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The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
I'm giving this a one star and only both because I finished it and of the dragons
My first big issue is that for a dragon book it skipped too many scenes with a dragons and I'd say a good 90% of this is just a stupid ya romance with ALL the clichés thrown in
To be honest, before Violet got her AMAZING (please note sarcasm) powers I was thinking how weird none got a power to control lightning…that's how bad this book is…I thought of what was going to happen before it even happened.
Too much of the point plots are ripped directly from other well known books. Bending shadows? Shadow and Bone
Winning points as a student? HP
Flying around and capturing something? HP
Breathing underwater? HP
Also the whole wing section etc confused the hell out of me! I just kept thinking these people were sitting on the wing of the dragon!
The war didn't make sense either! GoT!! It was so like Westeros and the Night King with the wall. But instead we have dragons and gryphons! Also...it was totally ripped from GoT with the blue flames. Nothing was original.
The author just doesn't know how to write. End of. She can't write action (these scenes were complete trash) she can't write conversations (nobody ever talks the way these characters talk!) And there was no rhythm or anticipation when reading that makes you want to continue. I only kept reading because I got too far in and wanted to see where it ended.
I really really wanted to love this book! I wanted to get into a new series of dragons and wars! But atlast I won't be picking up the second one in the series. If I do, it will be a quick read just to see how she wrote an entire other book on top of this trash.
Also, you know the writing is bad when you start skipping pages while the action is taking place and your 5% from the ending
Update
I won't be reading Iron Flame. I opened it up and I just couldn't. I quickly closed it. I'm really disappointed.
My first big issue is that for a dragon book it skipped too many scenes with a dragons and I'd say a good 90% of this is just a stupid ya romance with ALL the clichés thrown in
To be honest, before Violet got her AMAZING (please note sarcasm) powers I was thinking how weird none got a power to control lightning…that's how bad this book is…I thought of what was going to happen before it even happened.
Too much of the point plots are ripped directly from other well known books. Bending shadows? Shadow and Bone
Winning points as a student? HP
Flying around and capturing something? HP
Breathing underwater? HP
Also the whole wing section etc confused the hell out of me! I just kept thinking these people were sitting on the wing of the dragon!
The war didn't make sense either! GoT!! It was so like Westeros and the Night King with the wall. But instead we have dragons and gryphons! Also...it was totally ripped from GoT with the blue flames. Nothing was original.
The author just doesn't know how to write. End of. She can't write action (these scenes were complete trash) she can't write conversations (nobody ever talks the way these characters talk!) And there was no rhythm or anticipation when reading that makes you want to continue. I only kept reading because I got too far in and wanted to see where it ended.
I really really wanted to love this book! I wanted to get into a new series of dragons and wars! But atlast I won't be picking up the second one in the series. If I do, it will be a quick read just to see how she wrote an entire other book on top of this trash.
Also, you know the writing is bad when you start skipping pages while the action is taking place and your 5% from the ending
Update
I won't be reading Iron Flame. I opened it up and I just couldn't. I quickly closed it. I'm really disappointed.
Wicked by Jennifer L. Armentrout
1.0
At 88% I started skimming. This book is mind-numbingly long and boring. After getting through it all, I ended up skimming the grand finale. Total waste of my time.
How is there a secret society within a secret society without anyone in outside secret society knowing about it?? [Pg88] wow…talk about confusing and absolutely having no bloody sense. I mean, I’m pretty sure someone within the society had to know about it, or otherwise the stupid idiot wouldn’t be blabbing it out to this girl.
She writes too internally. I really don’t want to read pages-and-pages of her inner monologue thank you very much and I just found it so boring.
Could do with a good editor. As in cutting all the unnecessary words describing something. Sentences were also super long that it was just messy and confusing.
One bad phrase: He might have looked relaxed with his hands shoved into the pocket of his jeans and his legs crossed at the ankles. But anyone who walked by him knew he could strike at any given moment. [Pg 109]…Okay!! What the hell is right with this sentence? It’s too long, there could’ve been one or two more commas and IT DOESNT BLOODY MAKE ANY SENSE. Why would someone know that he could strike at any given moment???? He’s not a snake coiled up ready to attack, most people tend to just walk by people without a second thought, not ‘oh god, that guy looks like he’s going to attack someone’.
