BadReads

Because sometimes: a book review says more about the reviewer than it does about the book. r/BadReads is a showcase of the most unhelpful book reviews from all over the internet: reviews that are shallow, vapid, vacuous or otherwise totally missing the point. Parody/satirical and tongue-in-cheek reviews are also welcome.

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Voyager by Diana Gabladon (Outlander 3)

Posted 1st May 2026u/Responsible_Lake_804

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Posted 29th Apr 2026u/Many_Particular_1881

Favorite non-political literature? Mine is Animal Farm [Mina's Matchbox]

Posted 26th Apr 2026u/MrDoggeh

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Lost redditor thinks r/BadReads is the place to post their moronic book takes

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/TheObliterature

Deborah Levy's Billy and Girl | In three words or less

Posted 20th Apr 2026u/TheObliterature

The Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, famous for its Christian perspective

Posted 18th Apr 2026u/No_Incident_8925

Maybe they don’t like the book [Wayward Heroes by Halldor Laxness]

Posted 16th Apr 2026u/Marksman1977

Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird by Tim Birkhead

Posted 9th Apr 2026u/bladeofwhoa

A review for It's Watching by Lindsay Currie

Posted 9th Apr 2026u/thetombreader

The Medieval Manichee [...] by Steven Runciman

Posted 2nd Apr 2026u/nou-772

Neuromancer by William Gibson

Posted 31st Mar 2026u/Free_Breadfruit_8552

Hell’s Heart by Alexis Hall

Posted 31st Mar 2026u/WearyLiterature1755

Thistlemarsh by Moorea Corrigan

Posted 29th Mar 2026u/queen_beruthiel

putting the book to good use

Posted 29th Mar 2026u/ImprovementMaster364

An argument for 1 ⭐️ reviews

Posted 28th Mar 2026u/Acceptable-Mail891

Timaeus and Critias (Plato)

Posted 27th Mar 2026u/thomasp3864

Good enough for 6 re-reads, not good enough for 5 stars

Posted 25th Mar 2026u/Any--Name

Insecure reviewer whines for 14 paragraphs that a literary critic has the gall to talk about works of literature in his book about literature

Posted 23rd Mar 2026u/TimeCubePriest

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

Posted 21st Mar 2026u/Sisterrez

Mated to the Monster - Sarah Spade

Posted 17th Mar 2026u/SkubEnjoyer

The Official MTO Driver's handbook, by the Ministry of Transportation

Posted 16th Mar 2026u/Tyrannosaurus-2006

If Beale Street Could Talk - James Baldwin

Posted 14th Mar 2026u/Many_Particular_1881

Bartleby the Scrivener

Posted 13th Mar 2026u/evil_septa_rat

Perhaps sharp humour is wasted on me

Posted 11th Mar 2026u/Chimneyfish

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Posted 8th Mar 2026u/AllegedlyLiterate

Ignatius J. Reilly wrote this

Posted 7th Mar 2026u/parrenmitchellfan

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