Predictable, unrealistic. A dog that comprehends more than a bunch of corrupted deputies together - the element, while interesting at the begDNF at 49%
Predictable, unrealistic. A dog that comprehends more than a bunch of corrupted deputies together - the element, while interesting at the beginning, becomes increasingly absurd as the plot unfolds - the good "guys" who bored me to death. The writing feels flat and uninspired. I personally can't recommend it, though I can imagine that it could find its audience, the reviews confirm that. ...more
Well, it was a big disappointment for me. I am glad it was not my first book by the author because for sure it would be the last one. For the most parWell, it was a big disappointment for me. I am glad it was not my first book by the author because for sure it would be the last one. For the most part of the book NOTHING happens - the characters are just walking around, talking and making uninteresting observations. I couldn't even name Exiles a mystery, I have no idea what it is supposed to be.
It lacks EVERYTHING that determines a good suspense and exciting read for me: BORING, no dynamic, no unexpected twists, a dull portrait of small town relationships. And please, what was THAT at the end?? REALLY?? Totally and utterly unbelievable. I won't recommend this book. ...more
For me this book is is proof of the fact that NOT EVERY successful novel necessarily needs a sequel. I adore the first book but I was bored DNF at 65%
For me this book is is proof of the fact that NOT EVERY successful novel necessarily needs a sequel. I adore the first book but I was bored to death with the second one. I honestly did everything to finish it, but...It is obvious that in this case "same same but different" doesn't work for me. As I see from the reviews it could be different for you, there are enough readers who found the second book even better, so you should probably give it a try.
Boring and weird: first person POV of nine year old boy reminded me rather of an older man with a fixed opinion and a build taste in all polDNF at 35%
Boring and weird: first person POV of nine year old boy reminded me rather of an older man with a fixed opinion and a build taste in all political, social and human questions.
If you like romance with a fairy tale atmosphere you'll enjoy it. I thought I would manage DNF at 40%
I am not a target audience for this book.
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If you like romance with a fairy tale atmosphere you'll enjoy it. I thought I would manage it up to the end - at least as an exception for the advent time - but then (view spoiler)[good ghosts (hide spoiler)] made an appearance and I knew, I am in the wrong genre book. ...more
I am not sure I've ever read anything by the author. If I did then it was at the time, when I yet hadn't documented my reading proces[image]
DNF at 55%
I am not sure I've ever read anything by the author. If I did then it was at the time, when I yet hadn't documented my reading process. I know that my mother sometimes picks up something by Sandra Brown, but I also know, she doesn't enjoy all her works -there are probably not enough vampires in her books for my mother's taste :) - though we've never discussed it.
What I know for sure, I am not going to read anything by the author in the future: her writing is not my cup of tea. I felt absolute nothing. ...more
This book has so many clichés (kids talking cliché, grieving cliché, stereotypical gay references - a lot of them!) and noDNF at 40% I am disappointed.
This book has so many clichés (kids talking cliché, grieving cliché, stereotypical gay references - a lot of them!) and not much of a plot for my taste.
I can imagine to like it as a movie, but I didn't enjoy reading it. There were a few sweet moments at the beginning but there were too less of a story to keep my interest high. The dialogues drove me literally nuts. By all respect, no one talks this way to kids. Not even a guncle.
Probably it is just a "me"-case, considering all these raving reviews......more
My rating is only for an unabridged audio book, German version. Probably only interesting for real fans of Stephen King, or for those readerDNF at 83%
My rating is only for an unabridged audio book, German version. Probably only interesting for real fans of Stephen King, or for those readers who read an edited book and loved it. Then you can try this one, for a change. If it is your first The Stand, stick with an old (edited) version. ...more
I have so many issues with this book!.. I'll come to it later (maybe). BTW, the title "Abused" would suit better considering the content of the b[image]
I have so many issues with this book!.. I'll come to it later (maybe). BTW, the title "Abused" would suit better considering the content of the book....more
I honestly didn't know when I picked up American Dirt that this book, since its release (or probably even before), was dividing reade[image]
DNF at 42%
I honestly didn't know when I picked up American Dirt that this book, since its release (or probably even before), was dividing readers into two camps: the ones who love it and just the opposite ones.