Also, didn’t she just met this new guy and suddenly she’s all in love. I mean, come on!! This is so unbelievable that it makes it impossible to get into the story.
Why are all guys sexy or hot or models? And the main guy just has to ride a motorcycle. I wish she was a bit more original. How cool would it have been if he drove an old green mini? It wouldn’t have taken away his hotness, it would have made him a lot more likeable.
“Ron was stupid hot, as in the kind of hotness that made you want to do stupid, fun things you’d most likely regret later, but that didn’t mean I trusted him a hundred percent.”
Why are they all talking about sex and getting laid? I don’t mind the main character thinking about it and doing whatever, that’s fine. But then two other character talk about it in quick succession just gets boring. I mean they have all this drama with a secret world that might go up in flames, but yet they still want to talk about the hot cutie and getting some action.
Just started chapter 12 - this book seems to drag everything out, we keep getting boring everyday details of what she gets up to. I really don’t want to keep reading these over-and-over again. This book turned into a chore to pick up, because I knew nothing was going to happen and I’d be slugging through the same old thing over-and-over again. Not something you want a reader to think, the only reason I read it is because I want to see the ending- to see what I think is going to happen happens.
Is it just me, or does the cover of this book just totally not suit the story inside?
“I’ve been fooled by a Winchester wannabe.” - These stupid references are making me hate the book more.
they weren’t just kissing or touching. Oh no, they were doing much, much more. - what age are you?? This is ridiculous, I’d rather be told what they’re doing than this crap.
They were everywhere and there were so many of them. At least thirty - …what?? How the hell does she count thirty when she’s in a busy nightclub and you also do not lead with ‘there were so many of them’ when you’re actually going to give the number…stupid writing.
I gave it one star…Because I'm a tiny bit curious on book two, but I'm not sure if I'm going to pick it up.
Spoiler
How is there a secret society within a secret society without anyone in outside secret society knowing about it?? [Pg88] wow…talk about confusing and absolutely having no bloody sense. I mean, I’m pretty sure someone within the society had to know about it, or otherwise the stupid idiot wouldn’t be blabbing it out to this girl.
She writes too internally. I really don’t want to read pages-and-pages of her inner monologue thank you very much and I just found it so boring.
Could do with a good editor. As in cutting all the unnecessary words describing something. Sentences were also super long that it was just messy and confusing.
One bad phrase: He might have looked relaxed with his hands shoved into the pocket of his jeans and his legs crossed at the ankles. But anyone who walked by him knew he could strike at any given moment. [Pg 109]…Okay!! What the hell is right with this sentence? It’s too long, there could’ve been one or two more commas and IT DOESNT BLOODY MAKE ANY SENSE. Why would someone know that he could strike at any given moment???? He’s not a snake coiled up ready to attack, most people tend to just walk by people without a second thought, not ‘oh god, that guy looks like he’s going to attack someone’.
Also, didn’t she just met this new guy and suddenly she’s all in love. I mean, come on!! This is so unbelievable that it makes it impossible to get into the story.
Why are all guys sexy or hot or models? And the main guy just has to ride a motorcycle. I wish she was a bit more original. How cool would it have been if he drove an old green mini? It wouldn’t have taken away his hotness, it would have made him a lot more likeable.
“Ron was stupid hot, as in the kind of hotness that made you want to do stupid, fun things you’d most likely regret later, but that didn’t mean I trusted him a hundred percent.”
Why are they all talking about sex and getting laid? I don’t mind the main character thinking about it and doing whatever, that’s fine. But then two other character talk about it in quick succession just gets boring. I mean they have all this drama with a secret world that might go up in flames, but yet they still want to talk about the hot cutie and getting some action.
Just started chapter 12 - this book seems to drag everything out, we keep getting boring everyday details of what she gets up to. I really don’t want to keep reading these over-and-over again. This book turned into a chore to pick up, because I knew nothing was going to happen and I’d be slugging through the same old thing over-and-over again. Not something you want a reader to think, the only reason I read it is because I want to see the ending- to see what I think is going to happen happens.
Is it just me, or does the cover of this book just totally not suit the story inside?
