I'm not the right audience for this. I've picked it up 3 times and listened to about 35 minutes of it altogether. But she keeps whining aDNF 3%
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I'm not the right audience for this. I've picked it up 3 times and listened to about 35 minutes of it altogether. But she keeps whining about how she can't trust Xaden because he didn't share rebel secrets with her, and she can't trust her brother because he faked his death and she had to mourn him for years. Seriously? If what they're saying is true, millions of lives are on the line if this rebellion fails. But no. Nobody trusted a kid and you had to be sad for a few years. Oh god. The horror! The pity!
When she got all snippy at the leaders of the rebellion for thinking they could "decide her fate" while she was "in the room" - in other words, decide if they should send her back into the school and trust that she wouldn't rat them out to her mother (the general!) - I decided I couldn't do another 27 and a half hours of this.
DNF 13% I might come back to this but I doubt it. I wanted something that gave me facts- or as close to facts as we have at the moment. You know, what aDNF 13% I might come back to this but I doubt it. I wanted something that gave me facts- or as close to facts as we have at the moment. You know, what archeologists have found over the years and when, and what do we know about Akhenaten and Nefertiti's reign? What's the best guess about this famous ancient couple? How do other Egyptologists think it all went down and how does that differ (if at all) from what you think?
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But the authors seem to be trying their hands at giving the reader a bit of historical fiction and have inserted storyline "scenes". The one that stuck out to me was the queen getting pregnant by her god-husband. What? You obviously know that nothing that happened in said scene is based in reality and it's just a way to engage the reader and put them in ancient Egypt, but I find this kind of thing annoying. I just want to learn something and you're dragging it out with some sort of might-have-been fairytale. Blech....more
DNF 20% The narration is terrible. Sounded like Google text to speech. I tried and had to quit. Then I tried again. Quit again. Tried a third time. But nDNF 20% The narration is terrible. Sounded like Google text to speech. I tried and had to quit. Then I tried again. Quit again. Tried a third time. But no. This was just terrible narration. TERRIBLE. I'm going to avoid this narrator (P.J. Ochlan) like the plague from here on out.
I'm going to check out the physical book and see how that goes....more
I kept seeing this all over the place, so I thought I'd give it a listen. I tried. I did. But it just seemed like some kind of a sad DNF...not far in.
I kept seeing this all over the place, so I thought I'd give it a listen. I tried. I did. But it just seemed like some kind of a sad swamp girl story and I lost interest pretty quickly. I decided to look up the plot synopsis to see if maybe it got interesting later on, and I'm glad I did. No offense to everyone who loved it, but this kind of thing just isn't my jam....more
I got a few chapters in and decided this wasn't for me. Right out of the gate it seemed like there was going to be a lot of complaining about misogyniI got a few chapters in and decided this wasn't for me. Right out of the gate it seemed like there was going to be a lot of complaining about misogynistic men and the women they keep down. I get it. Really. But for whatever reason, my kneejerk reaction was Christ, this is going to be one of those whiny books and I just flipped over to an old Agatha Christie I had borrowed from the library. If this is your jam, I mean no disrespect. I just didn't know what I was getting into....more
This was an audiobook I found from the Hoopla , and while I found the story interesting, I just reDNF a few chapters in - for now
This was an audiobook I found from the Hoopla , and while I found the story interesting, I just really didn't care for the female voice actor. There wasn't anything wrong with the way she read it, I just personally didn't like listening to her voice. So, what I think I'll do is try to grab a physical copy or an ebook and read the story that way.
DNF - audio version 14 minutes in. I just could not take any more of the narrator doing the dog's voice like that. Ho-ly shit that was annoying. Just..DNF - audio version 14 minutes in. I just could not take any more of the narrator doing the dog's voice like that. Ho-ly shit that was annoying. Just...awful. I mean, I was hoping Atticus would have a cute Scottish/Irish/English accent, but no. <--very disappointing, if I'm being honest. But I wasn't expecting the dog to have an accent. Stupidis an accent, right? If Scooby-Doo slurred his words like a drunk hobo, he'd be the voice of this dog.
Maybe I'll come back to this series when I have time to read it with my eyeballs.
This isn't one I want to come back to, but if you enjoy the angst of the New Adult genreDNF 8%
Rock stars with addiction issues aren't my cuppa.
