Top Ten Tuesday: Books I’m Worried I Might Not Love the Second Time Around

By: Leah

Originally posted on Leah’s Books.

This week’s prompt is books I’m worried I might not love as much the second time around. This is such a great topic, because I have quite a few books that I feel this way about. Not all the books are going to be on this list for the same reason, and I’ll give a brief explanation for why each book landed on my list. 

1. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas. I know it’s weird that I’d put the second book in the series for this, but I didn’t love the first book as much as this one, and I’m worried that if I reread it, I might not love it as much knowing what is going to happen.
2. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. Similar to the book above, I don’t know if I would love it as much knowing all the twists, since the plot twists were so central to my enjoyment of the story.
3. Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume. I loved Judy Blume books growing up, and as I got older, I read her more mature books. This was one that I loved intensely as a teen, but I wonder if I’d still love it as much as an adult.
4. Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel. This was a book that I read multiple times throughout my teenage years and into my twenties, but I wonder if this is one of those books that didn’t age well. 
5. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. I remember reading this one as a teenager, and enjoying it immensely. But I wonder what I’d think of it as an adult.
6. Carrie by Stephen King. I’m worried about not loving this one the second time around because I don’t think it would age well. It was written in 1974, so there’s been a lot of time for it age, too.
7. The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe. It was rare that an assigned reading for high school English class was enjoyable, but I loved this one. And I’m a little worried that it just won’t hit the same now that I’m older and have changed so much.
8. The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. There’s something about unreliable narrators that is irresistible to me, but once I know the big twists in the story, it’s kind of hard for me to enjoy a book with the same abandon I did the first time around.
9. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. When I had gotten back into reading a few years ago, this book was very popular. I read it and liked it, but now that I’m more of a critical reader, I’m curious to see if I’d still feel the same way about it.
10. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena. Another great mystery story that I enjoyed immensely, although I’m not sure it would be as enjoyable the second time around when I already know what happens. Or I could just wait another year and probably forget it all anyway 🤣

What are some books that you are worried that you might not like as much a second time around? Have you read any of these books?