This was so bad it was almost worth reading but I abandoned it at 34%. You cannot expect me to believe that anyone drinks Jack Daniel's on the rocks, especially a man who is as posh as I'm supposed to believe Thierry is. But the two unbelievably terrible sex scenes were what made me give up.

Self-important boomer tells boring stories about his "back in my day" life.

Gave up at page 183 (41%) because I was bored.

Absolutely nothing happened until page 112 and what did happen wasn't enough to keep me reading.

 

Rose dies in a car accident and from what I can see from the rest of the reviews, it's just a sad book from that point on, and I'm not real interested in a book that is half fluff and half pathos

This was so bad I gave up a third of the way through. I can only assume based on the text that Harold Robbins never met a woman. And if he did ever meet one, I can only offer them my condolences.

An old book from a college class on Robin Hood that isn't super readable.

Giving up at 8%. It wasn't a bad book, just not for me. If I'm going to read a mob story I require banter and hijinks and this book does not appear to know the definition of either of those words.

Me: Have you read anything by Alma Katsu?
My sister: Yeah, she wrote that book about the Donner party that was so boring. How do you even make a book about the Donner party boring?
Me: I started one that's supposed to be a horror novel but so far it is just so boring. I don't even know if I want to finish it.
My sister: I wouldn't. *shrug*

And I believe her. Abandoned at 13% after reading the Wikipedia plot synopsis and I have no regrets.

I really tried to like this since it came so highly recommended, but it was just so dull. Gave up at 31%.

I hope to god that I never meet a man who thinks women think and act like they do in this book.