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I borrowed three books from the library, all of which had great promise, but I couldn't finish any of them. The writing was fine, in fact quite good: sense of place in all of them was distinctive and pulled me into the scenes; characters were well developed, but in one book, I became aggravated with the protagonist, disliking decision-making that moved the story line--hence, I didn't like the story.

Another was billed as a mystery, and there were a couple of mysteries plotted in, but the major focus seemed to be the strong political overtones, with characters spouting their opinions and predictions. Often these were whimsically written and always gave insight into the governmental actions and reactions...BUT...all this politicking took place in a country I've never been to and was set 30 years in the past...AND...I wanted to read a mystery; this one didn't work.

The third book had multiple points of view and almost no dialogue. It was like a treatise of events, and I just couldn't get into it.

My evenings are spent reading for two to four hours before I go to bed. The past two nights I was struggling...trying to slog through these books..switching from one to another, hoping to be drawn in. (So glad these were from the library and I hadn't paid $ for them.) These are speed bumps to my reading, but to have three of them at the same time...well I was really bummed. I wondered if I was just distracted, tired, bored...something...that made these titles unappealing to me.

I returned those to the library and borrowed more titles. Already I'm engrossed in the first one I opened. No speed bumps so far.