Michael McDowell > Recent Status Updates

The library loan on this book has expired before I have reached the end. The dilemma now is whether or not I will care to renew the loan...

Long story.

Long story.

Whew. LONG story.

I couldn't continue to read this book; stopped at around 7%; boring.

At approximately 15% I have decided to move this book to "I Surrender." I did not find myself interested in the characters or the vague context introduced in the story up to this point. I certainly hope I won't miss something good waiting around the next literary turn...

At 15% I have given up. The storyline is too futuristic and sci-fi-ish for my taste. (Ha-ha! Taste...) Reassigned the book to "I surrender."

I'm done. I found I couldn't connect with the story. It's going into the "I surrender" file.

I'm not going to read this. It's a series of newspaper articles by the author. Possibly interesting, but not what I care to read.

At 25% I surrender. Not able to connect with any of the characters and unwilling to invest any more in reading this book.

Interesting.

Uplifting story, though the writing was somewhat pedantic. The storyline seemed rather predictable.

I surrender. The story was interesting until it began dealing with supernatural powers, the girls being able to move things and turn lights on and off. That ended it for me. I'm very disappointed in the author. I had read close to 50% of the book and feel like it was wasted time.

I couldn't continue reading after the first chapter. I found the "interview" format to be boring. It's might be a good story. I just couldn't hang with how it was being told.

I got tired of the subject matter. I surrender.

LONG.

I am going to surrender at 9%. The story is not capturing my imagination. I do not want to invest any further in this.

I surrender. Boring confessional. I quit at 25%.

I'm not finding this book particularly enlightening or interesting to read. Thus, "I surrender."

I'm going to surrender on this book. There were aspects I was enjoying, but there was redundancy, and the thing became so long. I just didn't want to continue...

Still "Currently Reading," but, whew, it's a long book that has begun to feel tedious. Interesting, yes, but rather redundant; can I continue? I checked it back in to the library; will I check it back out?

At 17%; no go. I surrender; cannot continue.

Formatting Issue: I didn't like it.

I'm still reading, but this is certainly not one of the author's best.

Sorry. I can't finish. It's boring.

The fact that I can't finish it, finish line, Finnish, Swedish fish.

The fact that I can't finish it, finish line, Finnish, Swedish fish.