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ZodWallop · 09-13-2022, 01:22 PM

I can remember DNFing two books because they were just so poorly written: Prison Ship
by Michael Bowers (go look at the cover. I wasn't expecting much, but the book still failed to meet my low expectations) and Canticle by R.A. Salvatore. I'd heard good things about Salvatore, but that book was atrocious. Written like a kids book, but one where the author is talking down to the kids, in case they are too stupid to follow his story.

One book that I thought was excellent, but still DNFed was The Nightrunners by Joe R. Lansdale. Lansdale is a terrific and recommended writer. But for me Nightrunners was too bleak and the writing too good at pulling you in to the hopeless world he was describing. I respect the book, though I won't try to read it again.

For the same reason, I won't read Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door. I know Ketchum is an excellent writer and that's why I've avoided this particular book (though I have an e-copy and a paper copy).

09-13-2022, 01:22 PM	#18
ZodWallop Gentleman and scholar Posts: 11,088 Karma: 109114359 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Space City, Texas Device: Clara HD; Nook ST w/Glowlight, (2015) Glowlight Plus, Paperwhite 3	I can remember DNFing two books because they were just so poorly written: Prison Ship by Michael Bowers (go look at the cover. I wasn't expecting much, but the book still failed to meet my low expectations) and Canticle by R.A. Salvatore. I'd heard good things about Salvatore, but that book was atrocious. Written like a kids book, but one where the author is talking down to the kids, in case they are too stupid to follow his story. One book that I thought was excellent, but still DNFed was The Nightrunners by Joe R. Lansdale. Lansdale is a terrific and recommended writer. But for me Nightrunners was too bleak and the writing too good at pulling you in to the hopeless world he was describing. I respect the book, though I won't try to read it again. For the same reason, I won't read Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door. I know Ketchum is an excellent writer and that's why I've avoided this particular book (though I have an e-copy and a paper copy).