Books with excellent reputations are often revered, critically acclaimed, and highly praised for various reasons.
However, for every book with a renowned status,other books are notoriously known for being bad.
At other times, stories might not initially have a bad reputation, butthe books age poorlyover time.
However, just because a book has a bad reputation does not mean it has no redeeming qualities.
In fact, several books have accumulated bad reputations, yet upon reading them,are actually quite entertaining.
My sister, my blood, my family.
However, putting this storyline aside,The Mortal Instrumentsbecame popular for a reason.
7The Catcher In The Rye
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The Catcher In The Ryeby J.D.
Salinger is one of the most controversial books of the 20th century.
It revolves around Holden Caulfield as he navigates society with his rebellious streak.
Since its publication in 1951,The Catcher In The Ryehas been on countless book ban lists.
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The book became even more controversial when David Chapman murdered John Lennon and citedThe Catcher In The Ryeas inspiration.
In 2024, the book is considered mostly taboo.
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She lives in a dystopian futuristic world run by an oppressive organization called the Reestablishment.
When Juliette writes in her diary, she is incohesive, which is howShatter Megarnered a bad reputation.
Juliette’s experiences made her unable to function like a typical person.
That is certainly the case forGossip Girl.
The later seasons were also awful, lacked a coherent storyline, and became uninteresting.
TheGossip Girlbooks also have two spinoff seriesGossip Girl: The CarlylesandThe It Girl.
After that, they are as different as night and day.
The most exciting thing about theGossip Girlbooks is that they end without ever revealing the identity of Gossip Girl.
Thefilm was so awful that the book also became forgotten, lumped in with the film’s existence.
However, disregarding the horrible adaptation,The City Of Emberis an excellent book.
The biggest problem with the film is that it removes the stakes from the plot entirely.
However, the plot thickens when the narrative reveals that the characters actually live in a decaying civilization.
However, theAllegiantbook hasa bad reputation on its own because of its highly controversial ending.
It was shocking and rocked the narrative, including her love interest, Tobias Eaton.
Tris Prior’s death meant Tobias must live without her, and there is no typical happy ending.
However, looking at the ending objectively,there was no other possible outcome.
Nobody else would sneak into the lab to release the serumit would be out of character for Tris.
The mystery, the drama, the secrets, and the stakes make it impossible to turn away from.
Nowadays,Pretty Little Liarsisremembered as a show that completely fumbled its ending.
As a result, the books were forgotten, even though the mystery pays off in the books.
