One time I was watching a video where a creator was discussing a list of books that if someone they were talking to didn't like them, he thought they had terrible taste. I paused the video and thought "what book could he say that would make me instantly not trust another word he said?" and the only thing I could land on was Pet Sematary by Stephen King.

The misogyny, the colonialism, the utter banality of 70% of the book. I'm not a die hard Stephen King hater, but I hated that book cover to cover. I could not find a single redeeming quality about that novel.

You'll never guess what the next book out of his mouth was.

So, as title suggests: what's your "Pet Sematary"?

There are soooo many for me, but some of the most disappointing were:

• The invisible life of Addie Larue by Victoria Schwab
• The Spanish love deception by Elena Armas
• The Romantics by Leah Konan
• Scythe by Neal Shusterman
• Grit by Angela Duckworth

I would love to hear what books and why.

If your giving spoilers, please start your comment with !!! Spoilers for [name of book] !!!

I've seen a few different star rating charts and am working on mine and I'm curious how y'all go about deciding on your ratings?

This is my current system: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Loved, highly recommend ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Liked, recommend ⭐⭐⭐ - Mid, might recommend ⭐⭐ - Disliked, won't recommend ⭐ - Hated, will actively go out of my way to tell people about how bad this book was because I can't get over the fact that it was published and that people like it and recommend it. There is hope for the rest of us wannabe authors.