Books That Didn't Deserve the Hype Archives - Novel Visits https://novelvisits.com/tag/books-that-didnt-deserve-the-hype/ Sun, 05 Dec 2021 20:04:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Six 2021 Books That Deserved the Hype, Plus Six That Didn’t https://novelvisits.com/six-2021-books-that-deserved-the-hype-plus-six-that-didnt/ https://novelvisits.com/six-2021-books-that-deserved-the-hype-plus-six-that-didnt/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:00:14 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=11062 Let’s talk hyped books. Every year certain books seem to get a lot of hype. Sometimes it starts well before the book publishes and other time it’s a major blitz at the time of publication. It starts with the publishers, but these days it often continues more organically with readers via social media. Hype can...

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]]> Let’s talk hyped books. Every year certain books seem to get a lot of hype. Sometimes it starts well before the book publishes and other time it’s a major blitz at the time of publication. It starts with the publishers, but these days it often continues more organically with readers via social media. Hype can be a wonderful thing for some quieter books, or for new authors, but it can also be a bit of a curse. When a book gets a lot of hype, expectations from readers grow higher and higher, and sometimes a book that is actually very good feels like a disappointment because it wasn’t quite “that” good. Sadly, that was the case for several of the books on the second half of my list today. So, let’s take a look at the dozen books that for me both did and didn’t live up to their hype.

2021 Books That Deserved the Hype

Six Books That Deserved the Hype…

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]]> https://novelvisits.com/six-2021-books-that-deserved-the-hype-plus-six-that-didnt/feed/ 10 Six 2020 Books That Deserved the Hype,Plus, Six That Didn’t https://novelvisits.com/six-2020-books-that-deserved-the-hypeplus-six-that-didnt/ https://novelvisits.com/six-2020-books-that-deserved-the-hypeplus-six-that-didnt/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2020 11:00:56 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=10346 Hyped books! With so many out there every single year, all that hype can be a blessing or a curse. When a great book intersects with a boatload of hype, readers are happy and sales can soar. It’s a win, win! On the flip side, when pre-publication hype gets readers excited, anxious to dive into...

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]]> Hyped books! With so many out there every single year, all that hype can be a blessing or a curse. When a great book intersects with a boatload of hype, readers are happy and sales can soar. It’s a win, win! On the flip side, when pre-publication hype gets readers excited, anxious to dive into a book, and then it disappoints, it almost hurts. As a reader you might feel a little cheated having expected SO much and then the book not quite delivering. When you cross a book like this with a favorite author and it gets down right painful! Today, I’m sharing a dozen hyped books from 2020, half lived up to all that hype, and the other half didn’t quite do it for me.

2020 Books That Deserved the Hype

Long Bright River by Liz Moore, My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell, Untamed by Glennon Doyle, The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam and The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab…

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