bailedI should have liked this because it was compared to Cormac McCarthy. Tom Rourke is nothing like Billy Parham or John Cole. It doesn't have that lovely poetic description of the wilderness, the earnest respect for animals, the yearning for the girls they love.
The book is described as being funny. Where?
It may have been the narrator. He sounded like a killer from a horror film, but I am just not in a hurry to get the print version to see.
bailedAt 25% I‘m not seeing any redeeming attributes. I‘m not morally opposed to spicy dystopian but The FMC is a bore, I don‘t know who the love interest is supposed to be because she thinks everyone is hot, she has no common sense, the dialog is terrible, the setting is info dumped, half the time I think things don‘t make sense & THE NAMES -so terrible. moving pretty slow for something compared to Fourth Wing and The Hunger Games.
bailedBailing on this one, just very info-dumpy and the humor is not landing. #hailthebail #doublespin off the TBR
bailedHow to properly evaluate a teen girl who has experienced trauma and now is withdrawn, says spooky things in a weird voice, and believes a witch is watching her, per the actual psychologist (and a reporter she barely knows but eagerly joined in this trip) in this book:
1. Pack a bag and move into the family's small house for an undecided length of time.
2. Have one private conversation with the afflicted girl of maybe 30 minutes' duration.
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bailedThe writing is great. The story was meh. I could see the humor in the programming reduncies, but it just didn't capture my interest. It got very repetitive very fast. Honestly, it kept putting me to sleep, so I gave up on forcing it.
Another book checked off the #14books14weeks pile @Liz_M
bailedBailing on this one.
I am a mix of bored from the repetitive story and super frustrated at various character‘s stupidity. #hailthebail
bailedI‘m calling this a DNF. You guys gave me permission😂 I got 40% through and it was still a mostly sad story with very little movement on the bookshop piece.
bailedI‘m just not fully engaged, and I don‘t know why, all the elements are there. Also characters keep making stupid choices and it‘s annoying. So DNF.#hailthebail another #bookspinbingo & #roll100 done.
bailedI‘m bailing out of this one. The premise of the adult granddaughter of Arab immigrants finding her own voice in stand-up comedy sounded great. Unfortunately the comedy isn‘t particularly funny, she‘s got a cringey schoolgirl crush on her boss, and, when trying to learn more about her history, her grandmother gives her a journal to read that is written in third person omniscient. 🤔 Might end up fine but I‘m just not vibing with it. June #bookspin
