DNF books: In Sheep's Clothing, Sweep, Leviathan Wakes

[thistlechaser]

In Sheep's Clothing by Kevin Hensley. The whole time I was reading this book, I repeated "this is so weird" so many times. It was sort of like Animal Farm, where animals were a stand-in for people. The problem for me was that we never got a description of the animals. Most of them time, they seemed physically to be "pure" animals (not furry or anthropomorphic), but now and then they'd do something impossible for an animal with hooves to do (like take one test and pass the rest back to the row behind you, or taking out glasses and pouring drinks). The story wasn't subtle at all in its messages and morals, but it was really my inability to picture the characters that made me drop the book. It's kind of jarring when your mental image switches between a normal sheep, then one that is standing on two legs and using hands, then back to a normal sheep. DNF 33%

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier. There was nothing wrong with this book. The writing was fine. It was edited well. The story was okay. The characters were okay if not memorable. For some reason, I just had no interest in the story or what would happen. Eventually I decided to move on to something else. DNF 62%

Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey. I've tried three times to get into the Expanse TV show, and I've failed every time (apparently you have to reach ep 4 to get hooked, so eventually I'll try it one more time). Maybe the same held true for the book and you had to reach a certain point to get hooked, but if so, that point wasn't 3%. DNF 3%

Partial book credits:
Point reached in DNF books: 33 + 62 + 3 = 98%
Previous abandoned book total: 184%
New total: 282% (two books)

Comments

[jeane nevarez (from livejournal.com)]

I think I have Sweep on one of my TBR lists. Sorry to hear it was kinda blah!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Hopefully it will work for you! There was nothing wrong with it, it just didn't click with me at all. I think because of what the "monster" was? Or maybe because it was set in a realistic, historical time...

If you do read it, I'll be interested to hear what you think!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I still had your old URL bookmarked, since it automatically redirected me. There's something odd going on on the old site, just FYI.

Edit: Wow that image is huge, I'll link it: https://i.gyazo.com/57478033d49119a0a047dc4db8338a51.png

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I actually read 'Leviathan Wakes' but after watching the series...I actually prefer the series because some of my favorite characters are not even in the first book but they are in the first season.

...and I am one of those people that says "just keep watching" LOL. Season 1 didn't grab me quickly either, it has a weird vibe from the rest of the show? Like, Season 1 has the whole Miller and Julie Mao plot that plays out like a hard-boiled detective novel and that is not how the rest of the show is? BUT it sets up TONS of plot stuff for the rest of the series so you kind of have to watch it to not be confused. Honestly for me it was like LotR — I didn't really get what was going on in the first movie, but I watched the second and was like "OH!" and then went back to the first haha. (It's similar because in S1 they all dislike each other and tend to refer to each other by rank or planet of origin, takes a season for them to become more "found family")

I will stop...my coworkers mock me for my Expanse evangelism :P

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'm nearly caught up with a bunch of shows, so I'm going to give it another try soon. So many people like it so much, I want to love it, too!

[loup_noir]

I read the first two, maybe three, Expanse books before watching the series. I remember being hugely disappointed in the casting for Holden. Liked most of the rest, although Miller ought to have been older. Last season, which seemed awfully disjointed to me, turned out to be two of the books mashed together. This season was better. I've been meaning to read the rest, but there's always something else that needs reading ahead of them.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

So many things to read, so little time... At least knowing that makes it slightly easier for me to abandon a book I'm not enjoying.

Thanks for the Expanse insight!