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This isn't one I want to come back to, but if you enjoy the angst of the New Adult genre and emotionally draining men, then this might be right up your alley....more
This was one of those weird cases where a book was disturbing and well-written, but I struggled with how dull I found it. I spent several DNF 50 pages
This was one of those weird cases where a book was disturbing and well-written, but I struggled with how dull I found it. I spent several nights trying to get into what was happening and failing miserably each time. So this creepy little white bread kid is way into Nazi stuff, and he blackmails an old Nazi dude into reliving the experiences. Ehhhh. I just wasn't feeling it.
It's not particularly bad or anything, but I've renewed it twice from the library and just can't seem to get into it for whatever reasDNF 35%
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It's not particularly bad or anything, but I've renewed it twice from the library and just can't seem to get into it for whatever reason. The heroine gets kidnapped in order for the hero to use her to stop some sort of English takeover - no idea if the historical stuff is accurate and, quite honestly, I don't care. There's nothing awful about either character or the plot so far, just a dude trying to save his country without being too skeevy. Like I said, this just seems to be a case of something that's not grabbing me and not a case of bad writing or awful storyline....more
I'd heard this one was a hilarious little romance novel, but I've yet to giggle. Perhaps my sense of humor just doesn't line up with whaDNF 39%
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I'd heard this one was a hilarious little romance novel, but I've yet to giggle. Perhaps my sense of humor just doesn't line up with whatever is in this that's cracking everyone else up? Sometimes what makes me laugh is a bit weird, so there's a really good chance it's just me.
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It's not badly written or gross and skeevy, just not my cuppa....more
This was her first book and it shows. A few pages in and the hero mentioned how happy the heroine should be that he had so much self-control the nightThis was her first book and it shows. A few pages in and the hero mentioned how happy the heroine should be that he had so much self-control the night before (she had fallen in a frozen lake and he pulled her out in popsicle form) and I just...
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I decided to cut my losses and call it a day. It wasn't really sucking me in with the usual Kleypas magic, and even she admitted in the foreword that this was sort of a dud. So. Recommended for Kleypas completionists only....more
This probably isn't a terrible book or anything, and the characters (as far as I could tell) seemed just fine. But. This thing happened. DNF 13%
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This probably isn't a terrible book or anything, and the characters (as far as I could tell) seemed just fine. But. This thing happened. And it's a personal peeve of mine, so after I read it I knew it had basically killed off any lady-boner I would be getting over the story. At that point, you might as well shut the book, you know?
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Ok. In case you were wondering, here's what did me in: The old making out with a sick person trope.
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Dude. Sick people aren't hot. No, not even naked sick people. They're sick! Ew. Just...ew! And in Kyle's case, she was not only on the verge of brain damage because of her insanely high fever, but she also had a MASSIVE infected wound all across her back from getting sliced with a sword. So when Galen just couldn't resist sipping at her sweet lips (<--gross!) while she mindlessly clawed to get out of the cold water they had her in to bring down the above-mentioned fever? Yeah, not only did my eyes roll all the way out of my head and bounce off the floor, but I was skeeved out enough to just kinda go NOPE and shut my Kindle.
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But if that's something you can overlook (and I'm not judging, btw!) then, by all means, give this one a try. Like I said, before the deathbed make-out session, I was enjoying this one....more
DNF 53% I almost never give up on a book, but... Yikes. Um. Yeah, no. Sorry this one just isn't for me. I tried. But, it was just too boring for my persoDNF 53% I almost never give up on a book, but... Yikes. Um. Yeah, no. Sorry this one just isn't for me. I tried. But, it was just too boring for my personal taste. I should probably mention that I'm not an Alice in Wonderland fan. I've never read it, and I never plan to. In fact, I've never even made it all the way through the Disney movie. I know it's a classic and all, but even the animated version bores me.
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I'm not saying this story is boring, just that it's boring to me. Catherine is the daughter of a marquess, but wants to be a baker. She's getting pushed into marrying the King of Heart, but she's in love with the Jester. In the background, there's a monster (Jabberwocky) on the loose. And there's all sorts of Alice in Wonderland characters/references going on throughout.
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And since I'm in the very small minority, I'm assuming that all of the above mentioned stuff was wonderful for most of the readers. To me though, it was chock full of equal parts weird and dull. The world's most snoozworthy romance happening in Trippyville. I've been struggling with this book for over a month now, and I finally decided to take the coward's way out, and *GASP!* skip to the last few pages to see how it all turned out.
