Mine’s The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Thick books never stopped me from reading nonstop before, but there are entries in the book that just has me stopping and taking time to mull things over.
Also, sharing this excerpt: “Not to be sentimental, as I sound, but why the hell are we conditioned into the smooth strawberry-and-cream Mother-Goose-world, Alice-in-Wonderland fable, only to be broken on the wheel as we grow older and become aware of ourselves as individuals with a dull responsibility in life?”
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
I read divergent and absolutely loved it. It was so much better than the movie and interested me from the first to the last word. But as soon as I started to read insurgent, it bored me. The movie wasn’t my favourite, but I figured the book would be better. And it is better, but I’ve found it really hard to get into it.
Another one is Medusa by Jessie Burton
It’s such a short book yet I have no urge to try and finish it. I know some people really enjoyed it and I wanted to as well because I love Greek mythology. But the wording and the way it’s written I’ve found is far y’all simple for me and I’ve really struggled to get any further