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Wolf Code by Chandler Brett
Traditional or self-published: Self-published
Rating: Disliked (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
Bad reviewer, no cookie. I started reading this book almost two months ago, at the beginning of the quarantine, and dropped it soon after, but I never posted about it.
There were two plots, unrelated to each other. One about a wolf trying to find its pack, and the other about a college TA who liked one of his students.
The wolf plot was odd. I kept expecting it to be a werewolf or something, because it just didn't sound like a realistic wolf. But nope, it was a real wolf.
I had no interest in the human romance half of the plot.
Two half-plots, both of which I didn't enjoy, meant I dropped the book. DNF 10%
400 Boys and 50 More by Marc Laidlaw
Traditional or self-published: Self-published
Rating: Okay (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
The author collected 51 of his short stories (posted on his website and other places around the net) and published them in a book. Since he listed them chronologically, and said in the intro that of course his earlier ones wouldn't be as good as his later ones, I picked a couple at the end to try.
The first story was about a boy obsessed with H. P. Lovecraft. The writing was fine, the twist was fine. The second story... I can't remember what it was. I read it less than 24 hours ago. It was fine, whatever it had been.
The problem with short stories is that if I love one, it's over too soon. And if I don't like it, I don't move on to the next book, I just move on to the next story within the book. Mostly I try to avoid them, I still don't know why I picked up this one.
DNF at about 5%.
New Games by Mel Todd
Traditional or self-published: Self-published
Rating: Hated (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
I love werewolf stories, so you'd think that "shifter" (were-other animals) books would work for me. But nope. They're almost always so poorly written, mostly focusing on romance, and are just bad.
I have no idea of this one had a focus on romance or not, because the writing was awful. Every time a character said something, it was so jarring, nothing like how people really speak. The setup was unbelievable, everything was just bad about this book. DNF 9%
Partial book credits:
Point reached in these books: 10% + 5% + 9% = 24%
Previous abandoned book total: 232%
New total: 256% (two books)
Traditional or self-published: Self-published
Rating: Disliked (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
Bad reviewer, no cookie. I started reading this book almost two months ago, at the beginning of the quarantine, and dropped it soon after, but I never posted about it.
There were two plots, unrelated to each other. One about a wolf trying to find its pack, and the other about a college TA who liked one of his students.
The wolf plot was odd. I kept expecting it to be a werewolf or something, because it just didn't sound like a realistic wolf. But nope, it was a real wolf.
I had no interest in the human romance half of the plot.
Two half-plots, both of which I didn't enjoy, meant I dropped the book. DNF 10%
400 Boys and 50 More by Marc Laidlaw
Traditional or self-published: Self-published
Rating: Okay (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
The author collected 51 of his short stories (posted on his website and other places around the net) and published them in a book. Since he listed them chronologically, and said in the intro that of course his earlier ones wouldn't be as good as his later ones, I picked a couple at the end to try.
The first story was about a boy obsessed with H. P. Lovecraft. The writing was fine, the twist was fine. The second story... I can't remember what it was. I read it less than 24 hours ago. It was fine, whatever it had been.
The problem with short stories is that if I love one, it's over too soon. And if I don't like it, I don't move on to the next book, I just move on to the next story within the book. Mostly I try to avoid them, I still don't know why I picked up this one.
DNF at about 5%.
New Games by Mel Todd
Traditional or self-published: Self-published
Rating: Hated (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
I love werewolf stories, so you'd think that "shifter" (were-other animals) books would work for me. But nope. They're almost always so poorly written, mostly focusing on romance, and are just bad.
I have no idea of this one had a focus on romance or not, because the writing was awful. Every time a character said something, it was so jarring, nothing like how people really speak. The setup was unbelievable, everything was just bad about this book. DNF 9%
Partial book credits:
Point reached in these books: 10% + 5% + 9% = 24%
Previous abandoned book total: 232%
New total: 256% (two books)
