tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post2945261605379589897..comments2024-03-28T02:25:35.338-04:00Comments on Small Review: DNF Explanation: Ink by Amanda SunSmall Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16072352095510905410noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-26479022736936875622013-09-02T22:53:48.279-04:002013-09-02T22:53:48.279-04:00Aylee, you describe my feeling to a "T"....Aylee, you describe my feeling to a "T". I can't seem to DNF a book either. Its so weird, but once I start, I just feel obligated to finish. I feel like I'm giving up on something if I just don't see it through. Its good to know I'm not alone. I wish I could be like Small and just give it up for better reads. But somehow my personality goes against it.Gina @ My Precioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895568426820464572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-18789206457350330622013-08-25T19:38:20.934-04:002013-08-25T19:38:20.934-04:00LOL! oh Aylee, just think of all the good books wa...LOL! oh Aylee, just think of all the good books waiting for you to finish reading your bad book! :P You're not alone though.<br /><br />I'm confused about the stalker/paranormal connection too. You don't see too many stalkers in fantasy books. Small Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072352095510905410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-4208062302450056922013-08-25T19:36:42.802-04:002013-08-25T19:36:42.802-04:00:) I had a very emotional response! It's not m...:) I had a very emotional response! It's not my kind of cover either. I should have cover judged it! hahaSmall Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072352095510905410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-38017283850638383552013-08-25T19:35:51.260-04:002013-08-25T19:35:51.260-04:00lol, yes not cool at all!!! :P Maybe you'll li...lol, yes not cool at all!!! :P Maybe you'll like the rest more than I did and then maybe Katie gets less stalkerish as the story goes on? I'll definitely be interested in reading your take if you do decide to pick it up. <br /><br />haha, I can't even begin to imagine having pushed through the remaining 200 pages. Small Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072352095510905410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-50607718421393433562013-08-25T19:33:44.423-04:002013-08-25T19:33:44.423-04:00haha yeah, she's a huge stalker. It's real...haha yeah, she's a huge stalker. It's really bizarre behavior. Small Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072352095510905410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-9505296418811665692013-08-25T19:33:06.364-04:002013-08-25T19:33:06.364-04:00You might have understood more than I did with you...You might have understood more than I did with your manga/Japanese culture experience so maybe you would have liked it more? That went a long way toward making me feel out of place (and, yes, "anxiety" is totally the perfect word!) I'm not sure though, given all the other things. <br /><br />Small Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072352095510905410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-51529668292954264832013-08-25T19:31:54.432-04:002013-08-25T19:31:54.432-04:00I didn't use a glossary, but I'm not sure ...I didn't use a glossary, but I'm not sure it would have made a difference because another one of my reading pet peeves is "having to flip back to the glossary every other sentence" :P Small Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072352095510905410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-70116926668432622252013-08-19T22:30:36.628-04:002013-08-19T22:30:36.628-04:00It's true - you've mastered the art of kno...It's true - you've mastered the art of knowing when to DNF a book! You're quite good at it and seem to feel no guilt... I am the other hand have yet to DNF a book in my life. Like, it could be the most painful experience EVER and I would still read it to the end. I just cannot bring myself to not finish a book, no matter how terrible, and I am perfectly aware of how silly that is! I don't know why.<br /><br />But yeah... I have yet to read a good review for this one, unfortunately. And I was real interested when I first saw it, too, because I love Japan and Japanese culture and books that include those things, but it doesn't sound like that aspect was integrated very well into the story and I know I wouldn't be into that. Another thing I'm not into: stalkers. Just, why? I don't understand why stalkers are so common in paranormals.Ayleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07639250102446794830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-18021151022876326422013-08-19T13:38:46.660-04:002013-08-19T13:38:46.660-04:00I can feel your frustration with this one almost r...I can feel your frustration with this one almost radiating off the page. :-) Luckily for me, this book never even attracted my attention. It wasn't my kind of cover and the blurb didn't call my name. Sounds like its good I didn't request it from NG. I don't have it on my TBG list either. Sorry it wasn't your kind of read. Its always fun to see you dissect a book drilling down to what didn't work for you. I appreciate your honest opinions!Gina @ My Precioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895568426820464572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-9588324071008840242013-08-19T00:48:30.042-04:002013-08-19T00:48:30.042-04:00Hmmmm....I've been so excited for this one, bu...Hmmmm....I've been so excited for this one, but based on what you've said I'm not super excited anymore. I mean, I HATE when the dumb blond goes for the jerkface in a total stalker-ish way. NOT COOL, GIRLFRIEND.<br /><br />SO yeah. We'll have to see on this one. *le sigh*<br /><br />Great review, Small! Totally good explanations as to why you put it down. Good thing you did...you might have been miserable for another 200 pages. LOL<br /><br />Sierra @ Yearning to ReadSierra Abramshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09330264859252593838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-73064055542058678022013-08-18T18:36:22.238-04:002013-08-18T18:36:22.238-04:00It's so annoying when you've read a large ...It's so annoying when you've read a large chunk of the story and still don't know what's going on. I requested this one for review because I thought it sounded interesting and found it appealing that it was set in Japan, but after I saw a review talking about what a stalker Katie is, I decided I wouldn't bother reading it. I'm so glad that your review validated my decision, Small!A Canadian Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07127164685941412250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-63908799479870695602013-08-17T13:24:00.188-04:002013-08-17T13:24:00.188-04:00That