First off, I would like to start that none of these books listed as a DNF have to do with the author and more that it was not my thing. I am not discouraging anybody from picking up these books because you never know what book is the one that holds magic for you.
The DNF's
1. Hysteria by Elisabeth De Mariaffi. I DNFed this book because I could not follow along with what was going on in the beginning and what it has to do with the character's child finding another.
2. The Alchemist by Michael Scott. I thought it was a historical book, but it ended up being a letter at the beginning and then onto modern times with a girl that is not even mentioned in the blurb. I had to reread the summary many times from different sources because it felt like I was reading a different book. I couldn't figure out what was going on and I have reached that point in my writing life where it is not worth trying to figure out what authors want the readers to know.
3. These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch is odd because it's the type of book I love yet for some reason every time I opened the book I was left with a sense of dread and it became a chore just to read the book. Also, skipped to the ending to see if I could entice myself to read the whole book and the ending is so confusing.
4. Satellite by Nick Lake. Usually I love his books, but this one started off with all of my reading pet peeves which prohibited me from reading farther than page three. I think the incorrect grammar was meant to further bring about the world building, but I couldn't stop my brain from trying to edit all of the grammar to enjoy it.
5. The Orphan's Song by Lauren Kate. This kills me because Lauren is my favourite author and I love her books dearly. However, this book had so many plot holes from the very beginning of the book and so many inconsistencies that I could not bring myself to read past chapter 2. I will say that I did love Milo and wished the book was solely on his point of view. I also wished that the beginning was the end because damn the last 10% of the book was amazing.
6. Rag Doll by Daniel Cole. This book disappointed me because it sounded awesome. Who wouldn't love to read a book where a body is found sewn up of different victims and the detective in the case is the next victim? I was all down for it but the beginning was about this random chick being a part of a jury for a case we know nothing about and it continues for almost the entire prologue. I tried holding out because I was hoping either she would become part of the Rag Doll or is the one who finds the body, but the prologue held no excitement or intrigue for me to find out because it was taking too long to get to the crime.
7. Star Crossed by Pintip Dunn. This is more of a could not stand the main character so had to DNF on account of Princess Vela being too far whiny because I could have kept reading it if she was not in it.
8. Rules for being a Girl by Candace Bushnell and Katie Cotugno. This book was so slow and I kept wishing that it didn't try to do all of this backstory and started off with bang here is the incident that caused people not to believe her. Sprinkle the backstory in-between so the readers can decide "oh hey, that's something people normally do". And do not get me started on Marin for a girl who is supposed to be smart and know all the rules she is pretty clueless. I skipped to the ending which was weird, but strangely cute and I loved Grey (or is it Gray?) at least he tried that's all I can say.
9. Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles. I know this is not the popular opinion, but the beginning was so slow that I was starting to fall asleep and it sucks because I was excited especially since I had just finished reading The Phantom of The Opera which this book is supposed to be based about. And the ending just felt like it was missing something for me. I couldn't connect to any of the characters (it's usually the point to stop reading when any of the characters could die a horrible tragic death and you would rejoice in it or just not give a damn about it).
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