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I Read the Lowest-Rated Reese's Book Club Pick—Here's My Honest Review

goodreads reviewers did not hold back

Sarah Stiefvater

By Sarah Stiefvater

Published Apr 29, 2025

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A few weeks ago, I read and reviewed the highest-rated (according to Goodreads) Reeses’s Book Club book, Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale. Unsurprisingly, considering its scores of diehard fans, I really enjoyed it, and it got me thinking: What’s the lowest-rated Reese’s Book Club pick? And does it deserve to be judged so harshly? In the name of research, I picked up The Jetsetters, a novel by Amanda Eyre Ward that has a 3.08 rating on Goodreads (compared to The Nightingale’s 4.64), and while it wasn’t the best book I’ve read recently, I don’t think it deserves that lowest-rated spot. Here’s the deal.

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