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My Listening Experiences - 2025 > Books You Didn’t Like or Marked DNF

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message 1: by Jonetta (new)

Jonetta (ejaygirl) | 5782 comments Mod
What books have you listened to that were a fail or you had to DNF? A brief explanation or a link to your review would be helpful, including your thoughts on the narration.


message 2: by Meg (new)

Meg | 17 comments My latest DNF is Beast Ivory, Judith it is awful. Didn't like any of the characters. Age difference, spoiled 18yr old being married off to 35ish guy who has a married mistress on the same ship ugg. They all deserve each other. The audio was fine the story was UGGGG.


message 3: by Jonetta (new)

Jonetta (ejaygirl) | 5782 comments Mod
Meg wrote: "My latest DNF is Beast Ivory, Judith it is awful. Didn't like any of the characters. Age difference, spoiled 18yr old being married off to 35ish guy who has a married mistress on the same ship ugg..."

Congrats on finishing! It’s tough doing that when you’re hating everything.


message 4: by Tina (last edited Aug 24, 2023 08:10PM) (new)

Tina  (the_bean) | 239 comments It's rare I DNF but I have so many on my TBR. So I had to create a gage on when to DNF. If I'm 50% through and I could care less about any of the MC's or their romance outcome I DNF. Or if whatever is happening is giving me uncomfortable angst that is causing issues in my real life, like effecting my mood in a bad way, I DNF.

So... I'm' not sure why this has so may 5 stars. but God of Malice (Legacy of Gods, #1) by Rina Kent was a serious DNF at 50%, of both my above reasons. I didn't like the MMC. Yea he was a sociopath But I've read others like him and loved the books, The Bad Guy as an example. But I can't seem to like anything about this guy. and I HAVE to find something I like about my MC's to make it a good book for me. And the FMC was a doormat. I get the lust at first site but when the MMC sexually violates the female on the first encounter, I really have trouble believing lust at first site. I like Dark Romances but ... (view spoiler) and thats a no go.

Alos I really need to start at the beginning of Kent's previous series as it's all about the parents of these kids. This book had all the children socializing in their college years. And I felt lost. I'm a stickler about reading in order but I thought I could do this one before the others but no.


message 5: by Melanie♥ (new)

Melanie♥ (meliaann) | 157 comments Tina wrote: "It's rare I DNF but I have so many on my TBR. So I had to create a gage on when to DNF. If I'm 50% through and I could care less about any of the MC's or their romance outcome I DNF. Or if whatever..."

I felt rating this one three stars was generous.


message 6: by Tina (new)

Tina  (the_bean) | 239 comments Melanie♥ wrote: "Tina wrote: "It's rare I DNF but I have so many on my TBR. So I had to create a gage on when to DNF. If I'm 50% through and I could care less about any of the MC's or their romance outcome I DNF. O..."

I was going to do a 2.


message 7: by Melanie♥ (new)

Melanie♥ (meliaann) | 157 comments Liars Like Us (Morally Gray, #1) by J.T. Geissinger DNF at 30%. Did not like the female main character narrator at all. The fake laughs, etc. drove me crazy and the story did not make up for it.


message 8: by Jonetta (new)

Jonetta (ejaygirl) | 5782 comments Mod
If you hung in there through 30%, that’s more than enough to know it won’t work.


message 9: by Melanie♥ (new)

Melanie♥ (meliaann) | 157 comments Jonetta wrote: "If you hung in there through 30%, that’s more than enough to know it won’t work."

I wanted a romcom read to break switch up my early stage In Death marathon, but this was not it. The gruffness of the MC’s voice didn’t fit the character. There were multiple narrators, not the normal dual pov narration. Didn’t work here.


message 10: by Jonetta (new)

Jonetta (ejaygirl) | 5782 comments Mod
I finished listening to Good Half Gone by Tarryn Fisher and it was disappointing, crippled even more by an ill-suited narrator.
my review
Good Half Gone by Tarryn Fisher


message 11: by Jonetta (new)

Jonetta (ejaygirl) | 5782 comments Mod
I finished listening to One Lucky Subscriber by Kellye Garrett, Busybodies #5, and I’m clearly not the audience for this story.
my review
One Lucky Subscriber (Busybodies Collection, #5) by Kellye Garrett


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