I'm just throwing in the towel. It's a decent story with good characters and worldbuilding, I just don't care. It's been going and going andDNF at 84%
I'm just throwing in the towel. It's a decent story with good characters and worldbuilding, I just don't care. It's been going and going and going and my attention is drifting further and further away.
Not a bad book, or a bad audio, I just need to move to something else before it triggers another reading slump....more
Received an audiobook ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley.
DNF @ 24%
This is an interesting concept, but between the narration and thReceived an audiobook ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley.
DNF @ 24%
This is an interesting concept, but between the narration and the overall flow of the story I'm having a difficult time concentrating. So I'm moving on to other things... ...more
I was provided an e-copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
This book is well written and interesting, it just isn't my cup ofDNF @ 61%
I was provided an e-copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
This book is well written and interesting, it just isn't my cup of coffee right now. I'm trying not to force myself through books I'm not enjoying, as that will only bog down my overall reading and make it a chore to do so.
If the blurb of this one looks good, I'd recommend giving it a try. It'll hit the right chords for someone, just didn't for me this time around.
I was provided an e-copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
This book is well written and interesting, it just isn't my cup of DNF @28%
I was provided an e-copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
This book is well written and interesting, it just isn't my cup of coffee right now. I'm trying not to force myself through books I'm not enjoying, as that will only bog down my overall reading and make it a chore to do so.
If the blurb of this one looks good, I'd recommend giving it a try. It'll hit the right chords for someone, just didn't for me this time around.
DNF'd at 35%. I'm just not feeling this. The story is decent enough and I love the idea of a gritty, realistic, Welsh Robin Hood. The execution is jusDNF'd at 35%. I'm just not feeling this. The story is decent enough and I love the idea of a gritty, realistic, Welsh Robin Hood. The execution is just falling flat, and there's too much out there I want to read to continue reading a book I don't care about.
There's something off about this writing. While I wouldn't necessarily call it bad, it feels forced. Like the author is making a conscious effort to "dumb down" his narrative to make it YA. It ends up reading about as flat as a poorly done translation from a foreign language.
So yeah, I don't think this fails because it is YA. I think it fails because the author isn't writing YA well. I have no idea how his writing is for his "adult" books, but this didn't give me a lot of incentive to try any....more
I just can't. I switched to audio because the narrative was boring me, but it was worse. Hearing the words done in bad dialogue had me ready to pull mI just can't. I switched to audio because the narrative was boring me, but it was worse. Hearing the words done in bad dialogue had me ready to pull my ears off....more
I even like the narration. The reader has a nice feel for the Malazan world and it's easy to follow along and relax witI really like this book. A lot.
I even like the narration. The reader has a nice feel for the Malazan world and it's easy to follow along and relax with. The only thing I'd say to the negative is that he could use some speeding up.
So even enjoying the audio, I'm moving away from it. The book is just too big and at this speed will take too long. I've read the book, so I was just trying the audio out to see how it was. I don't need a full re-read to get back to the point I left off the Malazan series. ...more
I received a free copy of this book through the First Reads program at Good Reads. I also was given an eARC by NetGalley.
While I appreciate these freeI received a free copy of this book through the First Reads program at Good Reads. I also was given an eARC by NetGalley.
While I appreciate these freebies, I shouldn't have clicked those buttons to put myself in the running for them. I started this book tonight, and was quickly going, "eh..wtf?"
It's just...no...
Earlier this year I read a book called The Book. It was a dystopian near-future tale about electronic reading devices replacing real books and eventually controlling what we think, etc. I don't want to compare this to that (I'll get to that in a minute), but some of that basic plot is here again. Or so it would seem, if I could understand the plot.
I also don't want to compare them because this is well written. I mean, I can't understand it, with all the big words and gimmicky language, but I can at least see that this author knew what she was doing. She had genuine fun crafting a story of language with language through language. Or something. I don't get it, but I can see that it's done well.
The Book was just rubbish. I won't even mention the author, as I don't feel this is the place to criticize his work. Or rather, his piece of dystopian paranoid claptrap filled with spelling and grammar errors.
This book obviously had some hard work put into it. That's why I feel kinda bad not continuing with it. But since I don't get it, and can see that it's just going to annoy me and take a huge amount of time away from my reading schedule, I'm going to take a pass.
Thanks go out to the publisher for the freebies. I do appreciate them. ...more
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