Twilight was definitely overhyped. I still have a soft spot for it, but I feel like all the craziness for it was unnecessary :P And believe me, I definitely went crazy for it! xD

my most overhyped ya books are basically anything john green has ever written. i've read all of them, and see little reason why they are so hyped up. they're just ok books

The most overhyped book for me was the fault in or stars.. I expected soooooo much and then it was just good.

I personally think that the Divergent series are very overhyped

I have to say that I really "hate" that disclaimer about "please don't take my opinion like an offense" on these kind of videos... Of course they're just your opinions! And of course nobody should take them like an offense... I mean... wtf? I actually LOVE the videos that talk negatively about books (or stuff in general) because that way you can see both sides and you can really make your own choice based on what you heard (so it's not all just HYPE HYPE HYPE, like usually is). If you only hear beautiful, lovely, positive reviews, you're not getting all the information and I think that's just fake. The booktubers that I like the least are the ones that only say good things about everything they talk about. Actually, one of my favorite videos to watch is the "unpopular opinions tag" because it allows you to see their honest opinion. Why isn't it always like that? That tag shouldn't even exist because everyone should be able to share their opinions without being scared of people getting mad at them. So what if you hate a book that I love? That's not an insult. That's why youtube is made for, so you can see all kinds of people with all kind of points of view and preferences. So thank you for doing this video! And of course for being honest and saying the things that you don't like, like you normally do too, I don't comment this because of you, but because of the "need" of that disclaimer speech :) xx

Me: I can see all of these being over hyped. *Takes out City of Bones* Me: FIGHT ME! Lol XD

All The Bright Places is the only one I disagree with being on this list. Great job, regardless.

Why say sorry for your opinions on the books, if someone doesn't like it then oh well.... you have a right tonot like the book as much as the have a right to like it.

Dang, I really liked Red Queen....

For me, The Mortal Instruments were okay, buuuut I enjoyed The Infernal Devices so much more. Maybe because it was in a Victorian setting? Will Herondale became one of my favorite book characters as well; I enjoy the witty/gentle nature he has.

Did I just stumble across a KZfaq channel dedicated just for reading??best thing omg🎉

Overhyped books: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Great list! Btw, continue Vampire Academy series. It gets better and it lived up the hype. The movie adaptation is the worst. :)

am I the only person who thinks Divergent was awful and is way to overhyped or..

Overhyped books: The Divergent trilogy. I found Tris to be insufferable and the romance between her and Four to be too forced and quick. I thought that the books possessed a brilliant idea, but it definitely showed the authors immaturity as a writer.

I definitely agree with you about All The BRight Places . It just tried way to hard to be "deep" and the characters were simply their illnesses. And SOOO unrealistic.

I'm really digging your color organized bookshelves.

"13 reasons why" did nothing for me sadly... I totally understand what you re saying about "rubyred".. but Kerstin Gier is the only YA fantasy author every german fangirl is proud of (includng myself)! :D So let's say her books are magical... in one way or another.. :D

A book series hat I think is severely overhyped is the maze runner trilogy the first book was really good and the rest just kinda fell flat to me.

Have you read The Infernal Devices? In my opinion it's SOO much better the The Mortal Instruments. If you haven't read it I think you should give it a go :)

i gotta disagree with you on the mortal instruments, i feel like the other three books just elevated and prepared us more for Cassie Clare's other books in the shadowhunter world. and I personally loved Sebastian/Jonathan more than Valentine.. but hey thats your opinion and I really love this topic.. new sub here.. :)

About Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard i swear by her she is one of my favorite authors so i highly highly highly recommend that you continue on with the series with the second book Glass Sword. It was amazing. Honeslty i agree with you on TMI by Cassandra Clare. I've been reading those book and I don't like them NEARLY as much as i thought i would. I feel like a lot of the characters do thing that dont make sense, im not going to be specific just because i don't want to ruin the story but the series feels like its dragging and i'm only on book three.

I am a firm believer that the "Infernal Devices" series was WAY better than the "Mortal Instruments". I thought the characters were great and come on, Jem and Will are both so dreamy. ;)

My most unpopular opinion ever is The Summer I Turned Pretty . God I hate Belly. And Conrad

My overhyped books: the Throne of Glass series. Everybody seems to love it, and I can't see why!! Celaena was the BIGGEST Mary Sue I've EVER read, I could hardly get through the first book! But I never see it mentioned and feel so alone with my opinion lol.

the most overhyped book/fanfiction ever: After. Like I hate that it puts fanfiction in such a bad light. People genuinely think that fanfiction (because of After and 50 shades) is all about weird ass sex and just ughhhh. I just think there are waaay better, much fuller and much more deep fanfictions that could easily be published and hyped about, I am just disappointed that fanfictions like that are the ones that drag the most attention, which usually turns into negative attention :(

