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TieDyeDude
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Bailedbailed

I had been listening to this as background noise, and realized that I have zero interest in the plot. Cal is an emotionally immature, whiny punk, instead of a budding, confident Jedi. Merrin is an insecure, pining schoolgirl, instead of a powerful, self-assured Nightsister with whom trust needs to be earned. And the whole thing is weirdly horny; not that romance is not welcome, but it is too much a focus for how poorly it is developed.

TieDyeDude I recently replayed the first game and wanted to read this before playing the second game, but I bailed after confirming the story has no impact on the second game. (edited) 23h
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DGRachel
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Bailedbailed

I reached 67% and have 3 1/2 hours at 1.5 speed to finish. I‘ve been arguing with myself about bailing all morning, and I surrender. I don‘t know if it‘s the narrator, the translation, or the source material but I dislike the characters, the author seems oddly obsessed with menstruation, and non-white male characters are not written well. I wanted to read this before watching Dept Q, but I think I‘ll skip the TV show as well.

mcctrish This is on my TBR and now I think I will take it off 1d
DGRachel @mcctrish There seems to be a lot of love for the series but @Hooked_on_books has a review here that captures some of the key things that bothered me. I might have been able to power through except I found the story itself and the main detective both tedious. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1d
Hooked_on_books Yeah, there are big issues with this one. Bailing was a good move. 1d
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thebacklistbook
The Night Auction | Lila Mary
Bailedbailed

DNF at 30 pages. Wowie first person with third person name usage. More telling than showing. Victim blaming. Eesh. I really wanted to love this story. So many syntax errors. So, so, many.

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Erinreadsthebooks
Love Letter to Whiskey | Kandi Steiner
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Bailedbailed

I‘m giving up at a little over a third of the way through. It‘s very New Adult, very ‘why, exactly, aren‘t yall together,‘ very frustrating. I‘m hanging it up and moving on ✌️

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Littlewolf1
Unknown Book 7535597 | Unknown Unknown
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Bailedbailed

Someone ruined this and told me it wasn‘t an HEA while I was in the middle of reading it. Well, I‘m not necessarily in need of a happily ever after, the way this book was going. I was just done. This was also a #Roll100 for April.

PuddleJumper It's off your TBR now! 3d
Littlewolf1 @PuddleJumper and off my Kindle 😁 3d
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Rissreadswithcats
The Twyford Code | Janice Hallett
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Bailedbailed

I gave this way too much time to get better.
Moving on………

MrsMalaprop You‘re an inspiration! I try to bail, but struggle sometimes. 😆 3d
Rissreadswithcats @MrsMalaprop JUST DO IT! And I love the saying Hail the bail! (edited) 2d
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NikkiCureton
Bailedbailed

DNF for me. I just could not get into this one - didn‘t particularly enjoy the writing or the story itself. Just wasn‘t my cup of tea.

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Amiable
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Bailedbailed

Tried to read this for #BookedinTime, but I have to throw in the towel. The narrative is plodding and pedantic and the dialogue comes across as lectures by the characters. Life is too short —moving on.

Cuilin #HailTheBail I completely get it!!! I seem to be doing this a lot lately, myself. Here‘s hoping your next read is five stars. 7d
Amiable @Cuilin I was listening to a podcast and someone made a comment that we are only here for a finite time and can only read so many books, so why waste that time on a book you aren‘t enjoying? It was like she was speaking directly to me and telling me to ditch this book. 😀 6d
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Hooked_on_books
The Names: A Novel | Florence Knapp
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Bailedbailed

The first hour of this 9.5 hour audiobook is full on physical and verbal domestic abuse, and I am not here for it. It feels like this is less how a boy‘s life is impacted by different potential names and more the impact of his abusive father‘s reaction to said names. I don‘t care to read a book that gives an abuser that kind of power.

Aims42 I second @Dabbe ☝️🚀 1w
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