DNF Review: A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness
I decided to read this as part of my Bingo Chart Reading Challenge for the year, because it featured vampires. I have mixed feelings about this book. Obviously I have decided to DNF it, but I actually kind of enjoyed reading it. For the most part it had a good flow and interesting characters and I made it 500 pages in before I finally decided that my problems were larger than my enjoyment. The book is about 700 pages long, so I almost made it through and I debated whether to just push through and finish it. But in keeping with my attempt to DNF books I am not enjoying, despite my major FOMO, and due to the fact that this is the first book in a trilogy, I decided to call it quits! The book is about Diana, a witch, who is currently at Oxford in England doing research on alchemy. Due to various events she has renounced her witchy powers and tries to lead a non-magical life. One day she receives a book from the library where she is studying, that turns out to be magical. S...