I disagree with a lot of what was said about All The Bright Places. My reason is I think that sometimes, especially in young adult mental health, people don't take it very seriously, even adults and parents. I think the point is that sometimes the signs can be there but people don't pay attention. I think that the book did a really good job of portraying bipolar disorder in a way that could be understood by a large audience, which was very powerful and helped raise a bit of awareness I believe. I read this book before all the hype (which I was a bit surprised it got, tbh, because of the stigma it received). I do find it annoying that no one really received the help needed, but unfortunately that happens a lot in our society. It's sad, and horrible, but it happens. I've never cried or felt so moved by a book before though. Anyway, that's just what I thought. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts with us.

I don't think it's fair that you included vampire academy in this video when you've only read the first book (i think), because when people say they love vampire academy, they're talking about the whole series, not just the first book. In fact i think the first book was the worst in the whole series, so I think you should give the series another try if you're willing, because it only gets better :)

Man! I've been looking for a book vlog with really similar tastes as myself and I even bought incarnate due to another video of yours but....girl!! I LOVED the red queen and the glass sword and I made all my friends read it and they all loved it too. You are the first person I've ever heard of who didn't find it awesome. It's on the top of my list! I could re-read it over and over! I even asked for a signed copy for my birthday next month and I have a signed copy of glass sword!

Am I the only one who didn't like the House of Night series? I thought it had a lot of promise but it had too many cliche elements, and it was basically Hogwarts for vampires? In Tulsa, Oklahoma? I don't know, and I get that it was a mother daughter project but there were times where the writing seemed really immature and underdeveloped and sometimes pointless and I could tell it was probably written by the daughter. Like it would go on and on about what someone was wearing or just descriptions in general in a very shallow way. Does that make any sense?

Okay, I'm going to have tons of people disagreeing with me: I don't think that Harry Potter is as amazing as it's made up to be. Sure, the writing is great, and the world is wonderful and fantastic, but I just don't really like the plot as much? And some of the characters are a bit disappointing, too. Don't get me wrong though, I'm on the fourth book right now, and I do enjoy the books, I just really don't see how they're so popular.

This was so interesting!! I really loved All The Light We Cannot See but I can see where you are coming from as it is a historical fiction novel but you don't get very much information about the war itself compared to some other historical fiction novels. I am a big fan of both the mortal instruments and vampire academy but I read them both at an age when I enjoyed them. I have tried to reread The Mortal Instruments recently and couldn't get into it which is a shame but I think it might just be because I am in a bit of a reading slump! This was a great video :D

I agree with you about City of Bones! I thought i was the only one thinking this.

I thought, All the Light We Cannot See was amazing. Made me cry at points.

RED QUEEN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES

Ugh, gosh yes!! I agree so much about Rebel Belle, Vampire Academy, Mortal Instruments. I enjoyed and appreciated hearing your opinions about them :)

i have to ask, where did you get your bookshelves. i need new ones and was going to make my own but i really like yours too

Love the Mortal Instruments and the other spin offs but I do agree that the last three books weren't really necessary. My fav will always be book 3. I'm sure it was intended to be a trilogy. Book 4 was very boring for me but I did enjoy the last two.

idk if you have but if you haven't you should really read the rest of the Vampire Academy series. The tone really changes throughout the series. The first book is really silly compared to the the rest. There's so much character development throughout those books.

You are my new favorite youtuber :) i think we have the same taste in books. I'm trying to read more and your vids are awesome. I read all the time in middle school (twilight, harry potter, percy jackson, all the famous ones basically 😂) but only really read books i was required to read in high school. I'm starting by rereading some of the ones I've read before that I don't remember much.

I love your channel. you have inspired me to read more and to start my own videos. Books really do bring people together!!!

I really love the Vampire Academy books, the plot actually develops and I feel that Rose, as a main character, was very strong. The spin-off series was even more amazing for me! Bloodlines put together two character that I never would have even thought of but are now one of my favourite couples XD

So I really love your videos and I think you are such an inspiration, but "All the light we cannot see" is not a YA book

If you've only read the first Vampire Academy book then I highly recommend you keep going because I admit the first one or even two are quite slow and juvenile but the later books are so amazing and kickass! The plot and characters are amazing. Either way though, I totally understand your opinion. I think my opinion about really overhyped would be Miss Peregrine's!!

I love vampire academy and it didn't felt like a vampire story to me at all. have you read the entire series or just the first book?

