This pains me so much because this is just not me, but dnf at 57%
I received a copy of Legacy of Kings last year and I was so happy to read it. I was This pains me so much because this is just not me, but dnf at 57%
I received a copy of Legacy of Kings last year and I was so happy to read it. I was really very interested in the story of Alexander the Great, especially his teenage years. I also really loved the fact that Eleanor Herman is a historian, so even though this has a dash of fantasy with it, the accounts would mostly be true to history. However, I didn't really like it because there were too many POVs. As such, the whole story arc is just actually really short. At the end of the book, I was so unfulfilled because I felt like the events were still too few.
When I received a copy of Empire of Dust for review, I literally screamed with joy because I thought I would finally get the story that I so wanted to know more of. However, it turns out that I have the same problem with this one as I did the first book. Still, there are so many POVs and still, at 57%, there is nothing truly interesting going on. It still feels like I'm in the first few chapters of the book, instead of being past the middle.
One thing you guys should know about me is that I rarely dnf a book. I think the number of books I've dnf-ed in my entire life amounts to less than 10 books. However, it just so happens that I really have a lot of things on my plate now and this is just not cutting it. I've been reading this book for days and days already, and I just don't have the patience right now to sit through it again (since it already happened in the first book).
I might get back to reading this one once I have more free time because honestly, this is a really interesting story. It's very unique and it would be a waste not to know what happened. I think that this book truly has the potential to be amazing. It's just that it's at a much slower pace than I prefer....more
When I first saw this on Netgalley, I was really interested. I have read a teacher-student romance before that I really loved, and I was hopiDNF @ 30%
When I first saw this on Netgalley, I was really interested. I have read a teacher-student romance before that I really loved, and I was hoping that this would be good also. Sadly, I was deeply disappointed.
I usually try to read at least 50% of the book if I really can't take it anymore, but it was just so hard to get into this one. This style of writing - told in second person and in one big chunk of a letter - is the same with My Best Everything, which I didn't like the writing of. I was mislead, because the synopsis said "told in letters," implying more than on letter, which might have been better for me.
I just felt like Bennett was so stupid because it was obvious that he was at fault in the same manner that Madelyn was. From the start, he was already flirting with Maddie. I also didn't like how this book kept hinting at what would happen in the "future" of the timeline.
I felt really annoyed while reading this and kept rolling my eyes. I just couldn't take it anymore, so I finally had to stop. I most likely won't ever bother finishing this one.
Kim at Divergent Gryffindor
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