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BarbaraBB
The Future | Catherine Leroux
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Bailedbailed

I don‘t think I‘ve ever bailed on so many books as this month. This is another one that started out great (a woman looking for her two granddaughters who went missing after their mother was murdered). Unfortunately it turned into a mix of dystopia, fantasy, and magical realism 😵‍💫
It was an audioread and maybe my English isn‘t good enough but I completely lost track of the storyline and frankly, I didn‘t bother, I just wanted it to be over.

Caroline2 It‘s CampLitsy syndrome. 😂 I‘m so excited about all the new books to look forward to that I‘m struggling to concentrate on my current reads. 3h
BookWrym All the things you don‘t like make me want to read this 🤣 3h
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BarbaraBB @Caroline2 That could very well be it 🤣🤣 2h
BarbaraBB @BookWrym I know! I like all those genres too but this mashup was too much for me. But it‘s probably me, the book won the Canada Prize! 2h
Susanita Sometimes too much is TOO MUCH. 2h
squirrelbrain Definitely sounds too much! 1h
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rwmg
Bailedbailed

Got 1/3 of the way through on my 2nd attempt. I'm just not following her arguments. Probably my fault.

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julesG
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Bailedbailed

How to write a fantasy-ish computer game recap with lots of gore, sexual content/violence, self-harm/suicide from a female POV and fail at it.

Davi is the centre of her universe. Whenever she dies she respawns at the beginning of her adventure and has been doing so for over a thousand years. Yes, that would blunt the edges of any of us, but she was too blunt to be likeable.

DNF @ 22% - there was nothing that enticed me to read on.

#NetGalley

5feet.of.fury That‘s too bad, that‘s quite a title 19h
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Amor4Libros
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Bailedbailed

It pains me to bail on this because I started really liking it, but at about 50% on it just felt that I was reading about other people‘s lives and not hers.

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NotCool
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Bailedbailed

The sheltered girl who thinks she‘s not special is a fantasy trope. But Marlinchen is a lot more Bella Swann in Twilight than Sophie Hatter in Howl‘s Moving Castle. I don‘t think I‘ll finish this.

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CatLass007
Shades of Milk and Honey | Mary Robinette Kowal
Bailedbailed

#JaneAdjacent #BuddyRead #ReadAway2024 #SeriesLove2024 I wanted to love this. But I didn‘t. It was boring. #HailTheBail!

TheSpineView Bummer 😔 2d
CatLass007 @TheSpineView Very much a bummer. 2d
DieAReader #HailTheBail Sometimes books are just don‘t live up to what we want them to be😔 2d
CatLass007 @DieAReader Exactly ! 2d
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Singout
Bailedbailed

I could not get into this at all: while the subject matter of the lives of Palestinian women is relevant and meaningful, I found the writing style, as well as the audio narration, felt much more like it was intended for a young adult audience. I drifted away pretty quickly.
#Bookspin

TheAromaofBooks Some books just don't click!!! 3d
Singout Everyone else seemed to love it! Maybe I should try again… 3d
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Anna40
Paper Cage | Tom Baragwanath
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Bailedbailed

This has so much potential:set in New Zealand,the main character,Lorraine,a non-Māori,is the widow of a Māori man&the filing clerk in the police station.When her niece‘s son is one of the missing children in a series of abductions,Lorraine is personally affected&starts investigating as the police can‘t seem to solve the case.Sadly,it‘s slow &the writing at times clunky.I might pick it up again as I want to know what happened

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