dan’s Comments (group member since Feb 14, 2022)

dan’s comments from the Bookaholics Anonymous group.

My favourite retelling is The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh. It is a retelling of the One Thousand And One Nights/Arabian Nights.

Boring storyline, cheating trope (between the main couple, like why?), bad representation of almost anything really.

All (or almost all) the books from Ana Huang's Twisted series has that trope.

I always try to push it even if I'm not enjoying as much as I wanted. I'm always curious about the ending, how the author is going to solve it all, possible character development, story development, etc, because it can always get better. But when it comes to a point where I'm literally not enjoying ANYTHING from the book, then I DNF it.

I have a lot of thoughts on this, okay? Bare with me hahaha
Movie/tv adaptations can be masterpieces (Harry Potter, DaVinci Code, etc) but they have to be done by a studio, writers and/or producers that care about the story and the elements in it.

Although I love the Percy Jackson's movies (it was what made me read the book series in the first place), it wasn't well done in terms of story structure, [some] dialogue and the characterization of the characters as a whole. I loved the casting, it would've been perfect if they were older in the books, but it was the wrong age.

More often than not, movie/tv adaptions are average. They might be even be a good movie but they don't add anything to the story nor pull the viewer into picking up the book and read for themselves. For example, I loved The Mortal Instruments movie but I dropped out the Shadowhunters TV series in season 1. This is literally the same story told in two different approaches and one worked [for me] while the other didn't. What one lacked in story structure, the other lacked in acting and dialogue.

For example, the Shadow & Bone TV show did one thing very well: it incorporated the Shadow & Bone characters with the [more] beloved characters of Six Of Crows, adding some background to the characters that perhaps didn't exist in the books.

I think movie/tv adaptations have to bear in mind that the book already exists and if someone want to read the book, they're going to, regardless of how "much" of a reader they are. The adaptations need fresh content while still maintaining the core elements, original contents, characters and scenes of the books.

Harry Potter and Percy Jackson books. They were there when I needed a boost the most and, although I haven't re-read any of them, just by looking at them and thinking about them brings me comfort.

Cheating trope. Unless there is a very good justification as to why the main characters might be cheating on their non-main characters partners (e.g. one of the partners is abusive and the female main character cheats on them with the male main character), I absolutely cannot stand it. A book might even sound like the most perfect, well-structured, beautifully written book but if that trope is there, with no good justification, I will not pick it up.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I absolutely love the Harry Potter books and universe BUT that book looks like a poorly written fanfiction - in fact, I've read way better structured and written fanfiction so that'd be almost like an insult to fanfictions overall. I normally don't feel this passionate when disliking a book but this one exceeded all my limits.

If I bought the book and I disliked it, then I will either donate it to the local library or give it as a gift to someone. I might have not enjoyed it but someone else will. If they end up not liking it, then it's their turn to either keep it or decide to give it away.

Hey everyone! I'm Dan (she/her) and I've always loved to read since I was a kid. Ever since I can remember, I'm always reading something, whether it be a full length book, a small novella, a fanfiction or a historical non-fiction book.