Roundup of abandoned books

[lightreads]

I switched digital book players, which means I still have all my books but I lost my place in everything (seriously! WTF?) so I am admitting defeat on things I can't be bothered to remember where I even left off on. A few notes:

Jade City by Fonda Lee

Lots of people love this jadepunk gangster secondary world fantasy, and I tried, but I just hated all the men and their machismo problems and couldn't hack it beyond the 1/3 mark. I suspect there's some interesting stuff in there re the pointedly off-page woman-led rival gang, but eh.

Chime by Franny Billingsley

Lovely and atmospheric historical YA about a girl who can see ghosts and also there's industrialization and emotional abuse. Nothing wrong with it; just not in the mood and now it's been too long.

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

*Stares dead-eyed into camera* I hate Kizzy. Hate. She and her manic pixie wokeness and really this entire book were trying so hard, my teeth hurt.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Oh, thank you for the salt re: Chambers. I gave up around 40 pages in, wondering: why do people love this book? Am I a grinch? If so, I'm proud.

[cathexys]

Here's three.

I gave up and while I'll try again, I'll feel in good company if I end up not liking it. Thanks you two for not making me feel like the fannish scifi grinch :)

[kareila]

Four! And I normally really like this type of book.