I’ve officially hit a reading rough patch – two dnf’s in a row. I knew I was in trouble when this was the opening paragraph;
‘DNF @ 10% - No Rating.
I’ve officially hit a reading rough patch – two dnf’s in a row. I knew I was in trouble when this was the opening paragraph;
‘The sky is the darkest I’ve ever seen it. Darker than it is in the city, darker than any destination I’ve visited on vacation.’
And apparently the narrator of this chapter would usually be scared of such darkness in any other situation except in this instance she finds it romantic. She then leaves her tent to climb to the top of a cliff to take the perfect shot with her camera even though it’s pitch black?? Also, she doesn’t really trust anyone she’s camping with so naturally she’s pushed off the cliff. And that’s the prologue over.
Never Trust the Husband has a 4.18 average rating on Goodreads, so other readers have enjoyed it, but I can’t get my head around the way it’s written, and with so many books on my tbr I’m moving on.
I’d like to thank Netgalley, Bookouture, and Jessica Payne for the e-ARC....more
It pains me to give up on this one as I normally enjoy this author’s work, and The Only One Left contains so many gothic elementDNF @ 20% - No Rating!
It pains me to give up on this one as I normally enjoy this author’s work, and The Only One Left contains so many gothic elements that I normally love. But it’s so slow, and Kit’s voice is really irritating me – I feel she’s written as far too modern for 1983, and especially considering she’s a thirty-one-year-old woman in the early eighties. I can’t imagine anyone balking over having to wear a uniform, all being offended over being asked to address a patient as Miss Hope rather than Lenora, back then. Also, it just doesn’t feel like 1983 – a walkman is described as brick-like (as opposed to what?) and there are many other similar consistencies that I just can’t overlook. The one flashback I read in Lenora’s POV is the only part I really liked.
I’d like to thank Netgalley, Hodder & Stoughton, and Riley Sager for the e-ARC....more
If you’re going to write a book about a new global pandemic with unusual, unheard of symptoms I highly recomDNF. NO RATING!
I just can’t read any more!
If you’re going to write a book about a new global pandemic with unusual, unheard of symptoms I highly recommend you don’t open with a scene where the virus is in full swing, and everyone is in the know – except the reader – who has no idea what is going on in what turned into a very long scene with people acting crazy with no explanation given. I shouldn’t have to read the synopsis for a book to make sense. My opinion – only a really short teaser scene would’ve worked here.
Then we rewind to four days earlier where a girl is described as an ‘irate fourteen year old girl” and two paragraphs later it’s her father who’s an ‘irate thirty nine year old man’. Give me a break! Moving onto the dialogue, which was awful and stilted, making it impossible for me to give a hoot about characters who talk nonsense.
This one is receiving rave early reviews, so I’m definitely in the minority, but I just can’t read another 90% so I’m giving up.
I’d like to thank Netgalley, Random House UK, and Simon Mayo for the e-ARC.
The first chapter was intriguing and exciting, but from then on the writing alternated between succinct sentences (which had me struggling toDNF @ 20%
The first chapter was intriguing and exciting, but from then on the writing alternated between succinct sentences (which had me struggling to connect with characters) and long-winded explanations of investigation techniques.
I increased the audiobook speed, but even that didn’t help.
I’ve heard the second half is better, but with so many books on my tbr, I can’t wait that long....more
I’m a huge fan of Jennifer Hillier. I’ve read four other books by her and rated them all highly, so it goes withDNF @22%
Oh dear! What went wrong here?
I’m a huge fan of Jennifer Hillier. I’ve read four other books by her and rated them all highly, so it goes without saying that this was one of my most anticipated reads of the year. But, I’m at 22%, and nothing’s happened so far. After an intriguing opening line, where Paris is in a police car, after being arrested for killing her husband, who she discovered dead in a bloody bathroom, and then subsequently slipped and passed out, until she was discovered by her husband’s assistant covered in his blood, brandishing a razor.
Then, all that’s happened since is a blow-by-blow of Paris’ first night in jail, conversation with her lawyer and interview by police, her bail hearing, and release, and her first night in a hotel hiding from the press. So slow and boring. This is a book I own, so I may go back to it at some stage, but for now I’m giving up. ...more
I used to read a lot of Susan Lewis when I was younger, but maybe I've outgrown her because this plot was seriously lacking.
The premise hadDNF at 43%.
I used to read a lot of Susan Lewis when I was younger, but maybe I've outgrown her because this plot was seriously lacking.
The premise had so much potential, a close-knit family torn apart when male DNA from the cold case murder of a local teenager is found to be a familial match to either a father or one of his two sons.
But why did the author have to make the three men so unlikeable and unsympathetic? Honestly, I don't care which one was guilty and I'm not reading another 57% to find out. And it didn't fit with the picture perfect lifestyle painted in the first few chapters. Even with the news of the DNA to have all three characters immediately turn hostile and undergo complete personality transformations was too abrupt and unrealistic.
And the police procedures really got on my nerves. Would they really DNA test a bunch of sixteen year old first time shoplifters, lock them up and only contact one of the children's parent's? And why arrest only 1 out of 3 of the DNA suspects? Too many inconsistencies.
I know this one is beloved by most, as is the author, but I’ve tried to read it six times now, and have barely made it through a chapteDNF. No rating.
I know this one is beloved by most, as is the author, but I’ve tried to read it six times now, and have barely made it through a chapter without switching off.
I’ve tried the e-book and the audio, but neither has held my attention or interest.
The writing, the plot, the characters, their behaviour, the dialogue, nothing about it appeals to me. And so many details? One example, did the author really need to include so much background information regarding Poppy’s boss and co-worker?
In conclusion, this author is not for me.
I’d like to thank, Netgalley UK, Penguin Books UK, and Emily Henry for the e-ARC....more
DNF. I’ve tried to read The Project three times, but haven’t progressed any further than the 20% mark. It’s very slow, and when does the promised ‘culDNF. I’ve tried to read The Project three times, but haven’t progressed any further than the 20% mark. It’s very slow, and when does the promised ‘cult’ plot line kick in? Also, I’m not sure what was up with the narration, but I found myself reading every sentence twice just to make sense of it. I just can’t force myself to read anymore to find out. I’m gutted because I loved Sadie and Some Girls Are....more
DNF at 22%. Slow and boring. Enjoyed the isolated, trapped element, and the setting was described well, but that was about it. There was something offDNF at 22%. Slow and boring. Enjoyed the isolated, trapped element, and the setting was described well, but that was about it. There was something off about the tone that irked me. The narration seemed too upbeat considering the protagonist has just found a caged child bound and gagged, hurt and freezing, in the back of a van. The child abducter has been revealed already and I just read a page where the author felt it was necessary to have a character fart multiple times. Juvenile! Maybe it gets better, but with so many books on my tbr, I would rather move on to a better one....more
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