I wanted to read something similar to The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow and when I realized that American Dirt had nothing in common with a powerful top quality thriller with an epic comprehensive scope of the Mexican drug war, I decided to have a look at the reviews. That what I sometimes do if I need some last motivations before I abandon a book. It was when I saw how people fussed over it.
Well, actually it was the reason, why I decided to keep on reading: I don't like when readers post negative reviews based on everything possible except the book itself. I don't care who the author is coupled with, who she/he votes for, whatever they post on social media, what their political preferences are and whatever else. Honestly, I don't care.. I am interesting ONLY in the book itself: the content, the writing style, the characters development and how (or if at all) an author makes me feel.
I gave up at 42% because: - I found it extremely melodramatic and unrealistic (view spoiler)[ A cartel boss who fell in love with a book store owner and who spent some hours per week in her company to talk books. And the book owner who had no idea who he is, in spite of all body guards and armored limousines around him. Her son, Luca, started to talk at the age of four. But before "she patiently continued her efforts. Allende, Borges, Cervantes." She read Allende. Borges, Cervantes to a boy under 4 years old? (hide spoiler)] - I didn't connect with the main character. I found difficult to sympathize with Lydia. Her nativity (borders on stupidity) is beyond comprehension (view spoiler)[How could she NOT understand WHO her best friend was? Wasn't she married to one of the leading political journalist who wrote about cartels and their crimes? She needed to GOOGLE to realize what La Bestia was? REALLY? As a owner of a book store and a wife of a critical journalist? (hide spoiler)] - I found Spanish sentences that the author contentiously inserted into the plot very annoying. I don't speak Spanish, but the characters speak only Spanish (at least up to 42%), so there were no need to write some parts of dialogues in Spanish. - I found the writing mediocre. But it is all my subjective opinion.
I didn't DNF/abandon it because I blamed it racist (it is not!) or because Lydia is not a proper example of a Mexican female migrant (who decides who is a REAL one?!) or because I think that a white woman has no rights to write about a Mexican woman on the run (WTF??) - actually it is the most ridiculous argument in the whole debate, IMO. FYI- one of the favorite writers in my childhood was Karl May, his travel novels set in the American Old West (Winnetou I - IV and Old shatterhand), as well as in the Orient and Middle East. He wrote them without leaving Germany.
I am so glad he did it (wrote his great books), I can't imagine my childhood without his books. I DON'T CARE that he was not a NATIVE INDIAN but just a GERMAN author, actually I am proud of it....more
I thought about to put my few sentences in spoiler tags, then I re-read the premise - wondering about myself how could I miss it?!- I am conDNF at 16%
I thought about to put my few sentences in spoiler tags, then I re-read the premise - wondering about myself how could I miss it?!- I am confident that it is not a spoiler, THAT is said in the fitst sentence: the protagonist dies at 16%. So we have up to 16% a living protagonist and then a dead one. If you like this kind of telling- it reminded me immediately of The Lovely Bones you would probably enjoy it, I hate it. A dead protagonist outside the paranormal genre is a no-go for me. ...more
No. Not for me. So dated! The language, the story, the characters, everything!.. Not to mention the writing (an awful mixture of being poor and out-DNF
No. Not for me. So dated! The language, the story, the characters, everything!.. Not to mention the writing (an awful mixture of being poor and out-dated). I don't think I would have liked it even if I had read it 30 years ago. I have to add, that sci-fi is not my genre, but I could sometimes enjoy it. Not this one. Just no. The movie will be enough for me.
Note: I tried this book in three different languages, all of them were bad. ...more
I read it long ago, actually the whole family was waiting for a new book by the author to be released. The paperback went from me to my husband, to myI read it long ago, actually the whole family was waiting for a new book by the author to be released. The paperback went from me to my husband, to my parents and to my brother's family (that is how it was in the old good time!...more
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