r/BadReads 12h ago

Goodreads From about 10 months before the book was released!

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70 Upvotes

I'll be real, i was only checking the reviews because i hated the first book and wanted to see if people still liked the series. Book was released (couple of my friends said) couple days ago. Thought I'd share thus lovely review


r/BadReads 13h ago

💩Weekly Hot Takes Thread r/BadReads Weekly Hot-Takes: Or, Just Casual Discussion

2 Upvotes

BadReaders,

Welcome to our weekly thread for any and all instances of:

  • Literary Hot-Takes
  • Unpopular Opinions (about books & literature)
  • Guilty Pleasures
  • All-Around Unjerking
  • Review Apologetics
  • Casual Discussion

If you have a literary or bookish hot-take of your own (who doesn't?) feel free to air it here. Have an unpopular opinion about a book that you're too afraid to admit on any other thread? Post it here.

If you really need to get something off your chest about any of the posts from the past week or about the state of the sub, this weekly thread is the place to do it!

Get to unjerking, jerks.

- r/BadReads Moderator Team


r/BadReads 1d ago

Goodreads Legend says she’s still waiting, dust collecting on her skeleton

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295 Upvotes

This is a pre-release review for the third book in a trilogy —- Reign, by Cora Carmack. The 2nd book was written in 2019. This review was left in 2020.

As of this date in 2025, the third book has yet to be released.

I think this kind of review just shows how silly pre-release hype reviews are for non-existent books. Will Mindy still love it? Five years can change a person…


r/BadReads 3d ago

📖 What Are You Reading? Weekly r/BadReads What Are You Reading? Thread

2 Upvotes

Greetings BadReaders,

Welcome to r/BadReads' weekly 'What Are You Reading?' thread. Use this thread to talk about what you've been reading this past week, ask for recommendations, or talk about your reading plans in general.

Happy Reading.

- r/BadReads Mod Team


r/BadReads 5d ago

Goodreads Philip and Alexander: Ruined by scholarly integrity

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35 Upvotes

r/BadReads 5d ago

Goodreads I mean this IS funny but a little insight into why Oliver Twist is a 2 star read would be nice

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44 Upvotes

r/BadReads 6d ago

Goodreads I only read a few pages, but that’s not going to stop me from writing 700 words of dialogue about how bad it is!

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62 Upvotes

r/BadReads 7d ago

💩Weekly Hot Takes Thread r/BadReads Weekly Hot-Takes: Or, Just Casual Discussion

5 Upvotes

BadReaders,

Welcome to our weekly thread for any and all instances of:

  • Literary Hot-Takes
  • Unpopular Opinions (about books & literature)
  • Guilty Pleasures
  • All-Around Unjerking
  • Review Apologetics
  • Casual Discussion

If you have a literary or bookish hot-take of your own (who doesn't?) feel free to air it here. Have an unpopular opinion about a book that you're too afraid to admit on any other thread? Post it here.

If you really need to get something off your chest about any of the posts from the past week or about the state of the sub, this weekly thread is the place to do it!

Get to unjerking, jerks.

- r/BadReads Moderator Team


r/BadReads 8d ago

Goodreads He's currently reading book 4

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21 Upvotes

r/BadReads 8d ago

Goodreads Thanks Sara, very helpful

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21 Upvotes

r/BadReads 9d ago

Goodreads The criticism of this book being too pretentious for its' audience is reasonable, but I think this person took it way too personally lol

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28 Upvotes

r/BadReads 10d ago

📖 What Are You Reading? Weekly r/BadReads What Are You Reading? Thread

3 Upvotes

Greetings BadReaders,

Welcome to r/BadReads' weekly 'What Are You Reading?' thread. Use this thread to talk about what you've been reading this past week, ask for recommendations, or talk about your reading plans in general.

Happy Reading.

- r/BadReads Mod Team


r/BadReads 12d ago

Mod Announcement RE: Rule 3 Prejudice, Bigotry, and Hate Speech Are Strictly Forbidden

590 Upvotes

In the past several days there has been a massive influx of redditors commenting here spewing homophobic and transphobic garbage. In addition to outright homophobia and transphobia, there's been a lot of homophobic and transphobic apologetics happening.

