THE WORST BOOKS OF 2023 

I feel that Jesse is really respectful with his negative/unpopular opinions. That is why his videos are so easy to watch and enjoy. Even when he is negative, he is negative in a positive way, ya know?

“I let out the biggest ugh I didn’t realize I was holding” took me out 😂😂😂

Gotta have those bad books to make the others feel special… but they are such a pain to read through. I have a problem where I have to finish every book I start

You are not alone on your feelings on Chain of Thorns! I also thought it was too long and kept thinking, “Can we done now?” 😑

I have the same feelings about Chain of Thorns and I'm also in a Shadowhunter fatigue as well

3:30 tell me you HATE the book without really saying it 🤣🤣🤣

I totally 200% agree on We Had to Remove This Post. 😂

I definitely understand the Shadowhunters fatigue. I've only read the first book of the past two series, and even though I will forever support Cassandra Clare, I feel like I've grown out of the Shadowhunters. Reading them in my early 20s is definitely different from reading them now in my early 30s.

I totally understand. I only enjoyed the first 2 books. Didn't really enjoy Chain of Thorns. The first hundred pages it was good then it just felt flat for me.

I vote that Jesse drops a book every video. I laughed hard for a good 10 seconds after that.

I wasn't expecting that book drop! I wasn't looking at the screen at the time. You scared the you-know-what out of me! 😉😉

I also put Chain of Thorns on my list of disliked books this year. It was just entirely TOO LONG. The character drama was boring and I hate the miscommunication trop/ just no communication at all. Also a major character died and then they barely mention it again. Also, she did Matthew dirty. And I totally agree with you that nothing was happening in this book, I really felt like that as well

2023 was the year where I read almost exclusively comics and graphic novels, with one exception being a travel guide called, “A Gentleman Abroad”, which was 200+ pages long, but very quick to read, and it’s one of my least-favorite reads of the year because of how dull and basic it was, like there was hardly any good info about countries and cultures. Also, another least-favorite read was the Shazam 2 prequel one-shot comic, and it had the worst artwork imaginable, and the stories weren’t all that great.

The lack of grief in the *intermission: grief* part in chain of thorns was what annoyed me the most 🧍🏼‍♀️luckily we will all get a shadowhunters break because there still isn’t even a release date for wicked powers.

Thank you for this honest video! I am so glad I haven’t picked up the Sally Roony book. Happy to know that I’m not missing out on anything

As a girlie who just wanted resolution to the romances, I still loved Chain of Thorns so much. But I totally get how you could be feeling burnt out! The universe is so big, and I'm actually also looking forward to the next series being the last one. It's been a fun ride, but I'm ready.

I started the shadowhunter chronicles mid last year. I’m on queen of air and darkness right now and I’m definitely feeling what you’re feeling already. It’s probably because i don’t have to wait and just the bulk is tiring…

chain of thornes and a curse for true love were a chore, read them so fast only to be not bothered by them ever again

Hi Jesse, I agree with you about all the books written by Sally Rooney. I tried to read her books, but simply either she is not my type of writer, or I don't like the plot, or the books are too boring for me. I don't want to offend her fans, but I'm simply not impressed.😮 So, we both share exactly the same opinion: the worst book I've read 2023 was "Wonderful world, where are you" !

same agree with the shadowhunter fatigue im unhauling all of my shadowhunter books bc i need the money and space and dont plan to re read em tbh i also didnt like the last hours trilogy i think it was when i read em tht i realised the fatigue and the repetition and how long they are and i feel like nothin happens.. i was dreading readin chain of thorns and i was bored and i read it like 2 months ago or so.. im lookin forward to read wicked powers trilogy but it will take a while for em to come out which sucks in a way bc then more time it will have passed since ive read the dark artifices.

Oh... CC has been reusing tropes for a while now and it goes back to TID honestly, tho I didn’t realize it the first time i read that. Like, to the point that I can already tell you how she's gonna resolve TLH, even tho i haven't read Chain of Thorns yet. Don't get me wrong, i know I'll love it but i think her editor has kinda fluffed off since Clockwork Princess or there abouts (it's when i started noticing her overwriting problem).