I couldn't get past Clary in the Mortal Instruments. Maybe because I'm an adult and I'm not the target audience? Who knows? I didn't even touch Vampire Academy, it's not something I was interested in. And I'm half way through Red Queen and cannot stand it. It's one thing to be angry about things....it's another to have it completely consume every thought you have. It's like reading a psychopaths diary.

Totally agree with the Mortal Instruments! When I first started it, it was supposed to just be a trilogy and then it turned into a six book series! I liked the first three; they weren't the greatest, but they were good. And I also agree with Red Queen! Everyone was saying SUCH amazing things about it and when I read it, it was kind of 'meh' for me. Don't ever apologize for an opinion, the world would be a boring place if everyone thought the same ~

I appreciate the disclaimer because it's really great that you recognize that opinions are different!! just found your channel and I love 😍😍😍

I appreciated your insight into why popular books receive the hype they do, and why that hype doesn't always end up supporting the narrative's integrity. Thank you, Hailey! Also, would you consider making a video about extended universes in the vein of Tolkein, Rowling, and Clare, whose series revolve around the same characters, places, and concepts, and end up lacking creative innovation because of it? I'd like to see your take on this. Have a lovely holiday!

huh, I never thought of all the light we cannot see as a ya novel. I would have put it with adult fiction.

Red Queen and Paper Towns. I had so high hopes for Red Queen, but I didn't like it at all. (2/5 *) And I thought I would love Paper Towns because I love TFIOS, but was very disappointed. (3/5 *)

Hey Hailey, what do you think of the Lunar Chronicles series?

I loved this video! I always love hearing different opinions on things, especially on books. So props to you for doing this.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was sooooo overhyped. I was expecting this really amazing story and it was just meh.

I really didn't like If I Stay. It was a big thing a few years ago, so I decided to read it. The entire book was just a very cliche relationship told in flashbacks meant to show that it wasn't cliche.

I want to give you HUGE kudos to you for articulating that your stage of life might have something to do with you opinion on that first book. I see reviews on booktube that sometimes make me wonder if it is the life stage and not the book. You put that in words and I appreciate that SO much.

Your eyebrows are perfect, your bookshelves make my eyes happy, and i love your accent, subscribed! Haha :) xxx

finally someone who agrees that the mortal instruments is overhyped. like the books aren't bad but I don't think they deserve as much hype

i was obsessed with the mortal instruments so much that i wanted more, but when cassie added more books following the same characters i was eh about it. i was considering reading lady midnight but after hearing reviews on it i don't think I'm going to anymore.

I see where you coming from in relation to the immortal instruments, past the third book I just felt like it was way to dragged out and I was just reading to finish it. It felt so slow by the time I got past that point, I can't even remember if it was actually slow actually I can't even remember the main plot tbh, haha. It's funny because I seemed to finish the whole hp series just fine.

love these kinds of videos! You should definitely do more of them :) one book that I didn't really care for but got so much hype was Perks Of Being A Wallflower. It just didn't do much for me unfortunately!

I agree on all of these, and I want to also say Throne of Glass is super overhyped because of white feminism and her absolute reluctance to keep a focus with poc and lgbt+ characters, and often writing them off as old, dead and/or villains. Plus the romances were distorted and ended for reasons, I feel, only fueled the idea of making the endgame romances making the toxic masculinity ideal.

Damn I love Red Queen and I just bought TMI

I actually agree with your opinion on every single one of these (Especially Spintered & TM) ! Well,Excepting maybe one. Since I am one of those people who absolutely loved VA, Ofcourse I'd still suggest you read until book 3 atleast-Cause by then it gains momentum & direction. That being said, I can definitely see where you're coming from. Now if I ever re-read, Theres nostalgia & affection for these characters, I wonder how I would have received it all as a 17 yearold myself, As opposed to a preteen.

I absolutely love Red Queen, it was quite different to other books I have read and had me gripped! After Glass Sword I was left a little disappointed but I can't wait to see where it goes😊

I think the maze runner was overhyped

I think Rebel Belle is really overhyped!!

I really enjoyed this video. I always like seeing what people dislike because it is so refreshing.I really like the last three books in the TMI series so much more than the first three. Cassandra Clare's writing gets better and I absolutely adore Sebastian. I think he is such an interesting character and has more depth.

What do you do with the books you don't like? Do you try to sell them or donate?

I think Throne of Glass is the most overhyped book I've ever read. When I got it, I was so excited to read this and it was just awful

NO! I'm so upset you watched the Vampire Academy movie, because it was awful. It was nothing like the book, and the movie itself was just plain bad. I can understand where you're coming from, but ugh the movie was just. Awful.