“I’ve been fooled by a Winchester wannabe.” - These stupid references are making me hate the book more.
they weren’t just kissing or touching. Oh no, they were doing much, much more. - what age are you?? This is ridiculous, I’d rather be told what they’re doing than this crap.
They were everywhere and there were so many of them. At least thirty - …what?? How the hell does she count thirty when she’s in a busy nightclub and you also do not lead with ‘there were so many of them’ when you’re actually going to give the number…stupid writing.
I gave it one star…Because I'm a tiny bit curious on book two, but I'm not sure if I'm going to pick it up.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
3.0
I had no intentions of reading this script. Watch the movie, what's the point, right? But I ended up in the bookstore and the person who was with me just shoved it into my hands...and well, I couldn't say no.
It should be read- it has JK Rowling's magic all over it.
There's just the name of a few creatures could've been better and didn't really fit into the rest of the Harry Potter world. For example : Obscurus and Swooping Evil ....really? That's the sort of names you give when you don't have a clue what to name them- but you were supposed to go back and fixed them up!! I just kept thinking of cameras and a black blob of gas....not really what I wanted to see.
There's also the whole point that these two creatures never show up in the Hogwarts trio time and it felt a bit too disconnected. Other than that I loved it and now cannot wait to see it!!
Those are the reasons for 3 stars on not 5.
It should be read- it has JK Rowling's magic all over it.
There's just the name of a few creatures could've been better and didn't really fit into the rest of the Harry Potter world. For example : Obscurus and Swooping Evil ....really? That's the sort of names you give when you don't have a clue what to name them- but you were supposed to go back and fixed them up!! I just kept thinking of cameras and a black blob of gas....not really what I wanted to see.
There's also the whole point that these two creatures never show up in the Hogwarts trio time and it felt a bit too disconnected. Other than that I loved it and now cannot wait to see it!!
Those are the reasons for 3 stars on not 5.
Unvamped by Elizabeth Stevens, Elizabeth Stevens
1.0
(I received a copy from the author, In exchange for an honest review.)
I really like werewolves and vampires and will try anything that pushes away from crappy love stories.
I struggled really hard to get into Unvamped, and DNF on chapter 2.
It has potential and it’s the reason why I chose to read it. But it’s in dire need of editing. The phrases and wording are all off, and there's grammatical errors that really drag the book down in the first few pages.
For example: The character is made to just do things for the sake of descriptions, such as him going to look around the house- it could have been done more subtly - but it comes off as forced.
Too many words were used when a lot less could’ve been better, and probably the main reason I couldn't read on. It drags the story too much.
For example: “He rubbed his smooth, manicured hands and felt how sweaty they were. Sweaty was uncomfortable, unusual.” - Could have easier been written as “He rubbed his smooth manicured hands that were unusually- and uncomfortably- sweaty.”
One thing that got to me first was this: “He pushed the door open and pushed it ajar again behind him.” - Is it me, but I’m pretty sure you can’t push something ajar, you leave ajar.
We get a repeat of Charlie waking up in the first two chapters and this really confused me. It also made me feel like I was wasting time, it’s basically the same descriptions and movements all over again. Why would I want to read the same thing twice?
Life is too short to read books that don’t hold my interest, and even though I tried my best. I just can’t continue.
I really like werewolves and vampires and will try anything that pushes away from crappy love stories.
I struggled really hard to get into Unvamped, and DNF on chapter 2.
It has potential and it’s the reason why I chose to read it. But it’s in dire need of editing. The phrases and wording are all off, and there's grammatical errors that really drag the book down in the first few pages.
For example: The character is made to just do things for the sake of descriptions, such as him going to look around the house- it could have been done more subtly - but it comes off as forced.
Too many words were used when a lot less could’ve been better, and probably the main reason I couldn't read on. It drags the story too much.
For example: “He rubbed his smooth, manicured hands and felt how sweaty they were. Sweaty was uncomfortable, unusual.” - Could have easier been written as “He rubbed his smooth manicured hands that were unusually- and uncomfortably- sweaty.”
One thing that got to me first was this: “He pushed the door open and pushed it ajar again behind him.” - Is it me, but I’m pretty sure you can’t push something ajar, you leave ajar.
