Top Ten Tuesday - Unpopular Bookish opinions

Welcome Back! Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by thatartsyreadergirl. This week the top is unpopular bookish opinions, was submitted by Kaitlin Galvan at somehowimanageablog.

I don't think I have that many unpopular opinions, but We'll see if I can get to ten. I do not mean this to be a personal attack. I know some of these will get into beloved areas of book community, so take these as just my opinions.

1- I have only read one Harry Potter book, and will probably never read the rest.

Yes, I know how odd this makes me sound. I was a Twilight kid, and I preferred those over Harry Potter. I have see all the movies, and I want to read Fantastic Beast, as I believe I will love that world and those characters more.

2- I hate mystery and horror novels.

I know how odd this might sound to some people. I'm just not a fan because they creep me out and I am more skittish than most people. This is a beloved genre, so I think this is an Unpopular opinion? The exception to this rule might be Sadie, Truly Devious,  Stalking Jack the Ripper, or if an author I really loved is writing one and I know going in

3- I don't usually DNF a book.

Only twice in my life have I not finished a book. The first time was a big book of Lewis Carroll stories. I was not feeling it after Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking  Glass. I might pick this book back up, and maybe it was the story I was on, but I was just so bored with it. The other book was Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I stopped about 40 pages from the end. The reason for not finishing this one was the fact that I did not understand where the book was going on, and I couldn't follow the characters. In addition, I didn't particularly like or care about the characters in the story. I feel watching a movie of this might help because I will be able to see which character the scene is referencing.   I feel like the book blogging community DNF's a lot of books, so this is an unpopular opinion.

4- I never rate a book below 3 stars.

Truly, I don't even think I have a 3 or 3.5 star read on my Goodreads Shelf.  I need to be more critical with my ratings; I know this, and yet, I still can't bring myself to drop a rating for fear the author will see it and feel bad. Around the book community, I see  some two star or even one star ratings.
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5- I will never read a full romance novel.

I know this genre has more of a name than just romance, I'm just not sure what it is. Anyway, I need more to a novel than just the romance between two characters. I am not saying that these don't have other relationships or character development; I am saying that for me; it doesn't seem like something that would catch my attention, or capture my interests. If this is your favorite genre, that's fine but it's not for me.

6- I will never read a paranormal novel or a straight ghost story.

See number two. I know these aren't the same thing, but honestly I think I'll be too scared to read anything in this genre as well.

7- I love hype.

I saw someone else say this when I was reading what the rest of you had said. I thought it was popular to love hype and be happy when an author is doing well and making money off a book? Maybe I'm just not as active in the part of the community where people don't like hype? Anyway, hype is great and only makes me want to read a book more.

8- Turtles All the Way Down is my favorite John Green novel.

I'm a fan of John Green. While reading this morning I saw that some people didn't like this novel, so I feel this might be an unpopular opinion? Anyway, this was the best novel in my opinion because it differed from his other works. I enjoy all of John Green's characters, but I have a special place in my heart for Aza.

9- I don't get the hype with Cassandra Clare.

Here is where I dodge the things that people are virtually throwing at me.  I read City of Bones and I was meh about it. Sure, I rated it as four stars, but I didn't want to continue with the massive amounts of books TMI is. Maybe it is that I read the book as an adult who at the time, had really only read A Court of Thorns and Roses series, or was in the middle of reading them for the first time. I don't know what I was expecting going into City of Bones, but I didn't  find what I wanted. Dare I say it, the TV show did a better job, and I haven't even seen the whole thing, or even every single episode. What I watched I felt was miles better than what I read in the book. Maybe I'll give them another try to love them, but for now, I just don't understand the hype with Cassandra Clare.

10- I don't like Epic Fantasy

I think some people call this High Fantasy? I'm not  talking the fantasy books you see referenced here all the time, I love those and will continue to read those authors.  What I am speaking about is The Lord of the Rings, and Game of Thrones. I have the Game of Thrones Ebooks, some of them anyway, but for me I need a little more character less world building in these fantasies. By this, I mean these fantasies have these intricate detailed worlds filled with magic systems, creatures, story, and action that I find it hard to wrap my head around. I need a smaller, or at least easier to follow world, and characters and relationships that I can relate to in order to read the novel. I want to get back into Game of Thrones, so I might change my mind on this, but for now this genre is not for me.