I love seeing these types of videos! Everyone is not going to love every book. I thought that We Were Liars, Looking for Alaska, and Magonia were over hyped. Red Queen is actually the only book out of the ones you mentioned that I've read. I went into it with super low expectations, so I actually enjoyed it. But I can totally see why it's not the best. There are so many similarities to other books, four series in particular. But don't feel bad about your opinions. I've actually heard that Vampire Academy, All the Bright Places, the Ruby Red series, and Passenger were over hyped from so many people.

Great video! I always worry about reading books that have a lot of hype on Booktube etc because it builds up my expectations for the book and then a lot of the time I'm left feeling let down after reading them even when the book was really good!

am i the only one who hated if i stay and where she went 😬👎

I had great expectations for all the light we cannot see...now I'm afraid it will disappoint me :(

This is the first video of your's I have watched and OMG YOUR BOOKSHELF I'M IN LOVE

I really loved Splintered but I get what you didn't like about Unhinged and I really hope that I'll still like Ensnared when I'll read it next month...did you read those in-between-books ?

For me, the most overhyped book is The Book Thief, The Mortal Instruments, the Peregrine series and Beautiful Creatures. They are just terrible stories and I just never realy enjoyed them.

Thank you!! literally no one agrees with me on Red Queen, it's just so stereotypical and I feel like I've seen it all a thousand times before.

what do you think of the other books of Cassandra Clare (from the Shadowhunter's world)??

I completely agree with TMI. Do you think you'll read Lady Midnight?

red queen series is incredible!! just re read it for the 4th time, disappointed to see it on this list :(

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Thank you so much for this video! I have read only a couple of the books which where mentioned in this video, and even though The Mortal Instruments is my favorite series (because this book showed me the YA world) I agree with you. And thank you again, because this has taken a couple of books from my TBR, because I cannot handle it when I read a bad book!!!

what edition do you have of alice in wonderland, behind you in top shelve? :)

I was like "I swear to god if she mentions Eleanor and Park"

DOES NO ONE AGREE WITH ME ON THE OVER-HYPEDNESS OF DIVERGENT I'VE WATCHED SO MANY OF THESE VIDEOS AND NO ONE EVER SAYS DIVERGENT I FELL SO ALONE SO ALONE I WILL USE CAPSLOCK AND NOT PROPERLY PUNCTUATE THIS COMMENT

You are amazing ! I wish my sister had a friend like you so much in I boooooks so smart ! Defiantly getting me motivated to was books

This is the first video I've seen of yours, and that scarf looks HELLA CUTE on you :)

Since everyone is confessing : hunger games wasn't that good and I can't get through the second book without being bored I'm sorry please don't hit me

Does anyone else think the Harry Potter series is overhyped?

I agree with so many things! Especially Red Queen and All The Bright Places. And also I have read Vampire Academy when I was about 14 and really loved it but I think now maybe it would not be such a big deal too. Oh and funny thing is, I am probably the only person out there who actually hated first three books of TMI and absolutely loved the Sebastians's story :D

Ahhhh now im scared because a lot im looking forward to reading are on your list haha some overhyped books I think are overhyped are the Maze Runner trilogy, The Hunger Games trilogy (I loved the first book but not the rest), and I agree on the Vampire Academy series. I love your videos

Overhyped YA books: the entire YA genre.

Have you already read the sequel to Red Queen (Glass Sword)? I'm currently reading it, and I liked Red Queen, but I'm just not feeling it yet while reading Glass Sword....

i agree with you with the Mortal instruments after the first three books . i tried reading the fourth book and barely got through it . im not even trying to read 5&6 yet . it would have been a great idea if Cassandra did write the second half of the series years later :). got to love the first three books though

I really enjoy all you videos Thanks for sharing you opinions with us. 💟😊

Have you read any Ally Carter books? Like the Gallagher Academy or Embassy Row??

Did you read past the first Vampire Academy book? I agree with you about it not being as great as it was hyped up to be but the second one really makes up for what the first was lacking. I'm so happy I didn't decide to quit reading the series because they later introduced my all time favorite characters. Adrian and Sydney are what really made up for the book for me with their unique character traits and their relatability. I just started the spinoff series Bloodlines and I like it so much because Sydney is the main character and she's a lot more relatable to me than Rose was. So is her love interest. I think if you haven't you should give the series another shot.

Some people just complain for the sake of complaining. Try to ignore them, don't let them get you down.

I haven't read any of the books you held up and I'm not quite certain what that means for me. Does it mean that I don't read hyped books or that our tastes in books match? If it's the latter I'll absolutely have to watch more of your videos.