We get a repeat of Charlie waking up in the first two chapters and this really confused me. It also made me feel like I was wasting time, it’s basically the same descriptions and movements all over again. Why would I want to read the same thing twice?
Life is too short to read books that don’t hold my interest, and even though I tried my best. I just can’t continue.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two by Jack Thorne
2.0
It read like a bad fan fiction.
I wanted to go into it to love it, it’s supposedly the last ever Harry Potter. I now wish she hadn't.
Personally, there are so many fanfics about Voldemort’s child [personally written one myself] that I was completely bewildered by this mess.
We all know about the GIGANTIC plot holes already, so I won’t go into those.
The only likeable quality of this whole nonsense is that it’s so hard not to see Albus and Scorpious as a couple. I’m just questioning why they tried so hard to push it in that direction? Was it really needed? Why didn’t they just come out and say it if they wanted them as a couple? Instead of putting little nuggets everywhere.
I also hated the ending. It just wasn't even a good ending.
It just read like a fanfic…and there’s better ones out there than this.
I wanted to go into it to love it, it’s supposedly the last ever Harry Potter. I now wish she hadn't.
Personally, there are so many fanfics about Voldemort’s child [personally written one myself] that I was completely bewildered by this mess.
We all know about the GIGANTIC plot holes already, so I won’t go into those.
The only likeable quality of this whole nonsense is that it’s so hard not to see Albus and Scorpious as a couple. I’m just questioning why they tried so hard to push it in that direction? Was it really needed? Why didn’t they just come out and say it if they wanted them as a couple? Instead of putting little nuggets everywhere.
I also hated the ending. It just wasn't even a good ending.
It just read like a fanfic…and there’s better ones out there than this.
Latte Girl by Katia Rose
1.0
This was tough for me to get into. It’s an extremely slow burner of a story and has two POVs that are my pet hate. I also hated the way men are in this book that I just can’t stand all the sleazy comments and sexist attitude that had me gritting my teeth and just not enjoying it. Even the male MC Jordan is a sexist so-so the second he meets the girl…even though she’s supposed to be this amazing looking girl to him…his mind instantly goes to sex.
Yea….
And I’m only on chapter 4, but what time of business man starts doing jumping jacks in the middle of the cafeteria…it’s taking everything for me to keep reading.
Okay… I forgot that the Haily the female MC is also hyper sexualised in her thoughts as well. I mean…sigh. I know this story is supposed to be a love story, but there are ways of falling for someone without being totally focused up about sex and sex acts. Like, people actually fall for their personality or their looks without getting sexual.
“My not-so-tempting inner temptress” — *growns* this didn’t work for Fifty Shades, it isn’t suddenly going to work now.
The interaction don’t make sense! One minute they’re talking about parks and cafe, Jordan is about to say something that he doesn’t want to say and stops, so Haily goes ‘Jordon’ to get him to talk and he takes it as a invitation to try and get intimate for the first time??
Okay, so by himself Jordan doesn’t seem so bad than his work colleagues. Like he comes across a decent and not sexist.
Then after reading about all this buildup of them kissing, when they do actually kiss it’s not built up and it falls…flat…and it’s cliche. I wish there written with more passion and feeling behind it.
Some identical descriptions come up a few times that I felt like I was having deja-vu. This isn’t a bad thing if it was intentional, but it kinda kicked my head out of the story for a few moments. Also Hailey has had the whole night to think of their first kiss and it takes her till midmorning the following day to finally get annoyed at him?? How slow can you be with your own emotions??
There's a flashback scene of the male MC and his dad telling him to not see how mother...this is the scene that really had me thinking of stoping for two reasons:
1) It was WAY too unrealistic and disjointed.
2) In the space of 2 pages there were 4 typos.
The dialogue between the characters sometimes seems off. They say such melodramatic that normal people wouldn’t say. On the topic of dialogue: Dialogue and emotions just don’t ever get mixed in this story. They have a confrontation in the cafe where Jordon is trying to win Hailey back and he goes on a rant and there no break or description or emotion. It could’ve meant so much more. Also this is the scene that made me hate Hailey.
