@fifischwarz@boeken@bookstodon
When I read it, I saw it as two different books, which should never have been synthesized. The first half was funny for the "extremely online" set like me, but it wasn't a story. It might have worked better as a separate project, with an illustrator, something along the lines of an Allie Brosh book of illustrated musings.
The second half switched gears so dramatically, I did not know what to think. Maybe the author meant to show that you're going along, living your life, and BAM! one terrible event can change your focus and your whole world, but the author never made the segue. The result is that neither half works.
@kimlockhartga
Thanks for this. It feels a bit harsh to rate a book so badly, but if a book doesn't work for a reader, then so be it. I guess it didn't help that I did not have the faintest idea who the author was 🫣
Your description is pretty much spot on, I think. Too many books to read (I saw your 1,000 recommendations - very glad to have already read some) 😝 to continue in one that's mostly annoying. @boeken@bookstodon
@fifischwarz
Hah, I once abandoned a book by Stephen King. I just couldn't get through the story which was too repetitive and long before it, supposedly, would BE somewhere, the 'going' was taking way too much time. I think it took place on a train. A tower was involved, I think. I no longer even have that book: if I don't like it I don't keep it.
I do have others of him that I like although I BY FAR prefer other writers such as Peter Hamilton or Greg Bear, and others.
@pascaline
It definitely sounds like you made the right choice to quit reading that one. I too have gotten rid of books that I felt were not all that. My shelves are like trophy cases: there's only room for what is absolutely worthwhile (ok, for those and for my tsundoku - of which I don't know yet, but hope, I will like them 😊 ) @boeken@bookstodon
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