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Books That Did Not Live Up to the Hype

Books that I was told were great but discovered it to not be true upon reading them. I still enjoyed most of these to some extent, they just didn't meet my expectations.
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
Milk and Honey (Rupi Kaur)
Milk and Honey
2
Rupi Kaur
Six of Crows (Leigh Bardugo)
Six of Crows
3
Leigh Bardugo
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
4
Charlotte Brontë
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
5
Jules Verne
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (MacKenzi Lee)
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
6
MacKenzi Lee
Red, White & Royal Blue (Casey McQuiston)
Red, White & Royal Blue
7
Casey McQuiston
Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
Murder on the Orient Express
8
Agatha Christie
Northanger Abbey (Jane Austen)
Northanger Abbey
9
Jane Austen
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
10
Robert Louis Stevenson
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
11
Lewis Carroll
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
12
Bram Stoker
Wayward Son (Rainbow Rowell)
Wayward Son
13
Rainbow Rowell
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
14
Ray Bradbury
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
15
Mary Shelley
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
16
Franz Kafka
The Raven Cycle (Maggie Stiefvater)
The Raven Cycle
17
Maggie Stiefvater
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
18
C.S. Lewis
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Becky Albertalli)
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
19
Becky Albertalli
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
20
Dan Brown
The Maze Runner Series (James Dashner)
The Maze Runner Series
21
James Dashner
Divergent Trilogy (Veronica Roth)
Divergent Trilogy
22
Veronica Roth
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Ransom Riggs)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
23
Ransom Riggs
The Selection (Kiera Cass)
The Selection
24
Kiera Cass
Love Letters to the Dead (Ava Dellaira)
Love Letters to the Dead
25
Ava Dellaira
The Mortal Instruments (Cassandra Clare)
The Mortal Instruments
26
Cassandra Clare
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
27
J.R.R. Tolkien
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
Thirteen Reasons Why
28
Jay Asher
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