Published Date: August 28, 2014
Pages: 448
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
DNF at page 166.
I did something I don’t usually do. When I could not decide early on, whether to continue, I went and read some reviews on the book. A good percentage of them said that Ruth’s chapters were the best. I was currently reading Ruth’s POV and was not impressed. As I was about to give in, I came upon a George chapter, it was a little more interesting. This lead me to try a chapter by Charlotte. Again, a bit more interesting. But ultimately, a little bit more interesting plus a little more interesting just didn’t equal keeping my attention.
This has been dubbed historical fiction meets Fight Club. I’m not sure that the marketing department has ever read Fight Club. Regardless, I can see where someone might enjoy this immensely. It just didn’t have the punch to keep me going.
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Heh, that pun at the end. 😛
Sorry to hear this one was such a letdown. Hopefully the next book you pick up will be better. 🙂
The next book was. I just need to sit down and do a review.
I’ve been DNFing books left and right. This is like the year of “If I’m not into it, I’m not reading it” and I have no regrets.
I think that’s going to my attitude as well. I was so indecisive whether to keep going or not on this one but now that I quit, I don’t regret it.
I used to be so anal about finishing books I started, I had to talk myself out of reading them and tell myself I didn’t owe the book a reading if I wasn’t enjoying it. I usually don’t regret DNFing a book. Hell, I can always google it later to see how it ends 😀
Lol I’ve done that before too. Or I’ll read the last couple of pages.