Top Ten Books I Almost Put Down But Didn't

       

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Top Ten Books I Almost Put Down But Didn't

This list is going to vary a lot today. Some of these books I almost put down because they may have started out slowly, but I am so glad that I continued because I ultimately really enjoyed them. Others, however, I should have put down, but I made myself finish (and ended up wasting my time because they weren't very good).

  

  1. Half Bad by Sally Green - [My review] This was one of those books that I had been looking forward to reading, but was let down. I ended up giving this book ultimately 3/5 stars. It was a pretty slow read for me and I thought about putting it down a few times. As I said in my review, I felt that there wasn't much character depth and there were a lot of things left unexplained. It was just an okay read in the end.

2. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein - [My review] I really enjoyed this book overall! Unfortunately, the first half of the book was pretty slow and depressing at times (which is why it's on this list). However, keep reading! This book gets so, so good and the second half of the book is the best! I learned so much from this story about what it really means to be a "human" and ended up giving this book a 5/5 rating!

 

3. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - [My Review] This book was one of the strangest books I've ever read and I thought about putting it down a few times. It was kind of confusing at times and I honestly wonder if the author was on drugs during some of this... I really love the movies though! (3/5 stars)

4. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare - Have you ever read a book and you became so enraged and annoyed with the main character/s that you just wanted to stop reading it? 

I'm not saying that you were going to throw the book out of your window, but you were definitely just wanting a break from it? That's how this book was for me. Luckily the next book wasn't as annoying for me. (3/5 stars)

  

5. Choker by Elizabeth Woods - [My Review] This book. It was honestly the worst book I've read in a long time, and definitely the worst of 2013. You can read my review for more information on why, but overall I just really disliked it. Every other page I thought about putting this book down, but made myself keep reading. What a mistake. This was a waste of time. (1/5 stars)

 6. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell - [My Review] Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I just put this on here because the first 100 pages were so slow, that at one point I had considered putting it down and reading something else. It wasn't so bad that I thought that I never wanted to pick it up again, it was just one of those times where my TBR list was massive and overwhelming (when isn't it?) and I just thought, hey, maybe I'll put this down for a week or so. But I didn't. And I'm so happy about that decision. After the first 100 pages this book really picked up and it became this super cute romance book! I really enjoyed it! (4/5 stars)

 

7. The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks - This is the only Nicholas Sparks book that I hate. I've read almost all of them, but this book was so, so different than all of the others. The first half of this book was totally normal and then the second half just dove off a cliff. It was terrible. Just terrible. I wanted to stop at so many points, but forced myself to continue. This cute romance turned into this odd stalker- freaky thing and I hated it. Nicholas Sparks should just stick with what he's good at, writing love stories. (1/5 stars)

8. Beautiful Creatures by Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia- [My Review] This book dragged on for me. I feel like I just forced myself to continue on with it. As I said in my review, this book could have easily been about half of the amount of pages... I have the rest of the series so I will probably just force myself to continue on..(or get rid of them). Overall I gave this book 3/5 stars.

 

9. The Elite by Kiera Cass - Similar to City of Fallen Angels, I got so tired of these charactes that I almost put this book down for a few days. The main character, America, was such a strong lead character in the first book that I admired her most of the time. In this book, however, she seemed to forget how to make decisions and got super whinny. I persevered however, and ended up rating it 4/5 stars.

10. Everlasting by Elizabeth Chandler - I really enjoyed reading books 1-3 of the Kissed by An Angel series and I thought the 4th was okay. This book however, pretty much stunk. My favorite character got possessed by some creepy demon spirit and started like tearing apart the main character, Ivy's, life. I somehow managed to finish this book, but I never continued on with the rest of the series. The author definitely should of stopped after the first three books. (3/5 stars)

Did any of you almost put down any of these books too? Let me know in the comments!