DNF @ 36%. Honestly I almost feel like I already wasted too much time on this. But I kept thinking "ah it's short and I'm sure it'll get more interestDNF @ 36%. Honestly I almost feel like I already wasted too much time on this. But I kept thinking "ah it's short and I'm sure it'll get more interesting soon". Over a third into it I can say.. no, it did not. It's just really booooring. The theatre aspect is falling flat because I feel like we see a lot of "I just had a really horrible rehearsal" or "The way she acted was so sincere" (these are made up quotes, whatever, you get it) but not the real PROCESS of acting and rehearsing which is what I wanted from it. And don't get me started on the romance. Over a third into it we're still at the exact same point we started at? Both like each other AND THEY KNOW IT and they're already involved but they don't wanna date because they don't wanna get hurt... guurl, your ass is already in too deep, you're gonna get hurt anyway. JUST MAKE OUT ALREADY.
Overall nothing about this book is exactly BAD (so far) but it was just really, REALLY boring.
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DNF @ 36%. Honestly I almost feel like I already wasted too much time on this. But I kept thinking "ah it's short and I'm sure it'll get more interesting soon". Over a third into it I can say.. no, it did not. It's just really booooring. The theatre aspect is falling flat because I feel like we see a lot of "I just had a really horrible rehearsal" or "The way she acted was so sincere" (these are made up quotes, whatever, you get it) but not the real PROCESS of acting and rehearsing which is what I wanted from it. And don't get me started on the romance. Over a third into it we're still at the exact same point we started at? Both like each other AND THEY KNOW IT and they're already involved but they don't wanna date because they don't wanna get hurt... guurl, your ass is already in too deep, you're gonna get hurt anyway. JUST MAKE OUT ALREADY.
Overall nothing about this book is exactly BAD (so far) but it was just really, REALLY boring....more
Update February 2018: I mean my DNF review still stands except I now don't feel bad about disliking it anymore. Tristina Wright is a trash person.
DNF Update February 2018: I mean my DNF review still stands except I now don't feel bad about disliking it anymore. Tristina Wright is a trash person.
DNF at 37%. It's not you, it's me.. I think? I just absolutely cannot get into this at all. I feel horrible because this is such a diverse read and I was really looking forward to it.. but I just don't think anybody is gonna benefit from me trying to force my way through this book right now. Maybe I'll give it another try when the sequel comes out? I just feel like over a third into this I still don't know enough about the characters. So much action has already happened and I feel like the characters kinda fall flat because of it.. like I even have a hard time trying to remember who is who. I think it's so hard to differentiate between the different POVs too. I was just not having an enjoyable reading experience at all :(
I received an ARC through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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Update February 2018: I mean my DNF review still stands except I now don't feel bad about disliking it anymore. Tristina Wright is a trash person.
DNF at 37%. It's not you, it's me.. I think? I just absolutely cannot get into this at all. I feel horrible because this is such a diverse read and I was really looking forward to it.. but I just don't think anybody is gonna benefit from me trying to force my way through this book right now. Maybe I'll give it another try when the sequel comes out? I just feel like over a third into this I still don't know enough about the characters. So much action has already happened and I feel like the characters kinda fall flat because of it.. like I even have a hard time trying to remember who is who. I think it's so hard to differentiate between the different POVs too. I was just not having an enjoyable reading experience at all :(
I received an ARC through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review....more
Trigger and Content Warnings for cancer, loss of a loved one, rape & sexual assault (over and over again, often described in very gratuitous detail), Trigger and Content Warnings for cancer, loss of a loved one, rape & sexual assault (over and over again, often described in very gratuitous detail), violence, domestic abuse, arranged marriage, stockholm syndrome(?), human trafficking, burns, amputation.
DNF @ 68%
I just couldn't finish it. It was genuinely disturbing. I was excited to read about the friendship and I LOVED everything about that, truly thinking this was going to be a 5 star read but after like 30% or so it was just.. terrible scene after terrible scene. I have read books (especially non-fiction) with lots of terrible things happening to someone but this felt.. exploitative? I don't know what word to use but I just thought that the way that things were described (and were so over and over again) was too much....more
My audiobook loan ran out at around 35%? and... I think I'm just not invested enough to ever pick this back up.My audiobook loan ran out at around 35%? and... I think I'm just not invested enough to ever pick this back up....more
DNF at 18%, sadly just wasn't for me! I found the beginning interesting enough but after putting the audiobook down for a couple of days I had no urgeDNF at 18%, sadly just wasn't for me! I found the beginning interesting enough but after putting the audiobook down for a couple of days I had no urge to pick it back up!
DNF @ 25%????? Tried to get into it three times overall and couldn't. Whenever I would stop, I had no motivation to pick it back up. That's really allDNF @ 25%????? Tried to get into it three times overall and couldn't. Whenever I would stop, I had no motivation to pick it back up. That's really all there is to it....more
DNF at 28%. If there is any sort of retelling that I constantly reach for, however many times it has been done, it is a Peter Pan retelling. The WendyDNF at 28%. If there is any sort of retelling that I constantly reach for, however many times it has been done, it is a Peter Pan retelling. The Wendy seemed really unique, so I was excited to check it out. Sadly, nothing about the story really drew me in and I found the characters to be quite forgettable, even though I technically already know them.
