I read around 75 books this year and not all of them were my cup of tea. I wouldn't say these are all terrible books, I can absolutely understand any or all of these being tops reads for someone, I just really didn't vibe with them. See below a collection of ten quotes (in no particular order) from my ten worst reads of the year - can you guess them? To read the list click here.
We're none of us very happy, are we?
He was an anachronism, a puzzle, a piss-take, a problem, but he was, above all things, a charming man. In every century, they make themselves at home.
The first time she met the love of her father’s life was at his funeral.
...none of us sees more than a tiny piece of all the world, like we're lookin' out a little-bitty window. And I saw you through mine, and somethin' inside me said, That's somebody you oughta know.
It's a curious thing to realise you hate someone so much you could kill them.
The same universe that dispassionately takes things away can bring you things you weren’t imaginative enough to dream up.
Arthie loved secrets, but love was a feeling much like hate - so full, so heavy, so laden with everything. And for all the secrets she collected, she hated her own.
The man I had built up layer by layer upon the canvas was in pain. But that pain was not the only new element present. There was malice there, too, and deception, and vengefulness; but all showing in their slightest aspects. Like minor chords, or the faintest ripples from a pond-dropped stone.
...may your desires align with the will of the cards, for only one will reign.
There's no smoke without fire.
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