Books I DNF
I didn't use to be like this. I used to be less judgemental and more forgiving to my books. But lately cos I've so little time to read I've become more picky with my choice of books.
Here are the books I did not finish (DNF) and why:
Taking Shots (Assassins) by Toni Aleo
- I think I gave this a short review because I was 3/4 into the book before I decided to drop it.
Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
- This is the sequel to Daughter of Smoke & Bone which was a pretty amazing book because it was a huge mystery right from the start: Why was her hair blue? Who was Brimstone? Who is Akiva and what is his connection to Karou? Then in the end, a major twist was revealed and I felt really sad and disappointed. I was pretty fine with just a book though, so when the sequel came out I wasn't interested in reading it, especially since the reviews on Goodread wasn't that good either (I'm quite affected by reviews).
First few pages in, and I was really bored. I honestly did not care if Akiva and Karou got together. In fact, I did not want them to get together. Akiva was a major arse, and if I were her I'd say goodbye to him forever - he shall never be forgiven! That being said, not interested to know what happens to Karou or Akiva anymore.
The Shattered Dark by Sandy Williams
- After Aren and Mackenzie got together in the first book (The Shadow Reader) I was satisfied. In fact, I secretly suspect that's the entire reason why I gave the book 5-stars. In fact, the plot did not deserve that many stars. At most 3, tbh. In this book, it was mainly how the people post-war were licking their wounds, Aren back to being Aren and Mackenzie being back to Mackenzie, who is pretty useless even though she's a shadow-reader -_- In fact, I don't know why I even supported Aren and Mackenzie together. It was so obviously a romance the result of the Stockholm syndrome. Mackenzie does not know anything about Aren. Nothing! Also, this book is obviously YA - Mackenzie is so immature I just feel like I would be a better heroine than her. And when I think like that, it's usually cos the heroine is just terrible.
Here are the books I did not finish (DNF) and why:
Taking Shots (Assassins) by Toni Aleo
- I think I gave this a short review because I was 3/4 into the book before I decided to drop it.
Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
- This is the sequel to Daughter of Smoke & Bone which was a pretty amazing book because it was a huge mystery right from the start: Why was her hair blue? Who was Brimstone? Who is Akiva and what is his connection to Karou? Then in the end, a major twist was revealed and I felt really sad and disappointed. I was pretty fine with just a book though, so when the sequel came out I wasn't interested in reading it, especially since the reviews on Goodread wasn't that good either (I'm quite affected by reviews).
First few pages in, and I was really bored. I honestly did not care if Akiva and Karou got together. In fact, I did not want them to get together. Akiva was a major arse, and if I were her I'd say goodbye to him forever - he shall never be forgiven! That being said, not interested to know what happens to Karou or Akiva anymore.
The Shattered Dark by Sandy Williams
- After Aren and Mackenzie got together in the first book (The Shadow Reader) I was satisfied. In fact, I secretly suspect that's the entire reason why I gave the book 5-stars. In fact, the plot did not deserve that many stars. At most 3, tbh. In this book, it was mainly how the people post-war were licking their wounds, Aren back to being Aren and Mackenzie being back to Mackenzie, who is pretty useless even though she's a shadow-reader -_- In fact, I don't know why I even supported Aren and Mackenzie together. It was so obviously a romance the result of the Stockholm syndrome. Mackenzie does not know anything about Aren. Nothing! Also, this book is obviously YA - Mackenzie is so immature I just feel like I would be a better heroine than her. And when I think like that, it's usually cos the heroine is just terrible.