The “Should I finish this book?” thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Understory. I tried twice.

Any chance you actually mean The Overstory? Because a huge +1 to not being able to finish that one! I loved the beginning and then it fell off a cliff. I kept seeing it on best seller lists and wondered if anyone who bought it actually made it to the end.

The Overstory is still sitting on my shelf. The person who gave it to me thought it was the best read of that year, and I don’t dispute that— I just cannot get into it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Women.
Demon copperhead.

OP here. I loved Demon Copperhead, but if you don't like trauma p0rn, I get why it wouldn't grab you. It's a fine line. How many bad things can happen to one guy?

Still working on Poisonwood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I can’t get into a book, I often wonder if I should stick it out or abandon ship. I trust DCUM more than Goodreads or Amazon. Let’s post our partially finished books end courage each other to finish them (or not).

My current unfinished reads are:

Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner (and I’ve loved all her books)

Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver

Stoner, John Williams

Poisonwood Bible was worth it. I kind of enjoy her other books but they're a bit to fey for me.

Apparently it is not true there are no bees to pollinate western-style crops in Africa, which I recall being presented as a fact (the missionary dad is going to show the locals how to grow vegetable as if he was in Iowa)

I enjoyed the bit about how the missionary dad freaks out the mothers because he wants to take the children to the river to be baptized, when they see a guy who intends to feed their offspring to the crocodiles.

[Anonymous]

The Moor's Last Sigh --Salman Rushdie

Only Rushdie book I have ever tried. Read almost all of it but it's been sitting by my bed for months with the last 100 pages or so unread.