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Category: DNF

Posted on October 2, 2020September 25, 2020

DNF book review: The Changeling by Victor Lavalle

"How am I supposed to like a main character who is not just simply flawed, but a complete arsehole for no good reason"? Read my DNF review of Victor Lavalle's book that blends fantasy and horror...

Posted on December 18, 2018

My DNF books of 2018

As a lot of you probably know, I'm a serial DNFer and this year I gave up on 8 books - less than last year, but then again, I've also read less than last year. Where last year I was pretty tame with my reasons for putting a book down, this year I'm not going …

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Posted on September 26, 2018September 26, 2018

DNF Review: I Saw a Man by Owen Sheers

Synopsis: The event that changed all of their lives happened on a Saturday afternoon in June, just minutes after Michael Turner - thinking the Nelsons' house was empty - stepped through their back door. After the sudden loss of his wife, Michael Turner moves to London and quickly develops a close friendship with the Nelson …

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Posted on August 5, 2018August 5, 2018

DNF Review: Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

Synopsis: Sweetness can be deceptive. Meet Hanna. She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only person who understands her, and all Hanna wants is to live happily ever after with him. But Mommy stands in her way, and she’ll try any trick she can think of to get rid …

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Posted on July 4, 2018June 27, 2018

DNF Review: The Recipient by Dean Mayes

Synopsis: Casey Schillinge is a vivacious young woman on the verge of making her mark on the world. While backpacking, she is struck down by a tropical disease and suffers cardiac failure. But at the eleventh hour, Casey receives a life-saving heart transplant - and a rare second chance to begin again. Three years later, …

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Posted on May 23, 2018May 23, 2018

DNF Review: Kin by Snorri Kristjansson

Synopsis: He can deny it all he likes, but everyone knows Viking warlord Unnthor Reginsson brought home a great chest of gold when he retired from the longboats and settled down with Hildigunnur in a remote valley. Now, in the summer of 970, adopted daughter Helga is awaiting the arrival of her unknown siblings: dark, …

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Posted on April 25, 2018April 25, 2018

DNF Review: Bring Me Back by B. A. Paris

Synopsis: The Disappearance Twelve years ago Finn’s girlfriend disappeared. The Suspicion He told the police the truth about that night. Just not quite the whole truth. The Fear Now Finn has moved on. But his past won’t stay buried… Review: Yep, that's right! This seriously popular and loved book was a DNF for me. Why …

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Posted on March 14, 2018March 13, 2018

DNF Review: The Woman in the Wood by Lesley Pearse

Synopsis:  Fifteen-year-old twins Maisy and Duncan Mitcham have always had each other. Until the fateful day in the wood . . . One night in 1960, the twins awake to find their father pulling their screaming mother from the house. She is to be committed to an asylum. It is, so their father insists, for …

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Posted on February 21, 2018March 26, 2018

DNF Review: Fear by Dirk Kurbjuweit

Synopsis: You'd die for your family. But would you kill for them? Family is everything. So what if yours was being terrorised by a neighbour - a man who doesn't listen to reason, whose actions become more erratic and sinister with each passing day? And those you thought would help - the police, your lawyer …

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Posted on December 12, 2017December 13, 2017

My DNF books of 2017

So this year, I finished a great amount of books, but I also DNF'd a pretty large amount too! There were 12 books I did not finish this year, due to one reason or another. Keep reading to find out which books I couldn't finish, and why! (These are in no particular order) ~   …

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