What up reader fam! Today I'm bringing you a negative Nancy video. (singing) Negative Nancy
(Singing) Negative Nancy
It's been a while since I've done a negative video and I thought it was about time. Put some shades on and sip some tea
No, but honestly this video is not gonna be as negative as you might think
it's going to be. Just because I titled this video 'Worst Book Sequels' doesn't mean I'm gonna be tearing these books to pieces cuz that's
Not how I do it on my channel. You can critique books without having to rip them to shreds
I was inspired to do this video because I saw my friend Murphy had posted a similar video
So I will leave a link to her video down below has I got the idea to do this video because of her so go
Check out her video and show her some support
But today I'm gonna be talking about some of my least favorite sequels which every book on this list
I enjoyed but I just had some issues with them
You can enjoy a book and still recognize that it's not perfect
If I mention one of your all-time favorite books in this video know that it's not a personal attack on you
Just because I don't love a certain book doesn't mean that you can't love that book. If you don't like my favorite book
That's a-ok with me. We encourage differing opinions here. And by all means if you have a different opinion than me
Let me know that different opinion down below in the comments. I want to hear from you
But without further ado, let's get started. The first book on my list comes from the Rebel Belle trilogy, and that is 'Miss
Mayhem', the second book. This trilogy follows this southern belle who one day becomes a paladin
Which if you don't know what a paladin is, it's this powerful protector this guardian of sorts
This book just gave me the feeling that this trilogy should have been a duology
The first part of this book could have easily been the last chunk of the first book and the last chunk of this book could
Have easily been the first chunk of the last book. It really just felt like a filler book to me
It didn't really move the plot forward at all in some ways
it almost felt like this book started out as just a short story set in this world and then they were like
Let's just expand on it and make it the second book of this trilogy. Can you please stop saying trilogy?
And to be quite honest this book actually ended up putting me off from finishing this trilogy
I still have yet to finish this trilogy because of this book this book just put this like
Nasty taste in my mouth towards this trilogy
You're not gonna stop saying and are you?For some reason first book was excellent second book was weak
What's the third book gonna be like? I've yet to find out because this book kind of put me in a slump for this trilogy
*moaning noises*
God even though I'm being kind of harsh on this book. I still have this weird soft spot for this story
The characters are incredibly
Lovable and just so much fun to read about. But at the same time I feel like the plot started up here on a high
Note and now it's just going *crash noise*
If you've read the third book and you think it's better than the second book
Let me know when the comments down below
I need a little push a little nudge to keep going with this trilogy. He said it again
I'm about to smack him upside the head with a book. I mean, what's one more book?
I just need to finish it off. Get it together boy. next up
I have the fifth book in the Throne of Glass series
'Empire of Storms'. if you don't know anything about the Throne of Glass series, it's a popular series about an assassin
Lol, at least that's how the series started out
I honestly can't say one of the big reasons why I wasn't the biggest fan of the sequel
But if you know my channel well enough and you know my trash
Tendencies for a certain character then you'll know why I was disappointed with this book. Mind you going into this book
I had no idea that 'Tower of Dawn' was happening. So had I known that was happening
I might have been okay with this while I was reading it, but I'm pretty much rage read this book
Apparently, that's what I think rage reading
Looks like. There were other reasons as to why I didn't love this one as much as the other books though
This book dragged quite a bit and I honestly feel like it had a hard time kind of finding its footing... but at the same
Time I do understand why this book is important, It definitely does lead you into the finale
It's a bridge to the finale taking a walk to 'Kingdom of Ash'.
