Today’s post is basically just me remembering all of the popular old-school series that I just did not get on with. I always thought I was quite stubborn with finishing books/series but apparently not.
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
This was a very recent decision and it wasn’t made easily. I’ve only read the first book and I already own the rest of the series, but the first book really wasn’t good (in my opinion). If I continued I may have really enjoyed this series, but I have heard that you need to struggle through the first few books before it gets really good. Who has the time for that? I definitely don’t. Also, apparently this series is multiple sets of trilogies, so you’re telling me I have to get through an entire trilogy before it gets good. Yeah, I’m not sure about that.
Synopsis: I have a curse
I have a gift
I am a monster
I’m more than human
My touch is lethal
My touch is power
I am their weapon
I will fight back
Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days.
The last time she did, it was an accident, but The Reestablishment locked her up for murder. No one knows why Juliette’s touch is fatal. As long as she doesn’t hurt anyone else, no one really cares. The world is too busy crumbling to pieces to pay attention to a 17-year-old girl. Diseases are destroying the population, food is hard to find, birds don’t fly anymore, and the clouds are the wrong color.
The Reestablishment said their way was the only way to fix things, so they threw Juliette in a cell. Now so many people are dead that the survivors are whispering war—and The Reestablishment has changed its mind. Maybe Juliette is more than a tortured soul stuffed into a poisonous body. Maybe she’s exactly what they need right now.
Juliette has to make a choice: Be a weapon. Or be a warrior.
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
This is probably a major shock for a lot of people. However, I just about made it through the first book, which was probably due to how young I was when I read it. I don’t think I was ready for a book of this type at the time and then I just didn’t bother with the rest of them.
Is it ok to say I like the films but don’t really care about the books? I’ve never said that about any other books because I’m definitely a ‘the book was better’ type of person. However, I’m not sure if that’s the case for me.
I’m now thinking it’s too late to finish, well basically start this series and honestly, I’m not really too bothered about reading them.
Synopsis: About three things I was absolutely positive.
First, Edward was a vampire.
Second, there was a part of him—and I didn’t know how dominant that part might be—that thirsted for my blood.
And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.
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