You wanted to read the book, you were excited to crack it open, you came into it with good faith and anticipation… but you ended up dnf-ing it. Which book and why?
Mine was The Maid by Nita Prose. It was for my book club and looked like a fun murder mystery. Instead I got instant manic-pixie-dream-neurodivergent-girl vibes, and I noped out before the crime scene was even found.
My mom raved about All the Light We Cannot See so I picked up a copy and read a few pages whenever I could. I was about 100 or so pages into it and was thanking her for the suggestion and telling her I really liked it. And then she told me the ending.
NO! This book is so beautifully written and has such a unique story. I’m a big fan of WWII historical fiction and this is one of the best I’ve read. I would recommend still finishing it just because it has such lovely prose.
I think the book continues to stay with me simply because of the writing. I may return to it eventually, but I also want to watch the Netflix film, and I’m not sure how that will affect my approach to it later. Hmmm.
Nooooo that book is so good!! I’m sorry that happened :(
Why would you do that? She wanted to discuss it and jumped the gun?
I’m sure that was it. Mom raved about it, none of my siblings read, and she was excited to talk to someone about it. At that time it was taking me forever to get any reading in so she may have assumed I’d already finished it. I know absolutely it wasn’t done as a spoiler.
Yeah that ending…but I loved the book. What I don’t love is that it set off a HUGE trend of books with WWII plot lines. I’m over it and will not pick read a book if it’s set in WWII.