 Coming up next I'm going to read a list of books that I never finished and in each case I'm going to tell you briefly why Stay with me This is another one of those videos that I've been intending to make for some time and after I made That video last month about how you don't have to finish every book I thought it would be a good idea to actually list books that I haven't finished and this video is going to count as Book review number Because I am reviewing these books First of all, there are two books in particular that I reviewed over the years that I didn't completely finish First one was a foundation by Isaac Asimov That book is actually not a novel. It's a collection of five related stories The last two of those stories were very boring and they didn't seem to have a whole lot to do with the foundation story So I basically just reviewed the first three stories and gave them a good review Also, there was Down Below Station by CJ Cherry That book just wore me down The reading was so thick and such a heavy slog. It was an okay story But I got really close to the end and then just it just gave up Now here's one of the recent things that actually prompted this video. I was listening to Audio books while I was doing my 50th free tour last fall one of the books I Tried to listen to was The Shining by Stephen King Because I had bought the that sequel book called Dr. Sleep and I'd never read The Shining so I thought I should read that but It was bad. I didn't like it. I got about halfway through there were 16 discs 16 CDs in the audio book I got through I think nine of them if you will remember my review of Carrie Stephen King's Carrie The last half of that book Was way too detailed and way too slow and really bogged down. Well The Shining was like that from page one Okay, moving on I'll briefly mention some other audio books that I didn't finish on that trip The moon is a harsh mistress by Robert Highland. I thought it was just plain stupid. I Got a few chapters in and quit Game board of the gods by Rochelle Mead. I thought it was badly written. I think I listened to one disc and Didn't go any further inside a silver box by Walter Mosley Which is apparently a sequel to a book called Cross Town to Oblivion, which I've not read Again, I thought it was just badly written Listen to one disc moved on All right, here's some other stuff that I haven't talked about yet the androids dream by John Scalzi I didn't like it. I got about halfway through it and put it down It was supposed to be humorous. It was supposed to be satirical. I didn't find it funny Even starting at page one. He was clearly trying to be funny and I wasn't finding it funny I actually found the premise Disturbing in a way that wasn't Interesting footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Purnell. It was just plain boring Hala just badly written badly written cowboy bebop graphic novel There's a graphic novel. I couldn't even finish the graphic novel. It was just boring Superheroes and anthology edited by John Varley. This is a case where I know mentioned this specifically this book before This is a case where authors are Pro's authors are trying to write superhero stories and they are way outside of their lane And it doesn't work. It never works across the wall by Garth Nix. This is an anthology of stories I wasn't impressed with the writing. I'd never read Garth Nix before. I was not impressed with the writing and the book Said that the stories take place in an established universe, but they didn't need to know Anything about that universe, but that wasn't true. There were characters all over the place coming and going I had no idea who they were. I had no idea what was going on. So I gave up on that pretty quick Orbit'sville judgment was a book three in the Orbit'sville series by Bob Shaw. I didn't even start this book. I Was so angry about the second book in the series go look for my review Planet of adventure books two three and four by Jack Vance Again, I didn't even start these books. I was so Put out by book one and that's a review that I need to do and I will someday Because I got a lot to say about it Anyway, I'm not gonna read any more of that series there is Tigana by God give real K I Suspect that is not how his name is pronounced, but I couldn't find a specific pronunciation Anyway, I did not like this book at all. I Read the first few chapters. I didn't like it. I didn't like the writing style. It rubbed me the wrong way I thought it was just plain bad I pushed through a few more chapters and finally had to put it down I didn't like it at all and I know I see so many people online who love this guy's work. I didn't Speaking of which finally, there is Ian in banks. I Do not like this guy's writing I Know this gonna make people angry because they love Ian in banks. I don't his writing style man This this if you'll remember my angry review of Lord of Light by Roger Zalazny. That's another book I've never finished by the way. I came close to finishing it, but I couldn't because I despised it so much This guy's writing is a lot like Roger Zalazny's. I don't like it There are two books Wasp Factory and Player of Games. I listened to a full half of Wasp Factory on an audio book and Then gave up and I went and read a synopsis of the book on Wikipedia and I was like is that what the book was about? I couldn't tell I Actually had no idea what was going on in that book and then there's Player of Games. I Just I didn't like the writing. I didn't like the direction. It was going I thought the the premise of the book was completely Implausible I didn't accept it at all and I thought the the protagonist was hateful Really hateful for no reason and plus like I said, I didn't like the writing style. So There you have it. There's a list of books. I didn't finish Coming up next will be book review number 200 What is it going to be? Please remember to press that like button it helps my videos get seen and then subscribe so you can come back next time I do science fiction book TV and movie reviews all the time and please consider becoming a patron There's a link in the description below