It’s Top 5 Wednesday, a meme hosted by booktuber Lainey aka gingereadslainey for which you can join on the Goodreads page here. This week is about books we DNF, but since that’s such a sad message, I am going for books that I haven’t finished yet instead. So, maybe I will continue reading those books one day, maybe not.
Winter’s Tale
I’ve mentioned it before … the writing! Very detailed, very metaphor-y and nothing much happens. I just couldn’t deal with it. But I still have the hope that one day I will be ready for that book.
Testament of Youth
I LOVE THAT MOVIE TO BITS! It’s one of my favourite war-time movies. So beautiful and simple, yet effective. I started the book and it is intense and SO much more than the movie. Those are real memoirs and somehow I haven’t been in the proper mood for that.
A Dance With Dragons
So, yeah … I kind of lost interest in reading the books when I got to the fifth and barely any characters I liked were in it. Also, I wasn’t really into having to wait years for the sequel. Maybe I’ll finally finish it when the next book comes out. Whenever that may be!
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
This isn’t even very long, it’s more like a little novella, but somehow I still haven’t finished it yet. The story kind of confuses me, which is weird, because it’s so short.
Jane Eyre
It took so long until Mr. Rochester finally appeared and then I got bored and watched the movie adaptation with Michael Fassbender instead. Yeah, that’s just me having troubles with classics …
What are some book you DNF or at least not yet? Tell me all about it and leave a link to your T5W if you want to!
It took me so long to finish Breakfast at Tiffany’s. I can’t understand how something so small is so complicated.
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It’s weird, right? It’s so short, yet my brain can’t wrap around the story.
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Yep. I can’t understand why is so difficult to read. I almost stopped reading it like you did but in the end I tried to finish it
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Good on you! I haven’t really gotten around to it lately.
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I had to read Jane Eyre for class & I hated it. Mainly because I hate Mr. Rochester. I don’t get why everyone swoons over him. I though he was a bit selfish honestly. 😒
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I like him in the movie because he is played by Michael Fassbender, that’s basically my entire reason for liking him hahaha
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I… honestly didn’t know Breakfast at Tiffany’s was a book! LOL. My T5W.
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Hahaha I didn’t either before I saw the book in the classics aisle
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Glad to know that! I don’t feel like such a dunce now 🙂
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I have not read or tried to read any of these books. I’m particularly afraid of the Song of Ice and Fire series and have not even tried to start it haha
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I am honestly not THAT big of a fan of the Ice and Fire series. It has some seriously dragging parts.
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The giant size of it intimidates me, not just the books but the series as a whole. And to be completely honest, I’m not a fan of a lot of character death haha
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Well, then I am not sure these books are for you anyway hahaha
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Yeah no hahaha
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Here’s my link: T5W | Books You DNF – http://wp.me/p7ksIu-11 🙂
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Did not know what DNF meant when I first clicked on the post. Had to read a little bit to understand it.
And the whole waiting years for a sequel bit is why I’m waiting a couple of books to read A Feast for Crows. Good news is, latest rumors put The Winds of Winter coming out next year, so I have time before I need to be all caught up.
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Tztztz, you are not up to date on internet/bookworm lingo then!
I am not even sure I will really continue with the books in the series. It’s just so long and dragging in some parts.
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But oh so exciting and twisty in others!
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Meh .. only up to the 3rd book. After that I didn’t find it that exciting …
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I hope I find it different when I read Book 4!
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I still liked parts of book 4. But then in 5 none of the POVs I liked were there anymore. I kind of started fixating on Sansa’s POV and hers alone … (this does not mean she dies or that she doesn’t die – the first part of the 5th book takes part during the same time as the 4th book, there were too many POVs to put it all into one)
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I see. Well, when I get to Book 4, I’ll let you know what I think.
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Okay, sounds good!
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Is it wrong of me to say I want to read Breakfast at Tiffany’s mainly because of Gossip Girl? Hahahaha. I have trouble with classics, too, and I started but never got to the end of Jane Eyre…
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Not wrong at all! Every reason is a legit reason 😉
Classics just require so much concentration, but I have heard that in some cases it also depends on the translation. Some of the not originally English published novels have gotten an updated translation and it’s supposed to be easier to read now.
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Oh you’re right, I definitely think that the writing style is also what made me want to stop reading. It’s harder to follow, especially since English isn’t my first language, but if they have an updated translation, maybe I’ll try and get back into it someday. Classics aren’t really my thing, though, I prefer a good YA book, haha 🙂
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I am all for YA too! 😉
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I think most classics start off boring or for me it takes me really long to place myself in that different setting.
I’m not even going to start the Song of Ice and Fire series. Too long now and too thick!
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Classics .. I don’t know what it is about them. The writing, the pacing, something along those lines.
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Valid point, I definitely understand where you’re coming from. You never know, in a hundred years time people could be commenting on how our stories are too fast and plot twisty.
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Hahaha I bet they will find a lot of words we used really weird. Just imagine them seeing books that use emojis and abbreviations and those being completely lost on them.
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Hahahaha that would be so funny. I wonder how it would be taught during no school though, having to explain every little abbreviation or pop culture reference.
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I’m gonna watch them try, from whatever afterlife there is and I am going to laugh my ass off!
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is it weird that I didn’t even know that Breakfast at Tiffany’s was a book? 😳
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Nope, had no idea either until I saw it in the classics aisle. You are definitely not the only one.
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phew… i was worried there for a minute… ;).
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No need to be 😉
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Whoa! I salute you for even getting on the 5th installment of A Song of Ice and Fire! The first book was a struggle for me. I guess TV works better for me. I heard the story on the fourth book onwards was very very different from TV.
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Why thank you! It was not easy. I was so bored with the first book too, but book 2 and 3 were more my jam. He sort of lost me again on 4 and 5 though …
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I’ve gotten totally stuck on Middlemarch. I know it’s supposed to be the best British novel ever written but I can’t keep track of all the characters. Jane Eyre is so worth persevering with though.
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I will try to get back to Jane Eyre at some point, but not as long as I still have the movie in my head … that’s always a bad idea.
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Oh my goodness- I was the same with Winters Tale- couldn’t finish it
It’s actually a good idea to finish dance with dragons later- cos there’s a terrible cliff hanger and it’s been driving me mad for years. Fortunately, the next series will show me what happens next- but until then- gah!!
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I’ve heard a bit about the cliffhangers, but I am not holding my breath for the new release. Those books are dense and A LOT! So, I will definitely have to be in the right mood to read it.
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That’s totally fair enough!
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