Nicole's Reviews > Because of Ellison

Dnf at 60%

This is one of those times where I don't understand how I so thoroughly under-enjoyed this book (yes I made up a word) that everyone else seemed to love. I mean, I enjoyed Twilight for god's sake and yet I was bored senseless by this.

Ellison
I didn't like her. Not because she was a raging bitch to begin with, cos that didn't bother me, but because she was just such a non-event. She is kind and big-hearted and soft and likes animals and oh my god can we please give this girl some flaws (apart from the raging bitchiness that comes out every so often). I was also very unmoved by her philosophy - it seemed very forced to me.

Hunter
I didn't like him. He was a hot mess and really, he didn't have any non-irritating redeeming qualities. It's taken him this long and this girl who he's only just met to realise he is throwing his life away and what does he do? Screws it up again. And I'm already 60% into the book at this point.

The plot
I loved the prologue. I actually award that 4 stars because it was beautifully poignant, ignited my curiosity, pulled at my heart strings and made me want to dive into the rest of the book. Unfortunately between the prologue and the 60% mark I quickly lost interest and had to ask myself, do you really want to keep reading this? And that was that.

So overall, I acknowledge that this book may appeal to a lot of people. Maybe I'm missing something but I just couldn't bring myself to read another chapter.