Jessie...mayn i love you and your voice, I've been following you since 2021 and i just can't forget your vibe at all. How do you do it! How do you have the best comfy vibes!

“I let out the biggest UGH I didn’t know I was holding.” 🤣 New favorite quote! My least favorite of the year was Small Game by Blair Braverman, which for a good 3/4 of I was really into, but then everything it had been building up to just… fizzled out… and then it just ended abruptly in literally one page that went “Oh yeah everything was fine, they never found out what actually happened but it was probably the most mundane, idiotic thing you can imagine, there was a lawsuit and they all lived happily ever after the end.” I was LIVIDDDDDDDD. I don’t think I’ve ever been more infuriated by a book’s ending.

I really agree with you about Rooney's book being too pretentious in certain parts!

I very much agree with Chain of Thorns. I thought that a lot of the Last Hours series was just a recycle of past Shadowhunter characters & tropes, with way too many pages. The only thing I found interesting was Matthew and he was done so dirty in favor of her golden child Jace-Emma character (James). I plan on continuing the Shadowhunter books tho because the “last” series in the world is about Ty who I love.

My worst books were Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Also, "Can I be done yet?" is actually how I felt about Sword Catcher lol

Yeah, I don’t think Sally Rooney is for me either. I read Conversations With Friends this year and it would definitely be on my worst list. I’m okay with plotless as long as the characters are interesting or the writing is really good, but that was not the case with CWF. For me. Love you Sally Rooney fans don’t come for me 😅

I know exactly how you feel about the Shadowhunters. I consider myself a fan (and as a teen I was obsessed), but the latest books didn't hit the same for me. A part of me wants to blame it on my getting older, but I still loved the second newest trilogy in the world, The Dark Artifices, so more of my critiques (and I have a few) would be for The Last Hours. I still like the series, but I really wanted to love the later books and couldn't. I get what you mean about the same tropes coming up too. Like, maybe the Blackthorn's could take a break from attempting necromancy? 😅

7:18 okay this is getting personal XD but I'm here for the sassyness 🤣🔥

I feel like CC is also burned out from Shadowhunter books and that's why Chain of Thorns had those flaws. I really liked her other 2023 release though Sword Catcher!

I bought Normal People by Sally Rooney from a thritstore. I was an interesting read but also idk if Sally Rooney is for me yk. Might also borrow from the library, if I decide to pick up more from her

"I let out the ugh I didn't know I was holding" I d!ed hahaha!

I thought the shadowhunter books got boring and repetitive in the second one 😂 My worst books were Piranesi by Susanna Clarke and A Thousand Heartbeats by Kiera Cass

Where’d you get your hoodie I kinda like it

My Shadowhunter fatigue set in years ago for me...

Great video! My bottom books for 2023 are: Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong (dnf) - it was fun at first but the plot-holes were so glaring! The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin - I know this is a classic and a lot of people love it, but it was just so boring for me Verity by Colleen Hoover - this was just pointless

one of my worst books of the year was a german summer romance called "verliebt im café inselglück" (translated smth like "in love at the café island-happiness"). i didn't expect much from it, just a lighthearted to listen to in summer, but somehow it still managed to disappoint me. i wanted to scream at the main character sometimes, because she simply didn't communicate with her fiance and instead assumed the worst of intentions all of the time.

I read a book called The Best Man which was so unrealistic that I just to laugh. I finished it because I was enjoying laughing at the absurdity so much 😂

I feel that sigh Jesse gave XD

Beautiful, World Where Are You was one of my worst books of 2023 too! Which was so sad because Normal People and Conversations with Friends are some of my favorite books.

