I Read 11 Books... But DNFed 7 😬

I've been wanting to read more literary fiction, and this one started really strong. I love the writing.

And it was still good. I just feel too old, especially with like the romance happening, too. Wasn't really for me.

And yes, it was really good. I did overall enjoy it. Would I have enjoyed it more 10 years ago? Probably, but I still think this is a good read, so four star.

So, I was enjoying it. It was exactly what I thought it was going to be until you get the reason.

I did try Glorious Exploits just out of curiosity. I didn't think it was going to be for me, and it wasn't, but I get why it's popular.

At first, I thought maybe it was because of the narration from the teenage girl. I feel like teenagers kind of angsty, they don't want to go on vacation with family. I thought maybe that's that, but no, I just don't like the writing.

I made it like 65 pages, seven chapters in. And yeah, the description of this hot 17-year-old was not doing it for me. And it's just it's so cringe.

So, this is going to be a three star for me. Again, I thought I was going to give it five, but I just wasn't as invested as I thought I would be.

Like I said, four star, I had fun. It's definitely a bit unserious, but in a good way. So highly recommend if that's your thing.

I don't even know if I want to give it like a 2.5, maybe a three star. Was it good? Not really, but again, it's just so unique, and I'm just really curious to see maybe, you know, the debut novel wasn't as strong as the next one.

You have obviously some commentary on the publishing industry which could have been good but honestly I was just not rooting for anyone by the end and once again I did not like the ending which I don't feel like I say that super often, but again, that was the second time that month.

So, for that reason, this one is going to be like a 2.5 star, which feels really hard because again, I really liked Bartholomew, and I was enjoying, you know, again, the vibes in the first half, but I don't know. I really, really did not care for the ending.

I have read the first book in the Diviners series by her, and I had enjoyed it. Never continued.