It’s VERY rare for me to DNF a book. And the times I’ve been tempted to, but still trudge through, I rarely end up feeling anything but resentment for that particular book.
That being said, I only have two submissions for this week’s Top 5 Tuesday, hosted by Shanah the Bionic Bookworm.
The Raven Boys
The first time I started reading this, I had all kinds of trouble visualizing things. I couldn’t figure out what anything or anyone looked like, and honestly, because I hadn’t read a lot about the premise, I couldn’t even figure out what time period I was supposed to be reading about. For some reason, the cover gave me the impression that it would be set way in the past instead of current day. I put it aside and came back to it a month later. Second time was much better and I burned through the entire series!
Red Rising
I’ve always acknowledged that the beginning is kind of hard to get through. It was almost the end of my reading. I didn’t intentionally put the book down, but my interests took me away from this book. The premise brought me back to it. It sounded like it should have been so good. I started over from the first page, got through the beginning and was rewarded by a story that took hold and wouldn’t let go!
Fun fact about this post: It’s actually a Top 2 Tuesday, or, as I like to call it, a TOP TWOS-DAY! #SorryForTheDadJoke
Red Rising made my list too. The first few chapters were a bit of a drag and didn’t seem anything close to what people were saying about the book. SO glad that I kept going because that book was amazing!!
Not books that are even on my radar, so I won’t be looking for them any time soon, anyway!
Hahaha Joe so far red Rising is still a DNF for me but I think I’ll give it a second chance as it’s my son’s favorite LOL
You definitely should!
I rarely DNF books too! I don’t think I would have any for this list! (and never apologize for Dad jokes!! I thought is was very punny 😀 ) That is good to know about Raven Boys! Its on my TBR 🙂
I’m pleasantly surprised to see that Nevernight didn’t make this list. I know those footnotes were killing you lol! Good to know about Red Rising so I can prep myself when I get around to reading that one! =D
It was a struggle, but there was never a chance of DNFing it. And YES! You need to read Red Rising! SO good.
Haha! I will attempt to move it up my list!! Too many books, too little time!!
Red Rising is still on my TBR… but I LOVE the Raven Cycle!!
I’m so glad you ended up loving both of these!!