Let the roast begin!

chain of thorns is just a disgrace to the entire last hour trilogy, the way im so mad and so disappointed at the conclusion. it started off so good & I loved chain of iron, and then we got this awful 3rd book & it just honestly crushed me so hard. so much so, im selling my copies of the last hours trilogy and wiping it from my mind 🥲

Hiii Jesse!

“I let out the biggest ugh I didn’t know I was holding” 😂🙌 Chain of Thorns was definitely disappointing. It’s hard to put into words what exactly it was but it just didn’t grip me like the first two. On top of that, I really didn’t like the story arcs that some of the characters got.

I read Normal people and didn’t like it AT ALL. and I have “Beautiful world, where are you” and I am dreading to pick it up. I think I am not a Sally Rooney girlie.

2023 Had ACOTAR as my lowest rated book I think. The book and I did not get along so severely it is one of maybe five books I have ever rated a 0.25. If it hadn't been the only applicable book I could find for a challenge I was doing it would have been a DNF (because I hate having to rate books lower than a 3)

Honestly it was Salvation Day (saw the plot from the outset) The Plot (again saw everything coming ended up DNFing) If We Were Villains (don't come for me plz I just couldn't get into it and again saw the twists coming from a mile away) As Seen On TV (romance was so blech I just wanted to scream and the fmc made me want to tear out my hair) I Have Some Questions For You (what in the white savior complex?) Highfire (Just can we not?) The Word Is Murder (couldn't get into the plot to save my life and the detective was just an ass)

Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately by Alicia Cook and Lost Boy by Christina Henry were my worst books of 2022

My worst read of 2023 was also my first read of 2023 😂 I rated it one star, which I don't think I've ever done before. It's non-fiction, semi-academic, but SO BADLY WRITTEN, it actually angered me. Like... An actual sentence in the book was 'We have [...] not added many footnotes. [...] [F]actual assertions that would normally have citations are, for the most part, not controversial and easily verifiable.' ??? I'm still angry 😂 and this was written by an academic! Absolutely terrible. And aside from that, it was filled with logical fallacies and bad writing, I was honestly very surprised it even got published AND has pretty good ratings everywhere.

I enjoyed CoT even though it made me roll my eyes too many times but Wessa was there and I was there. I cannot not like a book where my man Will is there lmao

I laugh out loud when he drop the book, soo funny😂😂😂

two books i’d recommend for you if you want GOOD character work where you read their messy gossip and feel like you’re either a fly on the wall or an expert eavesdropper are bellies by nicola dinan and detransition, baby by torrey peters! both are excellent character studies, funny and heartbreaking, and messsyyyyyy

The worst book I read in 2023 was the guest list from lucy foley I didn’t like the characters. It took me so long to read just because it was so boring.

I hope that when I venture to the Shadowhunters books, I will mostly enjoy them if not enjoy all of them. 🙏🏽 I have a video of my disappointing/worst books in 2023.

Hello sir...i want to ask a question, you love to collect novel, love to read and you have a library i guess!! Do you rent books also to others? I want to know, what do you do the rest of the books that you are not currently reading......,

My least favorite book was The Saturday Night Ghost Club, I thought it would be a Stranger Things/Scooby Doo kind of deal, but it was really boring and it wasn't giving

Worst book(s) I read this year were the Black Widow duology by Margaret Stohl. I expected an action-packed spin off story of one of my favorite Marvel heroes. Instead, I got a poorly written Natasha Romanoff, instalove between the other two main characters, and far too much teenage angst for my liking.

Jesse, hey it’s okay to have an unpopular opinion and I’m almost done reading Gallant by V.E. Schwab

Let’s play a game: Guess which Shadowhunter series im talking about. Shadowhunters try to uncover who is behind the killings that have been happening recently. By the way, the villain is 100% involved with demon activity. Meanwhile, two Shadowhunters are already in love in book 1. Oh but they cannot be together until the last book because until then, external factors will make the guy believe he cannot be with the girl.

Luckily I haven’t read a single one of these 🥳

The Perfect Nanny and Jesus Behaving Badly were my worse books of the year.