didn't even bother to season.

Omg. I love Ready Player One. I was lost with most of the references because I was born in 2000. But I loved it anyway. I get where you're coming from, though. :/

Good call, Hitchhiker's Guide only gets worse in my opinion, I stopped after the 3rd

Virtual reality based book recommendation Demi-monde. I read the first one in the series and it was really bizarre and entertaining. May be you can try it

i was pretty shocked at how bad a court of wings and ruin was. i did love the second one but was disappointed in the third.

yes finish reading the shadownhunter chronicles series

I bought the first Mortal Instruments book assuming I would love it, took ages to finish it, and couldn't continue with the series. Partly because I genuinely just didn't enjoy it and found the writing really uneven and characters one dimensional and Mary Sue-ish, and partly because a writer friend filled me in on Cassandra Clare's history of being a bully, scammer, and plagiarist in fandom. She used to go by Cassandra Claire and was a mega-popular and infamous Harry Potter fanfic author in the 2000s and got her first book deal through that and other connections (which is cool imo!) She allegedly changed her writing name so that when people googled her, they wouldn't find all her previous controversies. Interestingly, she plagiarised herself when writing the first MI book. There's a passage at some point that's almost word for word from her most famous fanfic. (I don't personally take issue with this, it's just funny) There's a decent writeup on the /r/HobbyDrama subreddit, but you can also find a ton of info by googling "Cassandra Claire" or "Cassandra Clare controversy." I don't personally suuuper care about the fandom stuff, because it's very very old, but I 1) get why people would and 2) know authors in the writing circles she ran in a few years ago and they've all told me she's really rude unless someone's famous or well-connected. :( That's 100% anecdotal obviously, but it's where I'm coming from.

Even though I’m a fan of Adam Silvera, I won’t continue his Infinity series. The first book was terrible 🙈

Funnily enough I was scripting my own video like this while watching yours. And before you even got to it I put Shadow Hunters on mine. Im finishing the prequel one set in london, and then maybe the spin off that follows the gay couple Alec and Magnus. But besides that I havent nd wont read any of the other Shadow Hunter books.

The mention of Ready Player One sort of broke my heart T.T But we are all entitled to our opinions so it's fair enough :)

I can understand with some of these haha!

Not finishing The Arc of Scythe Series, I loved the first book, the second one wasn't as good for me but it was still really good, and I started the final one and got bored so I didn't finish it. Oddly enough you don't get to see the main characters for a while.

The Lies of Locke Lamora,( Gentelman Bastards) An Ember in the Ashes, Crazy Rich Asians, Divergent, Me Before You. Seriously considering not continuing with The Red Rising, The Winternight Trilogy and the Kingkiller Chronicles for different reasons.

The Lunar Chronicles is the best YA I've read. It has its problems but, overall, it's worth it. I have to reread it soon^^.

Hidden bodies was so pointless, I've never been so irritated by a book.

I loathe The Mortal Instruments (I refuse to read anything by Cassandra Clare because of them) and would love to hear all the issues you have with it

I didn’t continue with any of Cassandra Clare’s writings: I read the first one (city of bones) and also the first two in the other trilogy- clockwork angel and...prince? and hated it so much. I don’t think you’ll be missing anything if you just get rid of them. But that’s imo of course 😂

Yes, please binge read the mortal instruments! I read them when I was like 14 and still think they are good for what they are... YA romance fantasy (although the incest plot twists kind of traumatized me haha)

I would give The Mortal Instruments series a miss. Or finish the first trilogy but definitely don’t continue with the second trilogy in this series. I regretted it....

I didn't catch the name of the booktuber who makes fun of ACOTAR, so... Please someone help me

I won't finish Throne of Glass by sjm, I read the first book and dnf-d it 😂 I borrowed the book from my friend, he loves that series. Glad he enjoys it, it's just not my cup if tea

You should read the whole shadow hunters universe and discuss it

I don't think you'd like The Mortal Instruments hahaha book 4 is awful, book 5 has a lot of romance, and book 6 is the best (in my opinion), but you'd need to go through books 4 and 5 first haha But yes, these books have all the YA tropes you could think of, so I think it'd be a very fun video! Maaaybe you'd enjoy The Infernal Devices? The plot is meh and I hate the love-triangle but Will and Jem's friendship is * chef's kiss *.

The Girl and the Stars was disappointing for me too. I can't understand how the main character could be so dumb, there are people who have lived in the area for years, but screw them because she knows better. I dnfed after about 60 pages and I might give it another shot on audiobook if the second book is good, or if I run out of other books from the library. Other than that I've just been picking up random books from the library now that's it's open so I'm not really sad if I don't get into a book because it was free, and it helps my library gain checkout numbers which gets them funding.

I vote for unhaul mortal instruments but maybe read the first in the other series by her? Idk I have only read Chain of Gold by her

For me, any of the Cassandra Clare's that I started. Everyone kept saying Infernal Devices was better, it was insufferable as well. Any Sarah J. Maas series as well. The Poppy War, Legend, Steelheart, The Raven Boys, Vicious, Heartstopper, Wayward Children, A Wrinkle in Time, The Passage... I have soo many honestly

I'm not going to finish the Cruel Prince series either I just didn't enjoy it, at all. I loved Crescent City so I'm reading A Court of Thorn and Rose's for the first time. I read Throne of Glass which I enjoyed and bought Crown of Night. I wanted to like An Ember in The Ashes, it was okay but I haven't picked up the rest of the series yet. I loved The Mortal Instruments, and The Internal Devices. They are very different so if you didn't enjoy The Mortal Instruments I think you may actually enjoy the Internal Devices. I'm going to start Lady Midnight soon. I'm reading Midnight Sun and Home Before Dark right now. Just finished The Toll by Cherie Priest, that horror book was really good. I'm not sure about The Passage yet...