This was also the book where I just started feeling a major disconnect with our main
Character which felt so weird to me, it felt so weird to read her parts and not really feel anything for her
Especially what I used to love her so much
I wanted to care but something in me had just lost interest with her. To be fair girl has a lot on her plate
And she can't always please the reader. I've got hope though that I will enjoy her character more in 'Kingdom of Ash'
That's what I'm hoping for at least we'll see. Next up. I have here 'Scarlet' from the Lunar Chronicles series
This series is made up of fairy tale retellings. One of my big critiques for this book just comes from my personal
Preference. This book is romance heavy and I personally just don't enjoy romance in books. It usually just leads me into a cringefest
*uncomfortable cringy moaning*
The thing is with this romance it was so fast, it happened overnight. Scarlett was just like "vroom vroom
Let's get this show on the road." I think another critique that I have for the series in general
Is that every character seems to have to have a relationship. Like nobody can just be friends
Nobody can just be single
everybody must have a lover. You go into each book with a new character and
Every time it's crystal clear who they're going to end up with. There's hardly ever really a surprise element with the romance
I will say though that the romance wasn't the only issue that I had with this book
I also just wasn't the biggest fan of Scarlett
She definitely did grow on me later on in the series and I grew to appreciate her character
But I remember reading this book and when I would have her sections, I would just be like, yes
So when are we gonna have another Cinder section? I never really gravitated towards Scarlett's sections. Next up
I have the 'Ship of the Dead' which is the third and final book and the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
Trilogy. This story follows a boy named Magnus Chase who one day finds out that his dad is a Norse guy
No big deal. While I really enjoy this book to me this didn't really live up to the first two books
I left the first two books feeling an overflowing amount of love for the story, the characters,
The world, the writing, just everything about them
I was obsessed with. Like I had reached that ride-or-die level with the first two books
I really saw growth in Rick's writing and all the characters had just won me over. So going into this book
I probably had unrealistic expectations. I honestly feel like I had hit the jackpot and I still think this trilogy is worth it
I just think that this book is a little bit on the underwhelming side. The plot was a bit on the sporadic side
I feel like it kept bringing in these random elements that didn't really add much to the story
But most of all the thing that bothered me the most is that we have this big build-up
But it's just this build-up to nothing. The ending is pretty anticlimactic
Again, this could be my fault for going in with unrealistic expectations 'cause your boy went into this book hyped. Next up I have here
'Ruin and Rising' which is the third book in Negril trilogy. This story follows
This girl named Elina who unlocks a power inside of her one day when she is saving her friend
Casual and the story takes place in the Grisha universe. Are you guys just loving these descriptions today?
So descriptive so revealing. Now this is definitely a really popular opinion
I know lots of people who were really disappointed with this finale and I'm a part of that popular opinion
It just makes me real sad cuz I saw the potential for this to be epic
And it just kind of fell flat for me a little bit. The thing is it still has that
Amazing writing style like Leigh Bardugo. *moans*
Can I drink some of that writing juice you're drinking. The thing that this book lacked the most of was just a plot.
I love the plots of book 1 and book 2 but that love didn't carry over into book 3
I think the most uproar that this book gets is in regards to the end game
Which I'm not gonna spoil who ends up with who obviously
But I'm right along with the squad who is not for this end game
Next up is 'Ignite Me', which is the third book in the Shadow Me series
This is a dystopian book that follows his girl named Juliet who has a lethal touch
this is one where I feel like if I were to give it a reread I would like it a lot more now because it's
Not that I hated it
it's just that I didn't feel like it was the end of the story and at the time this was just a trilogy this was
Supposed to be the end of this story but since the release of this book, it's now been expanded into a six book series
so at the time I went into this book thinking that I was going to be the end of this story and when I got
To the end of it. I was like, but this is just the beginning of the story
I was underwhelmed because I felt like it was just the beginning of the end and I wanted more and now thankfully
Tahereh Mafi decided to expand on this series and we're getting more books, but when I read this I was like yes
So that's not the end
So maybe if I were to reread this book knowing that the series continues on I would like it a lot more. Next up here
