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DNF - PG 24
Why?
... Because I don't do my proper research on books.
Look, I liked Sim's Timekeeper trilogy so when I saw she was writing another book, I just added it to my TBR. This was like three years ago. Maybe I knew what it was about then, but I've been sitting here thinking that this was going to be a sci-fi story like [b:Heart of Iron|35181314|Heart of Iron (Heart of Iron, #1)|Ashley Poston|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1498506185l/35181314._SY75_.jpg|52787851] or [b:Stitching Snow|16067008|Stitching Snow|R.C. Lewis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390498946l/16067008._SY75_.jpg|21858427].
When I started reading it, it dropped me down on a slaver style debtor ship and all I was thinking of was [b:Seafire|37822534|Seafire (Seafire, #1)|Natalie C. Parker|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1519742447l/37822534._SX50_.jpg|55913489]. The I decided, upon slogging through less than a dozen pages, that now was a good time to read the dust jacket synopsis.
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I never read [b:The Count of Monte Cristo|7126|The Count of Monte Cristo|Alexandre Dumas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1611834134l/7126._SY75_.jpg|391568] but I know the story. I also know I don't like the story and I don't want to read a retelling of it. Even a gender-swapped retelling.
So I slogged through two dozen boring pages of two characters that do not interest me in the slightest, while starting and finishing two other books. (And one of those books wasn't very good, but at least it hooked me at the beginning).
I know twenty-four pages isn't enough to say I dislike the book, but something should have caught me by this point, and nothing did.
Why?
... Because I don't do my proper research on books.
Look, I liked Sim's Timekeeper trilogy so when I saw she was writing another book, I just added it to my TBR. This was like three years ago. Maybe I knew what it was about then, but I've been sitting here thinking that this was going to be a sci-fi story like [b:Heart of Iron|35181314|Heart of Iron (Heart of Iron, #1)|Ashley Poston|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1498506185l/35181314._SY75_.jpg|52787851] or [b:Stitching Snow|16067008|Stitching Snow|R.C. Lewis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390498946l/16067008._SY75_.jpg|21858427].
When I started reading it, it dropped me down on a slaver style debtor ship and all I was thinking of was [b:Seafire|37822534|Seafire (Seafire, #1)|Natalie C. Parker|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1519742447l/37822534._SX50_.jpg|55913489]. The I decided, upon slogging through less than a dozen pages, that now was a good time to read the dust jacket synopsis.
...
I never read [b:The Count of Monte Cristo|7126|The Count of Monte Cristo|Alexandre Dumas|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1611834134l/7126._SY75_.jpg|391568] but I know the story. I also know I don't like the story and I don't want to read a retelling of it. Even a gender-swapped retelling.
So I slogged through two dozen boring pages of two characters that do not interest me in the slightest, while starting and finishing two other books. (And one of those books wasn't very good, but at least it hooked me at the beginning).
I know twenty-four pages isn't enough to say I dislike the book, but something should have caught me by this point, and nothing did.
Just a bit boring. Got about a third of the way through and couldn’t bring myself to care about the characters or the plot.
Wasn't really connecting with the story or characters
Nothing wrong with it, was decently written, but I was just bored out of my mind. Couldn’t give zero freaks about anyone and anything in this book. So, moving on to my other 400 books on my tbr 😂
It was just okay. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I knew the original Count of Monte Cristo story. I ended up skipping to the last couple of chapters and didn’t read anything that made me regret my decision.
DNF at 54%. Audiobook narrator wasn’t good, writing wasn’t good, I didn’t care what happened.
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