For me, the most recent book regret is Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. Predictable from the get-go, bland, boilerplate sci-fi ideas, too many of these way-too-convenient plot devices just to push the story forward. I frankly don’t get the hype, and I am a pretty big science fiction guy.
Another one is Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. I read this in college and this whole book should have been a one-page essay. It was too repetitive, and the whole premise of “trust in your snap judgments and gut reactions” is way too simplistic and honestly stupid. Like all Gladwell books, it was anecdotal, superficial, and a waste of time.
Ugh I didn’t like Dark Matter either. This might sound pretentious but I feel like it’s a book for people who haven’t read much sci-fi.
I read Dark Matter this summer and was initially very impressed by it, by how well thought out the plot seemed mostly… And half a year later I have no idea what the main character was called or what he was like.
It was a fun read, I enjoyed it - but I can barely recall anything.
Nothing wrong with that, but it isn’t something that will stay with you.