I LOVED the Flirtini night scene- I love when they were giggling and drunk and unable to speak. But then Hailey had to ruin it by shouting at Jordan over sitting with another girl when they’ve only ‘briefly’ kissed once and what was happening between them wasn’t even a relationship. She came across a bit of a psycho and when Steve was asking to go home with him…why did she go through the whole night in her head? What normal person thinks like that?
The introduction of Steve seems too conveniently placed just for the sake of the story. Like, I would have liked Steve to pop into the cafe a bit easier than this, just to get to know him and to not seem like a convenient plot device.
I just had to stop reading because I no longer cared for the characters and felt like nothing was moving forward. So it's DNF for me.
Yea….
And I’m only on chapter 4, but what time of business man starts doing jumping jacks in the middle of the cafeteria…it’s taking everything for me to keep reading.
Okay… I forgot that the Haily the female MC is also hyper sexualised in her thoughts as well. I mean…sigh. I know this story is supposed to be a love story, but there are ways of falling for someone without being totally focused up about sex and sex acts. Like, people actually fall for their personality or their looks without getting sexual.
“My not-so-tempting inner temptress” — *growns* this didn’t work for Fifty Shades, it isn’t suddenly going to work now.
The interaction don’t make sense! One minute they’re talking about parks and cafe, Jordan is about to say something that he doesn’t want to say and stops, so Haily goes ‘Jordon’ to get him to talk and he takes it as a invitation to try and get intimate for the first time??
Okay, so by himself Jordan doesn’t seem so bad than his work colleagues. Like he comes across a decent and not sexist.
Then after reading about all this buildup of them kissing, when they do actually kiss it’s not built up and it falls…flat…and it’s cliche. I wish there written with more passion and feeling behind it.
Some identical descriptions come up a few times that I felt like I was having deja-vu. This isn’t a bad thing if it was intentional, but it kinda kicked my head out of the story for a few moments. Also Hailey has had the whole night to think of their first kiss and it takes her till midmorning the following day to finally get annoyed at him?? How slow can you be with your own emotions??
There's a flashback scene of the male MC and his dad telling him to not see how mother...this is the scene that really had me thinking of stoping for two reasons:
1) It was WAY too unrealistic and disjointed.
2) In the space of 2 pages there were 4 typos.
The dialogue between the characters sometimes seems off. They say such melodramatic that normal people wouldn’t say. On the topic of dialogue: Dialogue and emotions just don’t ever get mixed in this story. They have a confrontation in the cafe where Jordon is trying to win Hailey back and he goes on a rant and there no break or description or emotion. It could’ve meant so much more. Also this is the scene that made me hate Hailey.
I LOVED the Flirtini night scene- I love when they were giggling and drunk and unable to speak. But then Hailey had to ruin it by shouting at Jordan over sitting with another girl when they’ve only ‘briefly’ kissed once and what was happening between them wasn’t even a relationship. She came across a bit of a psycho and when Steve was asking to go home with him…why did she go through the whole night in her head? What normal person thinks like that?
The introduction of Steve seems too conveniently placed just for the sake of the story. Like, I would have liked Steve to pop into the cafe a bit easier than this, just to get to know him and to not seem like a convenient plot device.
I just had to stop reading because I no longer cared for the characters and felt like nothing was moving forward. So it's DNF for me.
Shifter's Fate by Alyssa Rose Ivy
1.0
I really really wanted to jump right into this book and be swept away to Willow Harbour, I was waiting ver impatiently for release date. And then release date came.
This book was rushed and it shows.
Characters are introduced but never properly described so the reader is left with this faceless body-shape with a name tag.
Mattie says one thing that a few pages later says the complete opposite. Also the second she meets Pierce she's talking about sex right in front of him...I mean WTH?? She also asks questions to things that she already knows about because the other character just told her which was really annoying.
She also questions things that the reader already knows the answer. Such as questioning if a character is human when obviously she isn't human.
There was also so many grammatical errors in this book that I think another read through would've caught.
There's a bad case of showing-and-no-telling which killed the entire book for me. I just could not get into the scenes. Instead of describing anything we're told about it. A book falls off a shelf? A book falls of the shelf. We're not told about the sound it makes as it hits the floor or the rustling of papers. This really makes or breaks a book for me, and along with everything else is the reason for the one star.
But the storyline behind it all was decent and I wished it had been worked on a bit more to bring out the potential.
