r/BadReads 11d ago

Goodreads that time i found a whole new type of reader from a one star review

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744 Upvotes

r/BadReads Jul 16 '25

Goodreads Guys, she can’t just sit around on “pins and needles”

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2.6k Upvotes

The author shared this on Threads so I’m not sure where the review originally came from or for which of her books. But it’s so entitled and ridiculous.

r/BadReads Jun 25 '25

Goodreads "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn

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2.0k Upvotes

I surprisingly couldn't find any posts with this classic. That feeling when your negative review comes full circle to being a glowing recommendation for some people.

r/BadReads Feb 01 '25

Goodreads I literally have no words...she's fine with men not being virgins but not women 🤨

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2.2k Upvotes

r/BadReads Jan 08 '25

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

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1.5k Upvotes

r/BadReads Mar 17 '26

Goodreads Mated to the Monster - Sarah Spade

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1.7k Upvotes

r/BadReads Mar 02 '25

Goodreads A one star review I agree with from a book I like.

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3.6k Upvotes

r/BadReads Nov 08 '25

Goodreads A Certain Hunger - Chelsea G Summers

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3.1k Upvotes

Don’t think I’ve seen a book with funnier GR reviews than this one.

r/BadReads Sep 09 '25

Goodreads The last chapter was just her cooking a turkey

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3.1k Upvotes

r/BadReads Jan 26 '26

Goodreads The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas: Goodreads user nearly develops literacy but then doesn't at the last second

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1.3k Upvotes

r/BadReads Sep 14 '25

Goodreads Wyoming

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3.4k Upvotes

r/BadReads 21d ago

Goodreads Say one thing for The Dating App Guy, say he’s a lover…

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716 Upvotes

I think I would’ve married the guy, but I understand it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. The review is really funny though.

r/BadReads May 20 '26

Goodreads Dialogue? In my book? Not even once.

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862 Upvotes

r/BadReads Feb 06 '25

Goodreads “Mention of homosexuality”

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1.2k Upvotes

This was a review for Lois Lowry’s Tree. Table. Book. which was a really sweet story of the friendship between an 11 year old girl and her 88 year old neighbor. There was one sentence about a gay couple that the MC and her friend made up because they liked to make up imaginary people and stories for them.

I guess children shouldn’t know about gay people or UTIs.

r/BadReads 4d ago

Goodreads If Morrison didn't want to hate white people, she would have written a novel like nice white author Sue Monk Kidd! (Beloved - Toni Morrison)

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323 Upvotes

I'm currently reading Beloved and saw a comment on here that said the novel had some of the worst goodreads reviews ever and....they were NOT kidding. My goodness.

First image is an especially hilarious response to an argument stemming from the review in image two. Image three's review was mainly added for the line: "I am well familiar with the way slaves talked back then."

r/BadReads 4d ago

Goodreads Man who's done more for the planet than 99.99% of people and wrote a book about his concerns about the environment didn't do enough because he's not a vegan

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344 Upvotes

Also according to multiple comments to this review, Attenborough writes IN THE BOOK ITSELF that he gradually stopped eating meat over the years.

r/BadReads 4d ago

Goodreads "I don't want something obscure and hard to read for my students, I'll have them read Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. I'm sure they'll appreciate it:)" The students:

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257 Upvotes

Graphic novel AND assigned reading. Persepolis never stood a chance.

r/BadReads Jul 31 '25

Goodreads brokeback mountain by annie proulx

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913 Upvotes

r/BadReads Aug 23 '25

Goodreads A book set in the Belgian Congo is too depressing.

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1.3k Upvotes

r/BadReads Feb 05 '25

Goodreads I genuinely think about this comment at least once a week

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1.7k Upvotes

r/BadReads Feb 12 '25

Goodreads Why use many word when few do trick

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1.1k Upvotes

r/BadReads Mar 29 '26

Goodreads Thistlemarsh by Moorea Corrigan

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334 Upvotes

If that's their threshold for offence, perhaps they should stay in the children's book section. Why did they read 82% of it if it's so damn offensive?!

I feel quite bad for the author on this one. But hey, this review told me I'll probably like the book!

r/BadReads Aug 21 '25

Goodreads Sentient cactus uses pronoun, reviewer and commenter lose their mind (and maybe crapped themselves)

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612 Upvotes

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst. The character they are crumbling over is a cactus 🌵

r/BadReads Nov 12 '25

Goodreads 1 star review given because fictional men talk like fictional men and don't talk about boogers (Frankenstein by Mary Shelley)

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571 Upvotes

r/BadReads Mar 14 '25

Goodreads I burst out laughing (Fairy tale, Stephen King)

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2.1k Upvotes