Will Thornton's Reviews > Intermezzo

Thank god it wasn’t just me !!!

Me too, only making it to page 11, sentences with 4 words...not me

I think I'm there right now, but in terms of metaphors, I have to look closer but I don't think I noticed any similes at all (which could be ok) and there is no metaphorical or figurative language at all. And as for introspection, there's a lot of interior monologue but I dont see much introspection. I mean everyone thinks, but is everyone introspective?

I agree! I got to page 124 and it was so slow, droning on with words that just talk in circles about nothing. So disappointing I was excited to read this but couldn’t get through any longer had to DROP

Agree, DNF for me as well. Life is too short to read something that feels like such a slog to get through!

I'm trying to fight on. I haven't DNF a book in a while. But life is short and there are better books for me to read.

My god I wanted to kill myself too

OKAY!!! I am ditching it also on page 125. Thank you all for your comment.

Thank god it’s not just me, I’m so incredibly bored, I’m on page 140 and I can’t do it.

I couldn’t make it past the first few pages. I don’t understand this style of writing. It hurts my brain.

Chelsea’s “It hurts my brain” resonates!

I’m on page 75 and really battling I’ve been picking it up and putting it down all week. I’ve come here to read the reviews to see if I should persevere. I think it may be a dnf as can’t stand the short sharp two/three word sentences

It does put me to sleep during my nightly wake-ups!

I got to page 9!

I got to page 300. It was awful. I'll NEVER trust social media to buy books ever again.

Page 206…and I’ve not enjoyed a bit of it. I’m about to give up on my resolve to finish this mess.

I wish i had stopped, it just got more & more tedious & the end was a joke!

Well, that's not good! I have one of hers queued up on Audio. If I'm lucky it will put me to sleep!

I got to 237 and honestly found 10 pages interesting then it lost me again

I made the mistake of ordering the hardcover on Amazon earlier today then realised I should’ve read a kindle sample first. I couldn’t even get past the first 2 pages, it’s like I’m reading a draft. The fanfictions I wrote at the ripe age of 13 were written better than this book. Respectfully!

I couldn’t read it so I tried the audio and got to chapter 8-I can’t wait for it to be over!

I have also started this and absolutely hate it so far. I think I need DNF - the writing style is killing me.

So spot on!!! I have came to conclusion that its me. Dnfed halfway, I just dont enjoy relationships and yaps between people I don't care about. Just not my thing. I need more conflict. I need to feel something, this just bores me, like listening to a strangers conversation on a bus and not having earphones to mute it

I'm with all of you. Page 80. Ugh!!!

I attempted giving this book a try via both reading and audio and simply could not get past the urge of falling asleep. It was simply blah. Trust me I tried and tried thinking something could would happen that would capture my attention and nope. I made it to chapter 12 which is 63 percent of the book so its safe to say that I tried.

Well guys, it’s a slow read. Take the time to enjoy the writing!

I'm listening to the audiobook but i'm having a tough time as well. What really gave me the ick as well was that sex scene with Ivan. Not because of the sex itself - it was depressing and short, and after he came he didn't waste a single thought on making her come as well, so it wasn't good but it wasn't as bad as anything by stephen king - but because of how gross they were afterwards. They didn't wash themselves, he put the used condom on the damn carpet "to throw it away tomorrow" and the next day she just put on her old undies the other way around and declined to take a shower? If she doesn't get a bladder infection I'm kinda impressed

I agree with you. I couldn’t finish it either.

I'm up to page 140 and Peter's section is unreadable, I thought it was just my poor comprehension but it is terribly hard to deciper what parts are dialogue, internal monologue and general commentary on the setting/scene of events. The book is not interesting enough for me to continue, at this rate, I will use it to battle my persistent insomnia.

exactly!!!

That's exactly how I felt reading this book. I finally put it down around page 100. I just could not go on with it.

I only got to page 14

Didn't even get that far.

this is literally how i felt 60 pages in

I didn’t even last 100 pages. The audible version may have been worse!!! Hahahababa

Yay! I got to page 68 and wondered if it was just me. Glad to see it isn't!

Try reading Knausgaard

Same! I am on page 191 and my husband just asked how my book is going. I told him I hated it, wished I was done and that it was making me depressed. Time to move on.

Glad to see I'm not the only one. I've only made it to page 16. I can't handle not having quotation marks. Is something being said aloud? Is it an inside thought? I don't know because there is no distinction!

omg, same! couldn't finish it, it was so boring!

I made it to page 300. Someone clap for me because wow it only got worse

Luckily I borrowed it from the library. So I didn’t waste my money