This book was rushed and it shows.
Characters are introduced but never properly described so the reader is left with this faceless body-shape with a name tag.
Mattie says one thing that a few pages later says the complete opposite. Also the second she meets Pierce she's talking about sex right in front of him...I mean WTH?? She also asks questions to things that she already knows about because the other character just told her which was really annoying.
She also questions things that the reader already knows the answer. Such as questioning if a character is human when obviously she isn't human.
There was also so many grammatical errors in this book that I think another read through would've caught.
There's a bad case of showing-and-no-telling which killed the entire book for me. I just could not get into the scenes. Instead of describing anything we're told about it. A book falls off a shelf? A book falls of the shelf. We're not told about the sound it makes as it hits the floor or the rustling of papers. This really makes or breaks a book for me, and along with everything else is the reason for the one star.
But the storyline behind it all was decent and I wished it had been worked on a bit more to bring out the potential.
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
2.0
This is the reason why I don’t do trilogies. The second book syndrome.
Nothing happens in this book it’s just a lot of back-and-forth chatting and random scenes that didn’t make sense or didn’t add anything to the story. It was as if it wanted to have Game of Thrones epic-ness, but failed miserably.
There was a section in this book that made me put it down for a few days as the writing was very amateurish…and that’s being polite. Characters did things that a writer with a good hold of storytelling would be able to make exciting or new, but Leigh just hasn’t grown from the first book. The first book had excitement for the buildup to the ending This book just doesn’t.
We know something is going to happen with the Darkling, but yet we don’t because they’re still after the firebird and then the book is coming really close to finishing and it all happens in the space of a few paragraphs. Then there’s also the issue of the battle scenes of them being…well… not very epic or even well described.
Another issue I found was the male characters all talked the same. There was nothing new about them and the only exciting character is the Darkling and we get thrown names of characters that we’re supposed to know and as a reader I’m just not interested in the story to try and figure out who has died because I’m pretty sure that they only got a paragraph earlier and now they’re dead so it doesn’t matter.
One last thing that has started annoying me why are the name of things italicised? and why does she use another language for the name of things then doesn’t put in what it is into the actual story and I’m too bored at this stage to even bother to go looking at what that word means.
One star is because I finished. The second star is for the Darkling. I may have to take a break from this series for a bit. It was just a boring struggle to get through.
Nothing happens in this book it’s just a lot of back-and-forth chatting and random scenes that didn’t make sense or didn’t add anything to the story. It was as if it wanted to have Game of Thrones epic-ness, but failed miserably.
There was a section in this book that made me put it down for a few days as the writing was very amateurish…and that’s being polite. Characters did things that a writer with a good hold of storytelling would be able to make exciting or new, but Leigh just hasn’t grown from the first book. The first book had excitement for the buildup to the ending This book just doesn’t.
We know something is going to happen with the Darkling, but yet we don’t because they’re still after the firebird and then the book is coming really close to finishing and it all happens in the space of a few paragraphs. Then there’s also the issue of the battle scenes of them being…well… not very epic or even well described.
Another issue I found was the male characters all talked the same. There was nothing new about them and the only exciting character is the Darkling and we get thrown names of characters that we’re supposed to know and as a reader I’m just not interested in the story to try and figure out who has died because I’m pretty sure that they only got a paragraph earlier and now they’re dead so it doesn’t matter.
One last thing that has started annoying me why are the name of things italicised? and why does she use another language for the name of things then doesn’t put in what it is into the actual story and I’m too bored at this stage to even bother to go looking at what that word means.
One star is because I finished. The second star is for the Darkling. I may have to take a break from this series for a bit. It was just a boring struggle to get through.
Don't You Cry by Mary Kubica
2.0
This was bad. There was pages upon pages of nothing and repetition. I caught myself soo many times wondering 'why are we reading about second-per-second of what the character is doing?' and we get fed the same information time-and-time again that it was a book filled with nothing.
All the action happens within the last 20 pages or so but at this point I'm just utterly bored that I couldn't even be bothered to pay attention and just wanted it to be over.
All the action happens within the last 20 pages or so but at this point I'm just utterly bored that I couldn't even be bothered to pay attention and just wanted it to be over.