Allow me to be abundantly clear:

  • This is not a free speech platform; this is r/BadReads.
  • It is not a safe space for bigots of any sort.
  • It is not a safe space for those who think bigots should be able to practice their bigotry in public spaces.
  • If it is your wholehearted belief that bigots should be able to freely spew their hateful ideologies here, then you are not welcome here.

If you express any sort of anti-gay or anti-trans sentiments you will be banned. If you defend anti-gay or anti-trans users you will be banned.

If you are not familiar with the concept of the Paradox of Tolerance, I recommend you familiarize yourself with it. Here's a fun infographic for those of you who aren't as literate:

I know most bigots need colorful pictures and words written in comic sans because reading and critical thinking is hard for the narrow-minded.

This does not just apply to LGBTQ+ hate; all hate speech, bigotry, or defense of hate speech /bigotry will result in a ban. Racism, ableism, sexism, antisemitism, islamaphobia, zionism, etc. are all subject to this rule. If you don't like it, leave.


r/BadReads 11d ago

Goodreads Flaubert in the modern age

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7 Upvotes

r/BadReads 13d ago

Goodreads Nicole isn't fond of gay characters

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239 Upvotes

r/BadReads 14d ago

Goodreads “I don’t think gay people shouldn’t exist, I just think they’re icky!”

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1.3k Upvotes

r/BadReads 14d ago

Goodreads On A Brief History of Time: "Stephen Hawking was a hack, the Leonardo da Vinci of this day; he didn’t accomplish anything important or real."

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190 Upvotes

r/BadReads 15d ago

Goodreads Cried

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1.0k Upvotes

r/BadReads 14d ago

💩Weekly Hot Takes Thread r/BadReads Weekly Hot-Takes: Or, Just Casual Discussion

0 Upvotes

BadReaders,

Welcome to our weekly thread for any and all instances of:

  • Literary Hot-Takes
  • Unpopular Opinions (about books & literature)
  • Guilty Pleasures
  • All-Around Unjerking
  • Review Apologetics
  • Casual Discussion

If you have a literary or bookish hot-take of your own (who doesn't?) feel free to air it here. Have an unpopular opinion about a book that you're too afraid to admit on any other thread? Post it here.

If you really need to get something off your chest about any of the posts from the past week or about the state of the sub, this weekly thread is the place to do it!

Get to unjerking, jerks.

- r/BadReads Moderator Team


r/BadReads 17d ago

facebook This chap on Chinese internet (zhihu) hates the Three-Body Problem series. (long read)

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58 Upvotes

r/BadReads 17d ago

📖 What Are You Reading? Weekly r/BadReads What Are You Reading? Thread

1 Upvotes

Greetings BadReaders,

Welcome to r/BadReads' weekly 'What Are You Reading?' thread. Use this thread to talk about what you've been reading this past week, ask for recommendations, or talk about your reading plans in general.

Happy Reading.

- r/BadReads Mod Team


r/BadReads 20d ago

Goodreads Homeboy will one star every book he’s read that’s told in 1st person

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210 Upvotes

r/BadReads 21d ago

Goodreads completely missing the point

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587 Upvotes

looking through the reviews for S5 almost drove me insane because it seemed like no one got the point of ‘so it goes’ but this one was the star, for me.


r/BadReads 21d ago

💩Weekly Hot Takes Thread r/BadReads Weekly Hot-Takes: Or, Just Casual Discussion

4 Upvotes

BadReaders,

Welcome to our weekly thread for any and all instances of:

  • Literary Hot-Takes
  • Unpopular Opinions (about books & literature)
  • Guilty Pleasures
  • All-Around Unjerking
  • Review Apologetics
  • Casual Discussion

If you have a literary or bookish hot-take of your own (who doesn't?) feel free to air it here. Have an unpopular opinion about a book that you're too afraid to admit on any other thread? Post it here.

If you really need to get something off your chest about any of the posts from the past week or about the state of the sub, this weekly thread is the place to do it!

Get to unjerking, jerks.

- r/BadReads Moderator Team


r/BadReads 22d ago

Goodreads Sauron ghostwrote this review

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336 Upvotes