I do still think this is a very unique story as far as Peter Pan retellings go but ultimately there just wasn't much about this story that interested me. And after putting it down for a couple of days, nothing was motivating me to pick it back up.
LISTEN, I always thought this book wouldn't really be for me and I was right. I still wanted to give it a chance cause of the #DivinersReadalDNF @ 42%
LISTEN, I always thought this book wouldn't really be for me and I was right. I still wanted to give it a chance cause of the #DivinersReadalong but almost halfway through and I'm still waiting to get into it :( I also.. don't think the audiobook is as amazing as everyone says it is? January LaVoy is a great narrator but having listened to 42 audiobooks so far this year, it genuinely didn't stand out to me particularly.
FEEL FREE TO DRAG ME IN THE COMMENTS, I SHALL IGNORE IT!
two attempts of reading this and somewow couldn't get past the 150 page mark. I really thought I was gonna love it but I just had trouble getting intotwo attempts of reading this and somewow couldn't get past the 150 page mark. I really thought I was gonna love it but I just had trouble getting into it. I think I just wasn't vibing with the writing style? Sad to miss out on what seems like an amazing story but sometimes you just gotta admit defeat at a certain point ...more
DNF @ 30%. I feel like I have come to a point where I just need to make a... corona-dnf shelf because there is just certain books that I certainly couDNF @ 30%. I feel like I have come to a point where I just need to make a... corona-dnf shelf because there is just certain books that I certainly could've pushed through if the world wasn't the way that it is. I have always been someone who doesn't really hold back on not finishing books but books like Reverie suffer a little bit from the times that we live in and the way that I just really want to enjoy what I'm reading or at least feel like I am getting SOMETHING out of it... and I also haven't had a 5 star read in ages and I'm just so sick of mediocre reads ...more
DNF at 47%. I hated the crude language and all the boners and jerking off in Ben's chapters. I don't wanna read about dicks at all unless it's romanceDNF at 47%. I hated the crude language and all the boners and jerking off in Ben's chapters. I don't wanna read about dicks at all unless it's romance novels 💁🏼♀️ and I literally found nothing about this intriguing enough to want to push through all of that....more
DNF at 27%. I was no longer sure if I still wanted to read this and decided to just give the audiobook a chance but this book was just not for me whatDNF at 27%. I was no longer sure if I still wanted to read this and decided to just give the audiobook a chance but this book was just not for me whatsoever. I also wouldn't necessarily recommend the audiobook for this reading experience because I don’t think that the voice of the narrator and the tone in which they read it really fit the book or rather it just very much immediately creates a certain atmosphere that didn't fit for me personally.
I remember really enjoying this when I picked it up a couple of years ago but I got into a reading slump at the time so never finished it. FoDNF @ 43%
I remember really enjoying this when I picked it up a couple of years ago but I got into a reading slump at the time so never finished it. For some reason I wasn't into this at all this time around. I did listen to the audiobook so maybe that was a factor but I just didn't at all find myself invested with the characters or the storyline....more
Sadly I had real issues getting into this book. I was drawn in by the cover and the fact that there is a sapphic relationship but I just found the begSadly I had real issues getting into this book. I was drawn in by the cover and the fact that there is a sapphic relationship but I just found the beginning of this book very chewy. I think this is definitely one of those "it's not you, it's me" situations but sadly this just didn't grab my attention like I hoped it would!...more
DNF @ 52%! There's so much wrong with this book, there's so much right with this book. It's honestly just one big old mess but I couldn't push throughDNF @ 52%! There's so much wrong with this book, there's so much right with this book. It's honestly just one big old mess but I couldn't push through this any longer just because I found the characters sooo annoying. Like it was literally exhausting to read from their perspectives....more
argh, it's been happening to me a little bit too frequently these days that I borrow an audiobook on Libby, don't get to finish it before I hDNF @ 25%
argh, it's been happening to me a little bit too frequently these days that I borrow an audiobook on Libby, don't get to finish it before I have to return it and by the time I am able to check it out again, I have lost interest. Sadly this ended up being the case with this one too. I LOVED the beginning and the concept of it.. but after a little bit it lost me and I think the POVs became too many for me too, so that I just ended up being confused....more
DNF at 27% I CAN'T!! I JUST CAN'T!!!! This is like my third or fourth time trying to get into this book. This is sooo boring and I am not invested in tDNF at 27% I CAN'T!! I JUST CAN'T!!!! This is like my third or fourth time trying to get into this book. This is sooo boring and I am not invested in these characters whatsoever. Something about the way that Adrienne Young writes characters and even the world building is just not working for me at all and knowing that even a lot of people who enjoyed the author's debut novel are not really vibing with this, leaves me with no motivation whatsoever to finish this.
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