Given up on a book

A couple of days ago, I gave up on The Little Friend by Donna Tartt.

This was supposed to be part of my 2nds challenge, but at the end of the day, I just couldn’t take it. I read 200 pages, looked at the amount I had left, put the book down and walked away.

There wasn’t one single thing that made me want to keep reading, and if there isn’t something after 200 pages, then it’s dubious it’s going to be there at all. None of the characters interested me. The ‘plot’ (such as it was; maybe something happened after that, but again, if it’s not there by page 200…) didn’t hold my attention. Even the writing style that had me spellbound in The Secret History didn’t seem to be there.

I was reading my mother’s copy. She also gave up, so it looks like this is one for the charity shop.