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Question for a Friday
Inspired by something in a post on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
matociquala's journal, and also by boredom: what was the last book you threw across the room,* and why?
(I can't really recall mine, because I haven't really been able to get into a non-manga, non-audio book in ages. I'm currently reading Chain Mail: Addicted to You [English adaptation done byrachelmanija :D], and it's definitely not a throw-at-the-wall candidate.)
* Metaphorically speaking, naturally. The last book you gave up on or hated, or whatever. :D
matociquala's journal, and also by boredom: what was the last book you threw across the room,* and why?(I can't really recall mine, because I haven't really been able to get into a non-manga, non-audio book in ages. I'm currently reading Chain Mail: Addicted to You [English adaptation done by
rachelmanija :D], and it's definitely not a throw-at-the-wall candidate.)* Metaphorically speaking, naturally. The last book you gave up on or hated, or whatever. :D
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But apart from the fact that I am just downright jealous of all the attention & accolades heaped on it, here are a few legitimate reasons... 1) The viewpoint character is an old man. (It is supposed to be YA). 2) The main character doesn't appear until page 81. 3) I figured out the twist about one page later. 4) There is no plot. 5) It is very derivative (apart from the twist, which isn't that original a twist, just well-concealed). 6) The characters are flat.
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So--no plot, no character. If I wasn't such a mean-spirited git I probably wouldn't have thrown it across the room. I would have just said, Boring, and picked up another book. Which means it's not the book's fault.