#T5W: Top 5 Books You DNF’ed


I’ve been seeing videos on Top 5 Wednesday forever on Youtube, and I thought I would finally give it a go. This was created by Gingerreadslainey on Youtube, and there is a Goodreads group where you can keep updated on upcoming topics. 

The topic for today is books you DNF’ed, i.e. books you didn’t finish. I’ve only recently started not finishing books, because of various reasons explained here, but I have managed to DNF a few books and here is my top 5.

5 - The Little Friend by Donna Tartt

I tried to read this one because of all the good things I heard about Donna Tartt’s writing. And while I did enjoy the writing style, the pace was glacially slow. I read just under half of the book (283 pages to be exact) and nothing had really happened. I had learnt nothing that wasn’t in the blurb, and I lost my patience and gave it up. 

4 - Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

This was a TBR jar pick and when I first started reading it, I really enjoyed it. The writing was good and the protagonists were unusual and interesting. But after a little while, it started to feel like nothing much was happening. It got kind of repetitive, and I gave up about halfway through. 

3 - The Worm Ouroboros by E.R. Edison

This was also a TBR jar pick, and it had made it onto my TBR because it is an epic fantasy, which inspired Tolkien to write “The Lord of the Rings”. That sounds good to me! But the language was really intricate and imitating medieval prose and I just couldn’t get into it. I gave it up after 100 pages. 

2 - Brick Lane by Monica Ali

I believe this was also a TBR jar pick, but as I haven’t written a review about it, I can’t be sure. I remember this book as being supremely dull. I can’t have read too much of it, since I decided it wasn’t even worth a DNF review, but what I did read was just dull. 

1 - Unravel Me byTahereh Mafi

This is the second book in a series, and if I hadn’t already gotten it home from the library when I finished the first book, I never would have started it. I read 67 pages and then I couldn’t stand anymore of it. The characters annoyed me to no end, the plot development was slow and the writing was annoying too. 


I have heard really good things about most of these books, but obviously they just weren’t for me. And that’s fine, we all have different tastes, and I’m sure some of my favorite books aren’t for everyone. But that’s the beauty of reading. There is something for everyone, and we don’t all have to like the same things! 



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