Author: Justine Larbalestier
Genre: YA Fiction, Standalone
Published: 2009
Personal Rating: DNF #2
This one falls under the column of CONS when deciding whether or not to read book descriptions or reviews. I wasn't necessarily enjoying this, but thought the plot would thicken soon and grab my attention. Well, it did, and without hesitation - it became a DNF. I'm not going to say what the changing force was because it may ruin it for others. But, if you're like me and don't like to know much about a book, you may want to have a clue about this one. Thankfully this doesn't happen to me often.
I have no desire to read this book but now your cryptic secrecy is going to have googling a summary of this book just so I can know what it was that made you finally DNF it!
ReplyDeleteOk, I got it! And I can so see why, especially you, would put the book down at that point! LOL
ReplyDeleteNicola ~ Hahahahaha! I don't even know why I had it on my TBR list in the first place, but I did. So, when I saw it (a while back), I added it to my collection of BOCDs in iTunes. Thought I'd go with a little YA yesterday and . . . well, you know the rest.
ReplyDeleteWell, I think you saw my post about liking to know little to nothing about a book--so like Nicola I'm wanting to google the summary even though I've seen this one around a zillion times. Makes me wonder if it's only gotten the hype it has because of the whole 'whitewash' cover incident?
ReplyDeleteTrish ~ Yes, I commented on your post and thought it was interesting that this happened so soon after that. Like I said, this is one of the "cons" of our crazed method. :)
ReplyDeleteI vaguely remember the cover controversy, but don't remember the details. All I know is that the girl on the cover did or did not accurately represent the girl in the book. The pic on the cover of the book I have posted looks like the girl I envisioned.
If you like this sort of book (it's a particular kind of fiction), then I guess it could be popular in its own right, but I tend to believe the cover caused some of its hype because who likes this stuff?!?!?
(Apparently a lot of people. Blech)
Well, now you have me curious. But not curious enough to pick this one up.
ReplyDeleteStacybuckeye ~ There are so many other books that would probably be a better choice. :)
ReplyDeleteOkay, now I'm really curious. But, on the other hand, I don't want to spoil the reading for myself. I waited quite a while to get a copy, but I'm one of those suckers who acquired it after the kerfuffle over the cover (the first cover was similar, but the girl was white).
ReplyDeleteSorry to see this is a stinker.
ReplyDeleteI've heard so much about this one that I was actually "turned off" about reading it. Glad to see that it was o.k. to miss reading this one.
ReplyDeleteBookfool ~ LOL If you do read it, will you share the ending with me? I'm not dying to know or I would have finished it myself, but I wonder about the mystery part of the book.
ReplyDeleteBermudaonion ~ It's just a subgenre I don't care for and didn't know it going in.
Staci ~ No worries, you won't miss much. :)