Top Ten Tuesdays: Is a weekly meme feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl where bloggers post their Top 10 List for an assigned topic! I will not be participating every week, but I will occasionally take a shot at it!
This Week’s Topic:
Top Ten Books I Just Couldn’t Finish
I’ve been really good in the last year or so about not DNFing books. I don’t think there is anything wrong with DNFing books. I mean, I even wrote a post about HOW I do it here and part of my yearly wrap-up for the blog includes a DNF December Blitz of all the books and/or series I’ve opted not to finish for one reason or another. I just mean, that in the last year or so I’ve been very fortunate to pick up books that I’ve been able to finish.
So far this year I’ve DNF’d 4 books. Last year, I didn’t DNF a book until June. But here are the last 10 I’ve had to put down and why:
In Order of Most Recent:
1 |
 I was listening to the audio version and I just found it couldn’t hold my attention with all the jumping around from past to present. Plus it is SO LONG!
DNF’d at 44% |
2 |
 I was really excited to read this diversely cast sequel but I failed to see the chemistry between these two at all. DNF’d at 30% |
3 |
 This book hits the ground running and I had immediately fell behind. I felt like the synopsis served as the exposition and that I should already know who these people were and their relationships.
DNF’d at 21% |
4 |
 I really enjoyed the others in the series but this went from 0 to 100 in a second with no build up of chemistry or anything. Just didn’t work for me! DNF’d at 25% |
5 |
 Everything in this book seemed to move at a glacial pace. Whether it was the romance or the severe lack of drama, everything was taking its time to develop and I was bored. DNF’d at 41% |
6 |
 After a promising first part, I was eager to see where this would go but it went nowhere anytime fast. DNF’d at 40% |
7 |
 I bought this before the whole Kindle Unlimited scam happened but this was so boring and bland. DNF’d at 23% |
8 |
 Too much angst from our female lead and the lack of the male POV had me feeling nothing from these two. DNF’d at 37% |
9 |
 This started off promising for me but I disliked how judgy our lead was towards other women. And I felt zero chemistry between the leads. DNF’d at 22% |
10 |
 This book just needed something to take it to the next level. I wanted complex politics and drama but everything felt mundane. DNF’d at 52% |
Do you tough it out or do you DNF?
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I DNF Nevernight, too.
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Glad I’m not alone!
I find that I abandon books on audio for different reasons than I do for print books. For me, audiobooks can’t be too complicated or confusing – that makes them really hard to listen to! I don’t mind complicated in a print book, but I’ve DNF’d a few audiobooks for that reason. Some are just better read than listened to.
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Susan
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That is so true about audiobooks! Of the titles on this list, 3 were audio versions (Nevernight, Girls of Paper and Fire, Forest of a Thousand Lanterns). It takes me a few hours more to finish the audiobook than if I read it so I definitely find myself losing interest after a certain amount of time. Especially if there is a lot of jargon and characters to remember. I’ve learned that I usually can’t listen to audiobooks that are longer than 12 hours—and that’s even with me listening at a speed of 1.5X which I do for all books.
I haven’t tried that Tessa Bailey book, but I usually have a good time reading hers. Sorry this one didn’t work out for you.
I really enjoyed her Broke and Beautiful series so I was looking forward to this one. But it just lacked a spark for me 🙁