The DNF (Did Not Finish) Thread

[Anonymous]

The Outlander. Don’t think I made it past the first few pages.

[Anonymous]

What is the What

[Anonymous]

Things we do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier. So overhyped. I rarely DNF but couldn’t do it with this one.

[Anonymous]

Midnight Library

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the Glennon doyle books. I realized pretty quickly how terrible I thought it was.

First book was the best. She's preachy now, instead of self depricating.

Interesting that you only like her when she is putting herself down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Midnight Library

I kept reading that but can understand. If it was longer I would have stopped

[Anonymous]

Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell. I will try again though.

Wish I didn't finish: Hidden Pictures. Dumb twist at the end out of nowhere just to be twisty.

[Anonymous]

I DNF any new book - mainly if I don't like the writing style (I didn't even make it past the epigraph of Emily Henry's Beach Read "you are, so perfectly, my favorite person" barf).

BUT, if it's a classic or part of the "canon", I will usually try to finish. Sometimes I am surprised if I stick it out how much I end up liking a book. Or even if it's not a personal favorite, I will appreciate things about the writing, character development, etc.

[Anonymous]

The Last Mrs Parrish. I had some friends who loved it, I just couldn't get into it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally will read 50 pp before abandoning ship, but I do sometimes force myself to finish a book if it's required.

Are you in school?

Not any more, no, but I do take writing classes sometimes.

[Anonymous]

I am one of those people that will sit down and read at B&N. If I’m not feeling the book when I finish my coffee, it’s not coming home.

[Anonymous]

I DNF all the time. I wish Goodreads had a way to track those books. I don't like that the only choices are to show us as Read or not on your shelf at all. I don't want them on my "Want to Read," so I leave them as Read. which messes up my Reading Challenge. #nerdproblems

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I DNF any new book - mainly if I don't like the writing style (I didn't even make it past the epigraph of Emily Henry's Beach Read "you are, so perfectly, my favorite person" barf).

BUT, if it's a classic or part of the "canon", I will usually try to finish. Sometimes I am surprised if I stick it out how much I end up liking a book. Or even if it's not a personal favorite, I will appreciate things about the writing, character development, etc.

Oh same! I just got called out for this by my staff yesterday. But it was just too much.
A Gentleman in Moscow...I went with it for a while after seeing the author at a thing, but I just didn't really see a climax in sight for this one.
The It Girl was supposed to be all suspense and it dragged so much that I no longer cared who the killer was. This book could have been an email.
The Family Chao lost me when the location actually exists in Wisconsin, and Haven is like, 2 roads and a golf course, so literally none of it could have happened.
The Shimmering State was really highly regarded, and I got bored.

It took me a long time to allow myself to give up on books, and my life has greatly improved

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I personally will read 50 pp before abandoning ship, but I do sometimes force myself to finish a book if it's required.

Are you in school?

Not any more, no, but I do take writing classes sometimes.

That's very cool. Do you have required reading for your writing classes too? (If so, please tell us what!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the Glennon doyle books. I realized pretty quickly how terrible I thought it was.

First book was the best. She's preachy now, instead of self depricating.

Interesting that you only like her when she is putting herself down.

it was much more funny.