Technically a DNF, purely because I began this as an audiobook which was read by an old lady. Does that give you any clue as to why I stopped? Let me Technically a DNF, purely because I began this as an audiobook which was read by an old lady. Does that give you any clue as to why I stopped? Let me tell you, Perry's voice read by a mature lady, two octaves lower than the average female voice. Yeah, it wasn't going to work out.
Perhaps one raining day shall come and I'll try and stick with the good ol' text and paper. That never seems to fail me. ...more
I’m impatient by nature. Time’s a’ticking, always, for me. So what happens when you mix a person who consta
DNF'd at (yes, I’m ashamed) Chapter 4.
I’m impatient by nature. Time’s a’ticking, always, for me. So what happens when you mix a person who constantly intends to out play time and an audiobook read by the world’s slowest narrator? A big fat DNF, that’s what.
I do this hilarious thing where I try something, realise that it’s not for me and then always come crawling back, months later, because my short term memory causes me to forget my complete disdain. I had a horrid experience with the Under The Never Sky audio. The woman was old, emotionless, and whatever this smouldering love interest was supposed to sound like, I'm hoping that is wasn't meant to be like my grandmother. So I made the conscious decision to DNF. The book, in essence, was ruined. Forever. I don’t think I’ll be able to pick it up again without recalling that terrible choice. I’m a visual learner, digester. I need to see the words.
So Jess, pray tell, were you accidentally injected with an idiocy strain? Why did you come crawling back for another audiobook?
I’ve been legitimately low on time. I’ve had exams. Here’s where my tendency to be impatient bests me, yet again. I thought, Jess, you couldn’t possibly have time to read—you should listen. And I so I did. Literally. I listened to my brain and I listened to the audio. And I hated it. (sometimes the brilliancy that comes out of my brain surprises me)
You’re thinking: What type of justified DNF was this? You stopped at Chapter Four. Why even review it? Because I wasted time, that’s why. And I want to make this worth my while.
Do you know how long it takes to reach the beginning of chapter 4 alone? It took fucking two hours. I felt as though I’d been listening for donkey's years and still I’d yet to even get to the world in order for any building, meet the damn love interest to decide "to swoon or not to swoon�, realise the complication to be able to be roped in. Nada. Nothing. Dismal.
As in, I was dismal. I didn’t want to give this up. People rave. I like to see, dissect, understand the hype. Unfortunately, that won’t be the case here. In fact, I don’t think I’ll ever pick this one up again.
And just because I feel like being a particularly sensitive bitch today, I’ll just say this: the narrator had a lovely emotive voice but it was just a touch to buoyant for the protagonist that I had in mind. Nit picky, I know. But that’s how I roll. ...more
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