Ok I gave it my best. I’m not going to sit through another 9.5 hours of this, I literally can’t. The characterization is so wooden, the advenDNF @ 53%
Ok I gave it my best. I’m not going to sit through another 9.5 hours of this, I literally can’t. The characterization is so wooden, the adventure is derivative, and the dialogue is ridiculous. I don’t care about a single character in this story, and I don’t care how things play out on any level.
I guess this book is a product of its time, but it just isn’t enjoyable. I don’t DNF lightly, but 2020 has been unbearable enough without adding this book on to the shitheap....more
I’ve been reading this book since June. Now it’s almost October. This is so SO different from the first novel & I mean that in the worst way DNF @ 62%
I’ve been reading this book since June. Now it’s almost October. This is so SO different from the first novel & I mean that in the worst way possible.
This is full of what feels like meaningless posturing & arguments & back and forth between characters with no actual character development being built from it. I literally couldn’t care less what is happening in this book. I’m so disappointed, the first book had such potential and then this just went nowhere.
I don’t usually DNF easily, but reading this has been miserable for me. I’m glad so many of you were able to enjoy it but I just can’t force myself to try any longer....more
This breaks my heart but I am really super incredibly disinterested in this story. I drug myself this far & usually I like to give books til DNF @ 32%
This breaks my heart but I am really super incredibly disinterested in this story. I drug myself this far & usually I like to give books til the 50% mark before I throw my hands up & quit but I just don’t have anymore patience for this.
Pleasantly original concept but not enough for me to drudge through the boring ass set up. *sigh*...more
Ok I don't think I'm going to force myself to finish this one. It's not necessarily awful, it just isn't my type of book. I tried it out for DNF @ 50%
Ok I don't think I'm going to force myself to finish this one. It's not necessarily awful, it just isn't my type of book. I tried it out for my friend, but I just didn't connect with it like she did.
I'm bored out of my mind, and I don't find Vonnegut as funny as I expected to. Unfortunately I'm struggling not to compare him to Terry Pratchett, who is much more clever & fantastical with his social commentary and is much more my style....more
Alright, so this is doing absolutely nothing for me. It's dense with tech lingo & not incredibly compelling & so maybe I'll come back to it lDNF @ 15%
Alright, so this is doing absolutely nothing for me. It's dense with tech lingo & not incredibly compelling & so maybe I'll come back to it later....more
I will try and come back to this one. It was my Bookclub's pick for last month but we all struggled to stay engaged with it. For me the writinDNF @ 5%
I will try and come back to this one. It was my Bookclub's pick for last month but we all struggled to stay engaged with it. For me the writing style was really... tedious & not descriptive. Like, lots of words were on the page but I couldn't picture anything that was happening in my head.
Maybe some other time I'll give it a shot but right now it's gotta go back on the shelf....more
It has potential. I feel the potential. But the fucking Insta-love UGH. I don't understand DNF @ 18%
God I really hate to write a DNF review for this!
It has potential. I feel the potential. But the fucking Insta-love UGH. I don't understand these weird YA/NA crossover type books, it's like:
"We are going to mix everything you hate about YA with a healthy dose of sex, enjoy."
*eye roll*
I am going to try and pick this back up at a later date but for now I just really cannot bring myself to give two shits about the plot. I'm bored....more
This book was so fucking BORING! You want an author who can take the wonders of space, the uncertainty of life away from earth, the dangerous DNF: 35%
This book was so fucking BORING! You want an author who can take the wonders of space, the uncertainty of life away from earth, the dangerous and fascinating premises of extraterrestrial beings and make it less interesting than counting the paint dimples in your ceiling!? Arthur C. Clarke is your man, apparently. ...more
I just can't do this right now the first four were so good but this installment is drowning me in angst. I'm drowning, literally. There's noOh my god.
I just can't do this right now the first four were so good but this installment is drowning me in angst. I'm drowning, literally. There's no reason for Mac to be acting this damn sad & I despise reading from Dani's perspective...
Maybe later... but also maybe not since I've heard awful things about the later books in this series. :(...more
A young, notorious female assassin is thrust into a competition where she must fight for her freedomDNF @ 50%
This book was such a huge disappointment.
A young, notorious female assassin is thrust into a competition where she must fight for her freedom in exchange for service as the King's body guard? That sounds awesome, right? Too bad this book didn't deliver on that premise.
There's no way some badass assassin would have a giggly, carefree demeanor upon meeting Prince Dorian and Captain Chaol, these are both people she should loathe? This is not a girl who should notice how the sun shines in a boy's eyes or how cute he looks in his guard attire.
The author keeps harping on the idea that Celaena Sardothien is a top notch, tough as nails killer with little fear or inhibition, but hardly anything Celaena does actually reflects that.
She seems downright lighthearted to me. That's not to say an assassin can't be lighthearted to some degree, but I don't imagine a person who just spent a year in a slave camp where the typical survival rate is 2-3 months would possess this type of flippant, joking attitude.
I honestly did not care about any of the characters while I read this. I did not care who won the competition, and I did not care who won Celaena's heart. The author told me exactly how I should feel at every turn, but did little to SHOW me why I should feel that way.
I gave it a shot, but I'm not going to waste another 6 hours torturing myself with this audiobook....more
I just could not find myself caring for any of the characters at all. I listened to about 2 hours of the audiobook and nothing grabbed and keDNF @ 30%
I just could not find myself caring for any of the characters at all. I listened to about 2 hours of the audiobook and nothing grabbed and kept me locked into this story. The only part of this novel that I enjoyed was the writing style. I really like E. Lockhart, but this book wasn't for me. Maybe I'll pick up the hard copy & attempt it again later. But also, maybe not....more
Wow this was boring as all get out. I usually try to give books a little longer before giving up on them officially, but I can’t see myself wDNF @ 17%
Wow this was boring as all get out. I usually try to give books a little longer before giving up on them officially, but I can’t see myself wanting to return to this story, nor to these characters....more
Well the main issue is that this is boring the shit out of me. I meant to put this on my DNF shelf ages ago but I couldn't even be bothered tDNF @ 50%
Well the main issue is that this is boring the shit out of me. I meant to put this on my DNF shelf ages ago but I couldn't even be bothered to do that much because that is how bored I was.
I doubt I'll ever pick this up in the future but never say never....more
Mary ~Ravager of Tomes~
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