In the Afterlight discussion

So, I read the first and the second book of this trilogy and I really enjoyed them, especially The Darkest Minds. I was very excited about starting the third book but the thing is, it doesn't seem to be able to catch my attention. And it's not like I didn't give this book the chance to "get started", I've reached page 258 but nothing! I don't know, to me it's like nothing happens or anyway happens very slowly. At the moment I'm forcing myself to keep reading it, hoping I will like it at some point but I'm kinda frustrated about that because it's impossible that everyone enjoyed it and I'm not.

Anyway, I wanted to know, what do you do when something like this happens to you? Do you force yourselves to keep reading the book? Or maybe you take a break, read some other book and then get back to your "problematic" book? Or you just give up and never finish it? Any advice?
I'm afraid that if I stop reading it now, I will never finish it which is a pity because as I said before I enjoyed the previous books!

It's not just you. I was the same way. I really enjoyed the first two books as well, but when it came to the third book, I just hit a wall. In all honesty, it just wasn't as good as the first two. As far as what to do, it really depends on the person. It took me about fiveish months to finish the book, mostly because I kept reading other books in its place. I'd say the only way to really finish the book is to just power through it. Finish it, but power through. At least, that's what I had to do in the end. Like I said, it really depends on the person. I hope this helped. ^^

Oh my gosh these are my thoughts exactly. I loved The Darkest Minds and Never Fade. They were so many epic things going for it. I was so excited for the conclusion to just be flawless. Maybe my expectations were too high?
I feel like the momentum kinda fell flat. From the characters to the plot to everything. The resolutions weren't even that good. I don't think I even understood where Liam and Ruby stood at the end.
I wanted the book to be memorable. A trilogy I could look back and say Wow thAt was great. And I don't feel like I can really do that.


Now I don't know if this has anything to do with why you're in a slump, but I just wanted to tell you my perspective on this particular book,. I'm not really surprised it out you in a slump.
For me, I always like to power through books, especially conclusions. If you don't really care about that, then just stop! It can't hurt. Go pick up something completely different in genre, style...everything!
And if you are like me and want to power through, I recommend taking out a favorite book and reading a chapter or two, or one of your favorite passages. Whether it's a funny book, or something super sappy and cute, just do something to leave ITA alone for a while.

Thank you for your replies, guys ^^
It helps to know I'm not the only one who can't enjoy this book as much as the previous two. Seeing the high rate this book got here on GR, I really thought there was something wrong with me .-.
I started reading another book and after having some trouble with the first pages, probably due to my reading slump with ITA, I'm now enjoying reading again *-*