Welcome back to another Top Ten Tuesday post! We are often tempted to just talk about the books we thoroughly enjoyed or even loved. But it can’t always be sunshine and rainbows, that’s not how life works. Unfortunately, this works the same way in books, not all books we pick up work out well for us. So, this week it’s time to explain why certain books didn’t work and why we put them on the DNF (did not finish) shelf. Remember, what didn’t work for me, might work for you. So, this post is no judgement to the authors and books, just why these didn’t work for me.
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.
- Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao – One of my most recent DNF books and I didn’t see this one coming. I really enjoyed the previous book in this series, mainly for its action-packed plot. I therefore was eagerly awaiting this sequel, but I was beyond bored. This was so political heavy, I wasn’t even mildly interested. It was way too dull for my taste. DNF @ 31%
- The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem – Another book that didn’t suit my reading taste. I actually expected to enjoy it because of the premise, but at 57% nothing really happened so far. DNF @ 57%
- Weyward by Emilia Hart – I know many people love this book, but I’m not one of them. It was too dull for me. I just couldn’t get into it. DNF @ 13%
- The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo – You either love or hate this book, there’s no in-between. For me, it’s the latter one, because I was so incredibly bored. DNF @ 49%
- The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi – Another book that didn’t live up to my expectations. I was just so bored. DNF @ 29%
- Glow by Raven Kennedy – The pacing in this entire series is off and at book 4 I just couldn’t be bothered anymore. DNF @ 40%
- A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen – I have no knowledge of the Norse mythology and that particular knowledge is coming in handy when reading this book. I was lost. DNF @ 37%
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo – I just couldn’t get into this book due to the writing style. The author barely uses punctuation for reasons, but this made me confused. DNF @ 10%
- The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna – I just couldn’t remember anything from the first book and just couldn’t be bothered to reread it. DNF @ 15%
- Legendborn by Tracy Deonn – This is a case of “I hope it will get a translation because I don’t understand the magic system”. Unfortunately, it didn’t get a translation yet. I have a decent fluency in English, but some books are just too hard to understand when you’re not a native speaker. DNF @ 51%
Are there any of these books You tried to read? What did you think of them?
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