Holy shit, I have this book listed as DNF and I usually don’t comment on my DNFs but I looked at some 1 star reviews of this book and a bunch of them Holy shit, I have this book listed as DNF and I usually don’t comment on my DNFs but I looked at some 1 star reviews of this book and a bunch of them are from a bunch of “christian” homophobes so I want to make it clear that I stopped reading this book simply because it isn’t for me and not because I hate gay people.
I’m not a fucking loser homophobic piece of shit lmao and also I’m queer asf and I can’t wait to party with satan because of it, get fucked bigots....more
I DNF’d this book because to be quite frank, it read like it was written for old conservative grandmas. And that’s perfectly fine, they need to read tI DNF’d this book because to be quite frank, it read like it was written for old conservative grandmas. And that’s perfectly fine, they need to read too, but I’m not one of them....more
I was excited to read this one but unfortunately, it was a DNF around 15% because the prose was so unnecessarily purple. It was so flowery that it tooI was excited to read this one but unfortunately, it was a DNF around 15% because the prose was so unnecessarily purple. It was so flowery that it took away from the story and my enjoyment of it....more
A DNF because while I knew this was going to have romantic bits in it, I expected mostly thriller and was disappointed to find that it was mostly romaA DNF because while I knew this was going to have romantic bits in it, I expected mostly thriller and was disappointed to find that it was mostly romance instead. Nooooo :(...more
I had great interest in this book, but after finding out that Zeitoun is a liar, abuser, and uhhh tried to have his wife killed, the story kind of losI had great interest in this book, but after finding out that Zeitoun is a liar, abuser, and uhhh tried to have his wife killed, the story kind of lost its magic. It’s well-written and Dave Eggers isn’t to blame for my DNF (I even tried to read it as a work of fiction) but I couldn’t stop thinking about what a piece of shit Zeitoun really is, so I decided to put the book down and move on....more