Today, we are discussing books that we just didn’t understand the hype about. We dipped our toes in and then ran screaming back to the shore. These are the books that perhaps we didn’t finish, or struggled through. I am hosting this topic on the Valentines blog hop. Make sure you check out the other posts.
Sometimes, a reader just doesn’t connect with a book and that is OKAY. Every book can’t appeal to everyone. It might be the writing style or the events in the book. Sometimes, the problem is that we can’t identify with the characters, so we don’t care so much about their journey.
It seems like I am the only one who didn’t like Commonwealth by Ann Patchett. I love the premise of the book and I wanted to enjoy it as people have recommended the author to me. I struggled through the whole thing and I admire the way the story unfolded. The author is definitely talented. But I just couldn’t feel anything for these characters.
Brandy Potter www.brandypotterbooks.com
50 Shades of ANYTHING. I just do NOT like this series. It has NOTHING to do with the BDSM. It is poorly written. The entire plot is a cliche (or trope). The main relationship doesn’t work for me. First it’s insta-love on one side. The writer has zero imagination for dialog. Now I can get through the one’s told from HIS perspective, but I definitely don’t like this series.
Stormi https://bewitchedreader.wordpress.com/
Everyone seems to love Sarah J Mass’s A Court of Thorns and Roses series, but I just could not get into it. I love a good fantasy series and I was actually super excited about this one. I ended up DNFing book one after struggling through the first 25%. I do have some of her Throne of Glass books on my Kindle to give a try though.
Bookish Blog Hop Schedule
Here are the other stops:
1st Where is your favourite place to read? Jo Linsdell
2nd Which book do you wish had a sequel? Leslie Conzatti-The Upstream Writer
3rd Who gave you your love of reading? Laura Morningstar
4th Who’s your book crush? Stormi Johnson
5th A book you bought for it’s beautiful cover that’s just as beautiful inside too Sarah Oliveira Nowicki
6th A popular theme, or trope you will never get bored of reading. Leslie Conzatti-The Upstream Writer
7th A loyal sidekick you can’t help but love more than their counterpart. Brandy Potter Author
8th Full on Romance Books Or Action-Packed With A Few Love Scenes? – Brandy Potter Author
9th Love Triangles – Yes or No? – Brandy Potter Author
10th A Book With A Heart on The Cover – Jo Linsdell
11th Writer Side of Life – YOU ARE HERE
12th One book at a time or several? Leslie Conzatti www.upstreamwriter.blogspot.com
13th An Author you would love to interview? Lili Marcus
14th Last Book you Recommended to Someone? Kim – Writer Side of Life
15th A Fictional World you’d Love to Visit – Stormi Johnson www.bewitchedreader.wordpress.com
This blog hop is organised via the Facebook group Bookish Blog Hops and runs from 1st- 15th February 2019. During the blog hop members of the group will be coming together to answer bookish questions.
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I couldn’t finish “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed, though it was beloved by many.
LOVE Patchett’s BEL CANTO–one of my fave books, but didn’t try COMMONWEALTH–now I know not to feel guilty for skipping it!
That one’s on my list to read.
You might like Commonwealth! I feel quite bad for not liking it though it was well written.
Books are so subjective, aren’t they?
It’s a good thing there’s so many of them!
Some books require me to be in a certain mood to be able to read them. I’ve still not managed to finish Next by Michael Crichton and yet I’ve seen lots of positive comments about his books.
I didn’t particularly feel drawn into the characters of her book RUN (I think it was called). Really, there’s too much to read to put up with characters we don’t want to live with for a week or more!
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