sounds really bad. I'm glad I didn't ...That sounds really bad. I'm glad I didn't read this - I was tempted by the pretty cover but I had too much on my plate already - I do love manga and japanese culture but I hate the things you mentioned here (the throwing in random words and the fact that it felt like you should be in the know before hand). <br /><br />It sounds like this book would give me anxiety just reading it from feeling i was out of place or that I didn't understand stuff because it was my fault. <br /><br />Not a great feeling to have. <br /><br />Hope your next read is totes better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-6260122091266898242013-08-17T10:06:22.597-04:002013-08-17T10:06:22.597-04:00I was so upset to discover that there was a glossa...I was so upset to discover that there was a glossary at the back of my e-galley because that would have been SUPER useful knowledge to have when I was actually reading the darn thing. I figured I would eventually figure out what the repeated words meant but it never happened. I did manage to finish this because I'm really bad at DNF-ing books but I wasn't very happy about it.The Insouciant Sophisticatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03934853089105345052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-85199612142188215592013-08-16T21:59:35.675-04:002013-08-16T21:59:35.675-04:00EXACTLY!! That's probably a large part of why ...EXACTLY!! That's probably a large part of why I didn't like it. You know me so well :) <br /><br />And, no, I don't think you'd like Ink. I think you'd really dislike the MC. Small Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072352095510905410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-4398219998663535752013-08-16T21:58:02.372-04:002013-08-16T21:58:02.372-04:00Well, if you like on then you'll probably like...Well, if you like on then you'll probably like the other! Small Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072352095510905410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-52514015649208787742013-08-16T21:57:23.941-04:002013-08-16T21:57:23.941-04:00Thanks! I really wanted to love it. Thanks! I really wanted to love it. Small Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072352095510905410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-44459633173735674362013-08-16T21:54:51.947-04:002013-08-16T21:54:51.947-04:00Ah ok, I figured the mythology was tied in with th...Ah ok, I figured the mythology was tied in with the drawings. <br /><br />They definitely did switch between English and Japanese for her (and it was also annoying to me whenever she'd comment on how she was so flattered that certain characters would speak to her in Japanese and assume she was smart enough to keep up. And she was!) but I think there were also random Japanese words thrown in. Like, the author would establish that they were speaking Japanese, the sentence would be in English so we can understand and then a random Japanese word would be thrown in there. <br /><br />They do that in a Marie Antoinette book I love. It will be all like (the characters are speaking in French) "Let's go to the garden where the <i>chien</i> can play!" instead of just saying "dog" Small Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072352095510905410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-59035386261160775822013-08-16T16:40:44.630-04:002013-08-16T16:40:44.630-04:00Since I didn't like Die For Me, I'm guessi...Since I didn't like Die For Me, I'm guessing Ink won't work for me, either. I don't remember that you didn't like Die for Me, though. I'm going to have to look up your review. <br /><br />My high school had a lot of Asian students (mostly Koreans, but plenty of Taiwanese and Japanese), so cultural differences were often discussed by teachers. I remember there were a bewildering number of them. I can't imagine what it must be like to be so immersed in a culture you have no familiarity with. It would be like taking all of our social anxiety and multiplying it by a thousand. Not something that appeal to us, I think.Rubitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929614007516530129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-35929604391738257262013-08-16T10:47:26.439-04:002013-08-16T10:47:26.439-04:00Oh goodness...I have this and Die for Me on my TBR...Oh goodness...I have this and Die for Me on my TBR! *worried*Melissas Eclectic Bookshelfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954443867000135343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-68995705673327602922013-08-16T10:26:50.537-04:002013-08-16T10:26:50.537-04:00Ugh. Seriously. UGH.
The whole language thing is ...Ugh. Seriously. UGH.<br /><br />The whole language thing is HUGE for me. The occasional word sprinkled in here and there - with a translation! - is one thing, but when it reaches the point where you get lost because you have no idea what's going on...that's taking it too far. I'm currently reading a book set during WWI & there's a group of German characters. Every once in a while one of them will say sentences in German and it won't be translated. I can't imagine dealing with that for an entire BOOK.<br /><br />These days I'm far more willing to drop a book if I'm not completely into it. I'm sorry this one didn't work out for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-16740603245506670672013-08-15T21:49:45.988-04:002013-08-15T21:49:45.988-04:00Totally enjoyed reading your review. That was a go...Totally enjoyed reading your review. That was a good reason to DNF, and at least you gave it a chance!Goldie @ My Book Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15448908735074750224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955420282479112508.post-67218344755018868362013-08-15T17:37:27.518-04:002013-08-15T17:37:27.518-04:00Ah, yes. You being a character-driven reader was p...Ah, yes. You being a character-driven reader was part of why I wasn't sure you'd like it. The Japanese conversation part didn't miff me much this time around since Katie is a foreigner and I assumed that maybe they'd switch between English and Japanese for her? Or at least that it was a reflection of her not belonging. But yes. The plot and the characters needed a bit of work. The mythology part comes with explaining the ink drawings, but if they weren't intriguing you and nothing else really was either, I doubt the explanation would be enough :/. <br /><br />I thought it was interesting, though, that this was the first YA PNR I'd seen with a glossary at the back because of all the Japanese terms she used. Too bad I discovered that after the fact but still. I hope your next read works out better :).Christina Reads YAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14937783114868207494noreply@blogger.com