Top 10 Books I Just Couldn’t Finish

Guess What! It’s Tuesday again! Which means another Top Ten Tuesday hosted by the wonderful ladies at The Broke and The Bookish. This week we are discussing books that were difficult to finish or ones that were left unfinished. I personally used to despise not finish a book. Like, if I start I HAVE to finish. But these days, there are just so many books I want to read that I don’t have time to waste on ones that I am not enjoying. (Gosh, that sounds kind of harsh… yet rather true.) So, here are ten of the books that I have DNF’d (Did Not Finish).

*Many of these are pretty popular books, but I just didn’t find myself enjoying them. We are all entitled to our opinions, so please be respectful of mine. Thank you! 🙂 *

1. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

The premise was really neat here, but it just wasn’t for me. I loved the aspect of friendship and life during the war, yet I wasn’t sold. It might be one that I would pick up again, but who knows.

2. The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

I found this one to be rather boring. It was also a bit strange. I kept waiting for something to happen with a tree, but nothing of the sort occurred. Maybe I just didn’t get far enough, but you’d think a book with a tree in the title would mention said tree fairly early on…

3. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

I actually don’t have much to say for this one, other than that I didn’t really give it a fair try. I read like ten pages then gave up. Maybe not even ten. So, I must try to read it again one of these days.

4. Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

I tried reeeaaaallly hard to like this one. I wanted it to be one of my favorites, but that didn’t really happen. I liked Lazlo as a character (hello, librarian book nerds are the best), but the story was very slow. I felt I was waiting forever for something to happen, yet it never did.

5. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

This book was huge! That’s probably my main reason for stopping, that and the fact that I was little bored. I also thought A Court of Thorns and Roses was a bit slow, though it was still good. I would still like to try reading it again, hopefully more successfully next time!

6. Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab

Ok, ok. I did really like This Savage Song, and they have such beautiful covers, but I just wasn’t feeling it. The book actually was not bad at all, I just needed to read it at a different time. Schwab’s writing is beautiful, and the characters are great, so hopefully I can pick this up again and really enjoy it!

7. Tell the Wind and Fire by Sarah Rees Brennan

I really like the title of this book. It is kind of mysterious, yet powerful. I wasn’t really grabbed by the plot, so it was a DNF for me. I did find a really awesome quote, though: “Tell the wind and fire where to stop, but don’t tell me.”

8. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein

This is kind of a classic, and I’m a fan of the movies. Unfortunately, this older style of writing is a bit difficult to read and enjoy. Possibly when I’m older I will understand it better!

9. The Young Elites by Marie Lu

I LOVE Lu’s Legend, as it was fabulous! I was not nearly as into this book, though. The writing was still wonderful, but just something about it was a little disappointing. I would like to give it another try eventually.

10. The Rule of Thoughts by James Dashner

This is the sequel to The Eye of Minds, which I really enjoyed. It was fast paced and had an intriguing video game world. However, I got a third of the way through this one and just stopped. I’m not actually sure why, maybe I got bored? I don’t think there was quite as much action as I would have liked, but maybe I can finish the series one day.

Do you often DNF books? What makes you do so? Do you ever find sequels to be disappointing? Link me to your TTT!

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