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Highly rated book you DNF (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by JoeClu@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.ml

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Here is my embarrassing list.

=Noteworthy

1984 by George Orwell Catch-22 Joseph Heller Dune by Frank Herbert East of Eden by John Steinbeck Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

=Less Noteworthy

Black Sea Gods by Brian Braden Mythos by Stephen Fry Smallworld by Dominic Green The One by John Marrs The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

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[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Piranesi: I could not get into the book, got to around 80-90 pages in. Just was not for me probably, might retry another time though.

Quiet the power of introverts: the beginning was informative and relatable but after that it become to much historical which wasn’t for me.

[–] Heyassbutt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just out of curiosity what was it about Piranesi you didn't like? I've heard it recommended on the books subreddit so many times so I'm curious.

[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Uncertain to be honest, it’s been a while. But I remember, I just couldn’t get into the story.

Perhaps I was not in the right mood or it just wasn’t the kind of book for me. Could be the genre as well. Honestly can’t remember.

Might retry it a long while later.

For example, I prefer to read quite the emotional books such as:

The Words We Keep
The Midnight Library
Before The Coffee Gets Cold (currently reading)