BookTok users filmed themselves crying after reading the book, but I honestly didn’t cry at all.

I felt like this novel dragged on forever. “They Both Die At The End” by Adam Silvera.This book has many twists and turns that any mystery lover would enjoy. It takes place during the summer in the Hamptons, and is about a girl who admits to killing another girl, but something doesn’t entirely add up. Read “ I Killed Zoe Spanos” by Kit Frick instead.

It focuses on a girl and her cousins who don’t contribute anything to the storyline. The writing is often choppy and the plot is clever, but not well-rendered. This book did not live up to its BookTok hype. I will explain why a book isn’t worth the hype and recommend another book to read instead. If you’re looking for a book to read and are worried that what you’ll choose won’t be as satisfying as you had hoped, don’t worry at all. “ the bones of a powerful story but reads like a low budget Hallmark movie pushed forward by ridiculous plot revelations.” “ I was so excited for this book because people on tiktok were saying it is better than ACOTAR (A Court of Thorns and Roses)… I was wary, but still hopeful. “ If I had expected less, I probably would have enjoyed it more” They take to Goodreads, writing reviews such as: Users repeatedly praise authors and their books, and get very excited over their favorite novel.īut often, readers are highly disappointed by the trending recommendations. Though many users populate the subculture, people recommend specific novels repetitively, sometimes promoting books so frequently that they are household names among the book community. Many teens are beginning to read just because of BookTok, and if you’re looking for a book to read, the best place to start is often on BookTok or Bookstagram.Īs I swiped through BookTok, I found a common pattern.

BookTok began spreading to other social media sites such as Instagram (Bookstagram), Twitter (booktwt), and Reddit ( r/books ), garnering over 75.1 billion views on TikTok as of 2022.īook recommendations are still a main focus of book social media. One of the driving forces of book sales, the TikTok subculture known as #BookTok started as a small online community focused on book recommendations and reviews. Even if you didn’t picture either of those novels, it’s certain that you may have heard of them somewhere, likely on TikTok. What comes to mind when you think of a popular book? You might envision the young adult romance “The Summer I Turned Pretty” by Jenny Han, or perhaps “It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover.

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