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2020 books
Jan. 12th, 2020 02:06 pmAbandoned books. So many abandoned books.
We, The Lucky Few by P.S. Lurie. Self-published. Disliked.
I don't know why dystopian books tend to be so unbelievable. This one had a good setup. Oceans were rising and they weren't stopping. More and more land was vanishing. Most animals were extinct. Not many people were left. If it had stopped right there, it would have been a really great setup for the story. But nope. Instead the rich people, who owned what little left of the dry land, said they would save one person from each remaining 'poor' family. Again, if it had stopped there, that would have been a good setup. But nope. At the same time they announced that they would save one person, they said they would be shooting everyone else. Why? They were safe behind a wall no one could get through. The ocean would do the work for them. And, even if they for some unknown reason wanted to kill all the poor people, why announce it? Too much unreasonableness like that, I stopped reading at 14%.
Irregular Creatures by Chuck Wendig. Traditionally published. Rating: Okay
I read three of the stories in this book. The first one, about winged cats, was okay. Lots of things that didn't make sense logic-wise that you sort of had to just go along with. A few slow spots. The ending was very nice. Next story was horror, which I do not like. Third story was just totally a miss for me.
I think this author is probably just not a good match for my tastes. Abandoned at 50%.
CLAN: Birth of the Chosen One by Roger Kenworthy. Self-published. Rating: Disliked
The writing was just so bad in this one. I had to reread sentences repeatedly to try to figure out what the author meant. Abandoned at 8%, but I really should have stopped sooner.
Partial book credits:
Point reached in these books: 14%, 50%, 8% = 72%
Previous abandoned book total: 25%
New total: 97%
We, The Lucky Few by P.S. Lurie. Self-published. Disliked.
I don't know why dystopian books tend to be so unbelievable. This one had a good setup. Oceans were rising and they weren't stopping. More and more land was vanishing. Most animals were extinct. Not many people were left. If it had stopped right there, it would have been a really great setup for the story. But nope. Instead the rich people, who owned what little left of the dry land, said they would save one person from each remaining 'poor' family. Again, if it had stopped there, that would have been a good setup. But nope. At the same time they announced that they would save one person, they said they would be shooting everyone else. Why? They were safe behind a wall no one could get through. The ocean would do the work for them. And, even if they for some unknown reason wanted to kill all the poor people, why announce it? Too much unreasonableness like that, I stopped reading at 14%.
Irregular Creatures by Chuck Wendig. Traditionally published. Rating: Okay
I read three of the stories in this book. The first one, about winged cats, was okay. Lots of things that didn't make sense logic-wise that you sort of had to just go along with. A few slow spots. The ending was very nice. Next story was horror, which I do not like. Third story was just totally a miss for me.
I think this author is probably just not a good match for my tastes. Abandoned at 50%.
CLAN: Birth of the Chosen One by Roger Kenworthy. Self-published. Rating: Disliked
The writing was just so bad in this one. I had to reread sentences repeatedly to try to figure out what the author meant. Abandoned at 8%, but I really should have stopped sooner.
Partial book credits:
Point reached in these books: 14%, 50%, 8% = 72%
Previous abandoned book total: 25%
New total: 97%
