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This week’s topic is:
Petty Reasons You’ve DNF’d a Book
(Or reduced its rating. You don’t even have to say what the book was if you don’t want to!)
- Really don’t like the main character.
- Writing style is not it for me.
- Boring.
- I put it down meaning to come back to it but then I forget about it and don’t want to put any more effort in trying to read it.
- Abrupt ending (reduced rating).
- Pacing is off (reduced rating).
- Story is all over the place (reduce rating).
- Lacking chemistry between lovers/forced romance (reduce rating).
- Annoying main character (reduce rating).
- An annoying love interest (reduce rating).
Is that petty enough?? 😅
What’s on your TTT?
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Haha, I don’t know if I’d consider these petty but maybe that means I’m petty with my reasoning too 😂 I didn’t have it on my list today but I really don’t like abrupt or open-ended endings so that would make me reduce my rating too, I think. Great list!
Thanks! Yeah I was like it isn’t quite petty but these are the only things I could think of, so at least I know I’m not that petty! lol
Abrupt and open endings are the WORST. I hate them and will always reduce my rating. haha. Great list!
Thanks!
They sound like pretty good reasons to me. 😉
Thanks!
Sometimes you just know right away if you are going to like a main character and often this can be a deal breaker. I picked up a romance some months ago and there was just something about the MC that I did not like. I knew she wouldn’t grow on me, so I put it down.