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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gentleman in Moscow.  Everyone said it so good but I can't get through it.  [/quote]

Same. I don’t understand what people liked about this book.

Another DNF was The Goldfinch. I made it at least 2/3 of the way through. I liked the first section in NYC and really got into the Vegas part. But when the story shifted back again to NYC, I realized I no longer cared about the fate of the main character. At all. I tried to keep going, but I was done. Super weird for me to DNF that far in. Usually I drop a book much earlier. [/quote]

The Goldfinch is one of the only books I didn't finish! I just have a strong "want to know what happens" drive and tend to want to slog through even when a book makes me angry. I thought the book was ok and then when I got 2/3s of the way through, I just couldn't any more.

I am in my early 50s and read a lot, too, over 100 books a year. I think I have gotten both less and more selective, but definitely more defined in my taste. I can put up with ok writing and plot twists in some sub-genres but not others. For re-reads, I just love Jane Austen and Dickens. They seem to get better and better for me. On the other hand, I was dismayed to find that I found Jane Eyre to be too melodramatic and maudlin (I know, I know) and that I coudn't even finish Wuthering Heights. I loved these books ferociously when I first read them but I guess I have changed and just don't like Gothic lit anymore.  [/quote]

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