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Yeah, no thanks. I've only DNF'd a small handful of books over the years, but I'm afraid this is going to have to be one of them. I could lie to myself and say maybe I'll come back to it at a later date, but you and I both know that ain't happening. Due to all the glowing reviews, I don't think most of you will find this book as unreadable as I did, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
DNF 35% (ish) of the way in. The story isn't bad, but I didn't realize it was Christian Fiction when I picked it up.
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Which is totally my fault, DNF 35% (ish) of the way in. The story isn't bad, but I didn't realize it was Christian Fiction when I picked it up.
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Which is totally my fault, because the library had one of those little crosses taped on the spine, and I just didn't see it. It was sitting on top of the shelf, and (while I read the back and inside) I never actually looked at the spine. So <--my fault.
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This is (unbelievably) the 2nd time I've accidentally picked up this author, and I still wish that somewhere in the description the publishing house would see fit to sort of...I don't know...warn the reader that this stuff is more suited to a faith-based person.
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BUT. Even though I didn't enjoy the Bible verse stuff, this one wasn't as preachy as the other book of her's that I DNF'd. In fact, I think I could have potentially overlooked the religious theme if the story had been a bit more to my taste. As it was, I thought I was going to be reading about an ass-kicking, knife-wielding, warrior princess kind of Rapunzel, and that's not really what was in between the pages. Still. I think this book could work for a lot of people....more
I'm not in the mood to listen to Drew argue with his toddler over Kate's boobs. It's weird, dude. But the killer (for me) was listening DNF 36%
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I'm not in the mood to listen to Drew argue with his toddler over Kate's boobs. It's weird, dude. But the killer (for me) was listening to his douchey inner monologue as he bragged about getting blowjobs from Kate while she was pregnant...because they prevent preeclampsia. Oh, piss off with that shit. Now, if you were in love with sucking dick when you were pregnant, more power to you. My personal experience with pregnancy (all 4 of them!) was that I was vomited up everything for 9 months. I would inevitably find out I was preggers because I had a stomach virus that just wouldn't go away, then continue puking daily, until the final blessed barf in the fucking delivery room. So, perhaps these experiences tainted my view of Drew's claims that Kate enjoyed deep throat whilst growing a life in her womb.
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That wasn't the only thing that turned me off, though. For some reason, this time around I found Drew's personality to be less funny and more grating, in general. Plus, Kate was written like some sort of a super-human madonna/sex goddess. <-- So easy to pull off with a toddler! Riiiiiiight.
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I'm seeing lots of high marks and glowing reviews for this one, so if you were excited to read this, don't worry about it too much. It probably just wasn't the right fit for me....more
Warning: This is Christian Fiction Not that there's anything wrong with that... I reallyreallyreally would have appreciated knowing that, thoDNF at 39%
Warning: This is Christian Fiction Not that there's anything wrong with that... I reallyreallyreally would have appreciated knowing that, though, before I invested my mother-#@!ing reading time in this sucker! There is no way I would have picked this thing up if I'd known what I was getting into. Where is Tipper Gore with her little Advisory stickers when you need her?!
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I kept wondering why the hero and heroine kept saying things like, "God help me escape", or "God, help me to be strong.". And I also wondered why Snow White (or Sophie) was such a freakin' goody-goody. I must be kind, I must forgive, I must follow my Savior's example. Ok, admittedly, that last one should have clued me in. But it wasn't that they prayed to God that got under my skin. Oh no. I started getting annoyed when Gabe (hero) was soooooo impressed by Sophie's chaste ways. "She truly was a virtuous maiden, nor flirtatious like some, nor selfish, nor anxious to put herself forward. She would make a wonderful wife for Valten." M'kay. I was just about ready to vomit and put the book down at that point. Then a few pages later, it became crystal clear that this wasn't just any old fairytale retelling of Snow White. Because... "I have most of the book of Saint Luke memorized. Would you like me to recite it to you?" "Of course," he said. "That would be good." Sophie began reciting Jesus's parable: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited..."
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Yeah. Um. *cough* No. No, thank you, but this is not for me.
However, if anyone out there is looking for Christian Fiction, then you might appreciate this story more than I did.
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