thistlechaser | DNF books: In Sheep's Clothing, Sweep, Leviathan Wakes (Reply)

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)