Worst Books:
- The Earth Kingdom Chronicles: The Tale of Azula by Michael Teitelbaum
- Whisper of Death by Christopher Pike
- The Book of Deacon by Joseph R. Lallo
- Only the Ring Finger Knows, Vol. 1: The Lonely Ring Finger by Satoru Kannagi
- The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie - I seem to be in the minority here. I've seen this recommended so often, by so many people, that I've found myself wondering if we all read the same book.
- Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within by Jane Jensen
- Heart Dance by Robin D. Owens
Worst Graphic Novels (Manga, etc.):
Although my links go to the whole series, the entire series might not have been bad - it was just that certain volumes were bad enough to prompt me to include the series in my "worst" list.
- Black Gate (manga series) by Yukiko Sumiyoshi
- I Am Alice: Body Swap in Wonderland (manga series) by Visualworks, illustrated by Ayumi Kanou - Volume 3 landed this series on the list.
- Flower in a Storm (manga series) by Shigeyoshi Takagi
- Aron's Absurd Armada (manhwa series) by MiSun Kim - The series got better in volume 2, but volume 1 was bad enough that I wouldn't have continued reading if I hadn't already owned the second volume.
- Kizumonogatari: Wound Tale by Nisioisin, read by Keith Silverstein, Eric Kimerer, and Cristina Vee - This is one of those odd cases where the audio aspects were actually really good, but the book itself was so awful that it didn't matter.
- He's Just Not That Into You (live action movie)
- Attack on Titan: The Movie, Part 1 (live action movie)
- Black Butler (live action movie)
- Keanu (live action movie)
- Final Girl (live action movie)
Honorable Mentions:
- Dramaworld (live action TV series) - I never wrote a post about this one or even managed to finish it, but I still feel like it should be included on this list. The premise made me extremely uncomfortable. A white girl who's a huge fan of Korean dramas gets sucked into Dramaworld, a fictional world where all Korean dramas take place. People are magically able to understand her, and she them, via automatically generated subtitles. The main character is supposed to act as a background facilitator of the romances that drive Dramaworld, but she promptly inserts herself into a prominent romantic story. This review does a great job of detailing how incredibly awful this setup is.
- I kind of want to list Yuri!!! on Ice here, which would make it the first series to ever appear on both my "Best of the year" and "Worst of the year" lists. I enjoyed it too much to call it one of the worst shows I watched in 2016, but I don't think it's unfair to say it was one of my biggest disappointments. This part in an interview with the creator, in particular, irked me: (about the kiss/hug) "As for me, I don’t want to say 'this is what actually happened' and force an interpretation on people. Everyone can imagine the future they want to believe in that scene, and I won’t stop them (LOL)."
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