2020 is the year I don't force myself to slog through books that don't catch my attention in the first couple of reading sessions. On the face I figur2020 is the year I don't force myself to slog through books that don't catch my attention in the first couple of reading sessions. On the face I figured I would like this books, maybe it was the tropes, maybe it was the stereotypes, and maybe it just wasn't something I would enjoy no matter what, but I bounced off of this. After realizing I wasn't looking forward to reading what I can I only describe as a boringly competent R.A. Salvatore novel that I opted to put it on my DNF list....more
**spoiler alert** As much as I wanted to like it based on premise alone, I bounced off of this book hard. I gave a lot of thought to powering through,**spoiler alert** As much as I wanted to like it based on premise alone, I bounced off of this book hard. I gave a lot of thought to powering through, but decided if I wasnt enjoying it I should put it down.
For me it was a combination of the capricious nature of Jennesta, the rape/disembowelment scene, and the exposition in chapter 6 (combined with world specific terms that gave me no real clue as to the geography or world itself,) that really killed my desire to read this book in the first 75 pages.
I'm going to put this one down and file it to my Did Not Finish shelf, Stan Nichols' ORCS just isnt for me....more