Top Ten Tuesday – Books Too Good to Review Properly (I have no words!)
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!
This week’s TTT topic is Books Too Good to Review Properly (I have no words!). I have so many reads that are like this. I fall in love with them and then there’s no way possible that I can write a review that even comes closer to doing them justice so I don’t even try. Most of the ones I’m sharing today are books I didn’t even attempt a review for even though I absolutely loved them, but there are a couple that I did try to review on the blog with mixed success. Reviews or not though, just know that these books are all gems.
Books Too Good to Review Properly (I have no words!)
1. THE NIGHT CIRCUS by Erin Morganstern
2. UNDER THE WHISPERING DOOR by TJ Klune
3. BEARTOWN by Fredrik Backman
4. THE BEAR AND THE NIGHTINGALE by Katherine Arden
5. THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah
6. THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO by Taylor Jenkins Reid
7. THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab
8. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens
9. IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover
10. THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA by TJ Klune
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Where the Crawdads Sing has been loved by so many people, but I think he hype around it might’ve turned me off for a bit ☺️ However, if it’s so good it basically left you speechless, I probably need to reconsider 🙂
It’s a very atmospheric read and the writing is lyrical. I imagine it would be lovely on audio if you listen to audiobooks.
I’ve heard good things about Bear Town.
Lydia recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday: Books Too Good to Review Properly
It’s such a great book. All of Backman’s are honestly.
I still wonder if I did Where the Crawdads Sing and The Nightingale justice in my reviews. They both slayed me.
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Me too. I didn’t even try with either one of them because I knew I couldn’t do either one justice.
I actually did manage to review The Nightingale and Evelyn Hugo. And was rather pleased with my review of The Nightingale. 🙂 Evelyn Hugo was probably just me gushing. LOL How could I forget It Ends With Us?! I’ve never been able to review it, either.
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Right? All I ever do is gush about Evelyn Hugo and even then I don’t do it justice.
I haven’t read Night Circus but I did read her Starles Sea and didn’t review it. It was one of those that I just wasn’t sure how to review so.,.. I didn’t! Can definitely relate to this.
The seven Husbands I’ve seen a lot of love for.
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Yeah, Morganstern’s books are so surreal that it’s hard to put them into words. They just need to be experienced.
This really is an interesting topic. Since I review everything I read, I probably couldn’t come up with a list, but there are some reviews I really struggled with, because the book was so powerful. Betty by Tiffany McDaniel comes to mind.
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I forgot about Betty but that one should be on my list too. It was a 5 star read for me but I couldn’t even begin to do that book justice in a review.
I feel you, especially on THE NIGHTINGALE. It’s really tough for me sometimes to find the perfect words to describe why and how much I loved certain books. Words just completely fail us sometimes, don’t they?
Happy TTT!
Susan
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They really do, lol.
The Night Circus is one of my favorite books. I don’t think I could ever properly describe or review it! Readers just have to experience it for themselves.
Exactly!
I’ve read all but 2 of these, so I can guess why you found them so hard to review. I know I had a hard time reviewing some of them.
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I really struggle sometimes describing books that I consider special reads.
I read Bear Town and The Nightingale and considered Where The Crawdads Sing also. Tough topic today but you picked some good ones!
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Thanks!
I agree with The Night Circus, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and The House in the Cerulean Sea.
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Such special books. 🙂
I have seen Where the Crawdads Sing on several lists today. That is one I plan to read this year. I also didn’t realize that Fredrik Backman had so many books!
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Yeah, he has written quite a few and they’re all beautiful yet very difficult to review.
I have read and loved 8 of them!
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They’re such great books. 🙂
The Night Circus was the first book I ‘reviewed’ on my blog, and I use that term loosely because I’m sure I didn’t do it well. ;D
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It’s a hard one to review. It’s one of those books that you just have to experience for yourself.
Just saw Beartown on another list, and I agree, it’s hard to put its greatness into words. I kind of feel like that about all Backman’s books
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I’ve found it nearly impossible to review his books. I attempted Anxious People but know I didn’t do it justice and I just rated Britt Marie was Here 5 stars and again can’t begin to sum up my thoughts on it.
So much yes to the TJ Klune books, but also Where The Crawdads Sing, Evelyn Hugo, Addie LaRue and The Night Circus, I loved all of these so much
Right? I need to read all of TJ Klune’s books now.
I’ve read Addie LaRue, The Bear and The Nightingale and The Night Circus and all three were hard to review for the same reason, they were slow, character focused books which were a little thin on plot. Addie, I surprisingly found worked for me despite it not being my usual kind of book and Henry and Addie were so memorable as characters that it didn’t matter so much. The Bear and The Nightingale honestly just confused me, so I found it hard to review for that reason, and The Night Circus was much the same.
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I loved Henry and Addie. It’s just hard to convey how special that book is without spoiling it, for me anyway.
Great list! The few on here that I’ve read, I definitely struggled to review as well. A lot of these left me emotional wrecks and all I wanted to do was incoherently gush about how much I loved them 😂 It took me aaages to write some of them!
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Yes, I was a blubbering mess when I finished reading most of these, lol.
We both have Beartown on our list this week! I still need to read The House in the Cerulean Sea and Nightingale, Schwab’s and Hoover’s books, as well. Great choices!
Dedra @ A Book Wanderer recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday: Books Too Good To Review Properly
Thanks! 🙂
I know I didn’t do Night Circus justice when I reviewed it. It can be hard to put into words the way a book makes us feel, especially when it’s got that wow factor. Most of the books on your list are ones I would like to read at some point.
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Yeah, I feel like The Night Circus is one you really just have to experience for yourself to fully appreciate it.