I have the fourth book in the Mortal Instruments series, and that is 'City of Fallen Angels'
This series follows this group of people called Shadow Hunters and they are basically demon hunters. They take down demons
There's obviously so much more to the story
but that's all you need to know for this video. As a whole the Mortal Instruments series just isn't my favorite even though it's the
OG and it's what kind of introduced us to the Shadowhunter world
I much prefer her other stories set in this world with that being said those 'City of Fallen Angels'
Is definitely my least favorite in this series
You're actually supposed to think of this series as two different trilogies
Just combined. Like books one through three are supposed to be a trilogy and then books 4 through 6 are supposed to be their own
Trilogy, it's really hard to think of it that way when it's marketed as a series
So to me , this book is just really mediocre
compared to the book that comes before it like 'City of Glass' was an
Epic book and then this book came out and it was like, okay
How are you gonna live up to 'City of Glass'? You're not gonna be able to - In fact you didn't
you didn't live up to 'City of Glass'. Mind you I'd hate to be the book coming after 'City of Glass' cuz you've got
A lot to live up to and that's what happened here
This is obviously kind of setting up a new story, a new story arc
But it's really hard to keep that in mind when you're reading this series. Next up here
I have 'Allegiant', which is the third book in the Divergent trilogy
This is a dystopian trilogy about a girl who tries to take down the system. That was the worst description I've given today
I'm sorry question mark. Surprisingly, this is a book that when I first read it, I loved it
I also wasn't a very critical reader when I read this book. The times have changed
In fact, I personally didn't really understand the uproar when this book came out
I guess I just kind of
Overlooked all the issues with this book and just focused on the one thing that the author did that I really liked
I personally liked the fact that the author really took a chance with this book and did something that I hadn't seen done in YA
Before. This was one of the first books that I read where I thought like the author really understood the fact that her characters were
in a really tough situation
And they had to deal with that. But there are issues with this book that I didn't really see when I first read this book
It took me listening to other reviews and being open-minded to different opinions to kind of understand that yeah
This book is definitely not the best in the trilogy. I think looking back on this trilogy
I think something that could have been worked on is just the world building itself
It needed some help and it might have been the thing to rescue this trilogy
Had it been adjusted a little bit. The next book is one that I actually don't own anymore
And that is 'The Death Cure', which is the third book in The Maze Runner trilogy
This is a dystopian trilogy about these boys who are in a maze and are trying to get out of the maze and other things happen
Too, but that's basically it they're trying to get out of mazes. For this trilogy
I just feel like it went in a really strange direction. With each book
I was just like plot where the heck you going? Characters, what the heck are you doing? World, what is even happening here?
I feel like I left 'The Death Cure' just feeling really
unsatisfied with everything - like I just feel like a lot of my questions weren't even answered and that can always be really
Frustrating when you get to the end of a trilogy or a series or a duology and you still have questions
Leaving the last book. It's like, um, you didn't answer all my questions
Can I get a refund? And last on my list is the sequel to 'If I Stay' which is 'Where She Went'
I honestly shouldn't have even read this book because I was skeptical going into it
Which is never a good thing if you're going into a book skeptical. You're probably not going to enjoy it
But I went into this book knowing that I didn't need this book like 'If I Stay' did not need a sequel
I'm sure for massive fans of 'If I Stay' this book was really enjoyable if that was the case for you
I'm so happy for you
That's always awesome when that happens, but for my personal experience
I feel like this didn't add anything to 'If I Stay'. In fact this book made me really dislike the male lead of the story
It was also high key too dramatic for me and I loved drama in books. I loved reading about drama
But this drama just didn't do it for me. So those were 10 book sequels that while I enjoyed them
I kind of had some iffy feelings about them
They're by no means the worst sequels out there, but they're also not my favorites
You guys should let me know down below in the comments a book sequel that you were disappointed by
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Next up. I have the 'Ship of the Dead', the third book and the Miss- bla bla- I just about said the Miss Peregrines's trilogy *laughter*
Next up here. I have 'Allegiant', which is the third book in -gibberish- Next up here I have- *laughter*