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#bookreport Finished The Editor, one of my best of 2024. A Grief Observed- #DNF maybe it‘s too removed “ observed‘ I could not feel him.Cabaret, starting the chapter on Trees. Gratefulness, just started-that‘s it for #NFNovember this week. Enjoying W.Berry, a poem or two a day, finished Thanksgiving DayMurder #seasonslcozies & Gravely C. #readyourkindle #serieslove2024 . Still reading1 library book; finished the other. Listening #audiobook.

I can't find myself picking up this one. I have tried for a while now. I am gonna have to #DNF. I love to hear about cults. But this cult, I don't know.. i feel like it took too long to get to it, and it wasn't “sexy“ enough? or “out there“ enough. It doesn't have to be sexy sexy, but like maybe... some shocking, not just general government sux end of the world? Anyway, #DNF

I DNFed this at 40%. I really tried but it just wasn‘t for me. It felt so relentlessly gloomy to me, which wasn‘t helped by the narrator of the audio. All of her voices sounded like variations on Eeyore.

#DNF

I‘m bummed. I really wanted to enjoy this one but I think I‘m finding that I don‘t get one with angelic/biblical retellings. There were some things that I really enjoyed like the spin on the four horsemen and the languages and symbology but it didn‘t hold my attention. I felt no connection with the character and I didn‘t like how easy the magic came for some people. Sadly, I didn‘t get what the blurb made me feel I would be reading. #dnf

Continuing on a bad track of books not for me. I thought this was going to be a thriller/horror but instead it‘s a police procedural with a truly unlikeable protagonist. #hailthebail #dnf

Well this is a bummer to #dnf, as I really enjoyed his previous books which are somewhat connected to this one. However, a reveal at the 50% mark made me no longer care what happened. Up til then I was quite riveted. Is the second half worth continuing? I‘m guessing no as this book has very little buzz. #hailthebail

I‘m usually more forgiving of audiobooks but I listened to just under half of this one before ultimately deciding to ditch it. It‘s my third #DNF of the year and I don‘t regret switching to something else at all. I don‘t know why one blurb called this “wildly hilarious” but I never even cracked a smile. I found it to be shockingly dull and I just couldn‘t care less about any of the Reed family. Not even the Montreal setting could spice this up!

This one really did hold my interest in the beginning, but the further I got, the less I cared about these characters. And the way they all spoke in a very formal, semi monotonous manner was driving me crazy. The narrator was good, it was more about the way the dialogue was written. No one ever uses contractions in this story and it made them seem robotic somehow. #DNF #hailthebail

I actually gave this #DNF of 2015 a second chance… finishing it this time. Originally, I had wanted this to be the same sort of magically tragic romance as The Time Traveler‘s Wife, bailing 46 chapters in and feeling like the story had no direction. Knowing what I was in for (& seeing reviews that said the ending was more exciting), I stuck through it… but I didn‘t ever find myself enjoying it. I didn‘t like the characters & the meandering plot.

I wanted to love this. I read 30%. I have a difficult time knowing when I'm not really enjoying a book. When I start to avoid reading is about the only indicator. This was super funny in spots, but not often enough to hold my interest. #DNF