Time for another edition of Why I Stopped Reading.
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: MG
Pages: 258
Where I stopped: 28% (Kindle version)
Why I stopped: Today's "Why I Stopped Reading" is pretty different from many of the others. The one thing it has in common is that I downloaded this book for free on one of its promotion days. The thing that is way different? This book has a four star rating on Amazon and good reviews from big places like Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus. So why did I stop? I lost interest, pure and simple. Disclaimer: I'm not a big MG fan, probably because I crave more romance than it can provide. There have been a few MGs that I've really enjoyed, but there are not a lot that I LOVED. (Can you count Harry Potter? Is it MG?) The book had some exciting things going on and an interesting plot, it just wasn't enough. For me. You might be absolutely different.
The lesson to be learned: It's all opinion. Just because I don't like this book doesn't mean it's a bad book. Just because one agent/editor/reader isn't interested, doesn't mean there won't be someone out there who is. So cover the basics: listen and take into account what your beta readers say, write well, do your best and don't sweat the one that doesn't like it. :D
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