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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
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I tried really hard, but wow this book was boring. I think it reminded me way too much of The Historian, which was the biggest waste of 900+ pages I've ever read. I think it's because I've done way too much academic research in my 20 years of schooling to ever find it remotely entertaining.
I think the part where the witches, vampires, demons, etc. do yoga together pretty much killed it for me.
(Okay, it's probably more of a calm indifference, but had I wasted any more time this would be more fitting.)
I tried really hard, but wow this book was boring. I think it reminded me way too much of The Historian, which was the biggest waste of 900+ pages I've ever read. I think it's because I've done way too much academic research in my 20 years of schooling to ever find it remotely entertaining.
I think the part where the witches, vampires, demons, etc. do yoga together pretty much killed it for me.
(Okay, it's probably more of a calm indifference, but had I wasted any more time this would be more fitting.)
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interesting! when PoT was discounted in the UK and got towards the top of the fantasy board only A Game of Thrones stopped it being #1 but much of the time this book pushed it down to #3 - I did wonder what it was like.
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Haha, I can't believe you read it. I've heard from a few people that have read it and they were so excited for the topic but it was a struggle for them to make it through the book.
My step-father loves this series, but I couldn't take it. Harvard scholar/witch meets up with fellow Harvard scholar/professor/vampire. Lots of feelings, melodrama. Boredom. Snooze.
I think the part where the witches, vampires, demons, etc. do yoga together pretty much killed it for me.same here.
mark wrote: "I think the part where the witches, vampires, demons, etc. do yoga together pretty much killed it for me.same here."
Hah! I just thought that was so strange. I literally laughed out loud and not for a good reason. :)
i could not believe what i was reading. bizarre and funny but not in a good way. like seeing a doctor wearing flip flops and then he turns around and you see he's also in blackface. i have no idea where that analogy just came from.
Haha, I had to look it up, but that totally works. :D
Gosh, Bryce. You should have asked me. I could have saved you a lot of time! :)
Kat wrote: "Gosh, Bryce. You should have asked me. I could have saved you a lot of time! :)"Doh! I really gotta get with it. I check Fantasylit all the time too! What was I thinking? :)
Reading this and considering I gave The Historian one star, I shall not be adding this to me TBR
Lee wrote: "Reading this and considering I gave The Historian one star, I shall not be adding this to me TBR"You have just made your life that much better, well done. :)
Seak (Bryce L.) wrote: "Lee wrote: "Reading this and considering I gave The Historian one star, I shall not be adding this to me TBR"You have just made your life that much better, well done. :)"
Yes, saved yourself $25 and 25 hours.
I feel the same way about this book. I wanted to like it, but I finished only 250 pages. I just couldn't take the two of them anymore.
Buffy wrote: "I feel the same way about this book. I wanted to like it, but I finished only 250 pages. I just couldn't take the two of them anymore."Glad I'm not the only one. Sometimes I think maybe it's just me, like I didn't get what everyone else is getting, but I don't think that's happened here. :)
This got me thinking about time and money wasted on The Historian, but then I realised that it wasn't too bad.I picked it up for $2 at the Op Shop, it was my 'by the side of bed' book, (for nearly 6months) after a chapter I'd be so bored I'd put it down and go to sleep.
Still paid way too much in both money and time!
LOL, but then look at the benefits. It meant I got to have this fun discussion AND because of the reference i'll never read A discovery of Witches.Maybe I should have a 'never agree to read' shelf in case I forget this discussion.
That's a great idea, I'll have to implement that myself.
I had to like this review for this line, if nothing else:"I think it reminded me way too much of The Historian, which was the biggest waste of 900+ pages I've ever read. "
I so agree.
Think I'll definitely be passing on this one.
Glad to be of help. :)
mark wrote: "I think the part where the witches, vampires, demons, etc. do yoga together pretty much killed it for me.same here."
isn't that the truth!? That's when you just knew it couldn't get any more dumb.
Carol wrote: "isn't that the truth!? That's when you just knew it couldn't get any more dumb."That's exactly it! It was just like, I can't take this anymore, this got way too dumb. I tried to move on, but they kept referring back to it.
yep the yoga did me in too, but the constant snippets of wine were right up there, boring -boring book.
Bmiller wrote: "yep the yoga did me in too, but the constant snippets of wine were right up there, boring -boring book."haha, I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought that was strange. So weird.
Anya wrote: "I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw a comparison to The Historian, which also bored me to tears!"You know what they say, great minds... :)
The yoga bit pretty much did me in too!
Pemberley wrote: "The yoga bit pretty much did me in too!"Wasn't it just so hard to take it seriously anymore? I couldn't, just couldn't.
I tried to read it, but didn't get very far in. The protagonist just kept wandering around to the library and working out. And if there's vampire yoga later, evidently that doesn't stop.
Oh wow, I can't believe how I just saw my thoughts in this review.
Haven't read this but -- total agreement on The Historian. What a mind-numbingly boring read.
I liked the Historian, but it was more the way the story was told that kept me interested. I wish I'd read it after reading Dracula. As far as this book, I'm still giggling about yoga....
"stupid" sums up a lot of what happened in this book.
A lot of wizard/vamp/daemon yoga talk, but can we talk about the pages upon pages of horseback riding and rowing for a minute? How do you make that much description of two of the most boring sports interesting? Don't ask Deborah Harkness...she's doesn't know either.
I liked the academia of it. But the whole yoga thing was indeed a bit too much deus ex machina, I stopped taking it seriously after that, but it was still pretty entertaining, even if it wasn't exactly a master piece.
I have yet to finish it but this is exactly how I'm feeling. It's long and boring.
Yes, Historian I couldn't even make past the first chapter. This one so far is kind of better. We'll see.
Diane C. wrote: "Yes, Historian I couldn't even make past the first chapter. This one so far is kind of better. We'll see."You are much more perceptive than I. Well played. :)
I was going to read this but I was also very bored with The Historian, so - no, I won't waste my time...
Oddly, I liked "The Historian" better than this book.
Your gif made my day. I haven't read the book but it seems that sums up what a lot of reviewers have said.
Wow! What a coincidence! I started "the historian" and could not finish it, same with this book LOL! It has some really great reviews maybe I should give it another chance at some point, after I've read several other books that are high on my list.
Tamara wrote: "Wow! What a coincidence! I started "the historian" and could not finish it, same with this book LOL! It has some really great reviews maybe I should give it another chance at some point, after I've..."There's way too much good stuff out there for this one to ever climb high enough. :)
Yes exactly! I said some of the same things in my review. It reminded me of the Historian too. So boring. And the yoga scene. I couldn't take it seriously after that.
Hahaha right! So boring. Great to hear I'm not alone! Also, hopefully you didn't waste too much time
Oh I did. I ended up reading the whole book because it was for a book club I was in.
Finally someone else who thought it was boring!!
Francesca wrote: "Finally someone else who thought it was boring!!"Yes!! So boring!
