I’ve been having a lack of motivation to read anything lately. I’ve been reading a lot of books that have been kind of disappointing, which isn’t helping.
I was reading the Southern Reach trilogy, and really enjoyed Annihilation. But Authority and Acceptance both felt aimless and a collection of random weird things happening with no resolution or reasoning. I didn’t finish Acceptance because I was close to the end but it felt like I was still at the beginning.
I then tried reading some Brandon Sanderson books. I tried The Way of Kings (ambitious I know), but the dialogue was awful. Shallan was written like she has this top-tier humor and wit, but what she said were corny dad jokes. I tried Mistborn but again the dialogue and characters weren’t interesting or awkward for me.
I was reading Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar, and while I really enjoyed the first 200 pages, I noticed I lost motivation finishing the book because the constant POV had me questioning what exactly this book is about, what am I focused on? The book just became more disjointed as I continued. I just kinda gave up and felt weird to stop reading a book that I thought I was enjoying.
I have a copy of The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, and Wool by Hugh Howey, and I just don’t know if I should actually read them or am I going to be disappointed. I was recommended Dungeon Crawler Carl and I feel the same apprehension.
All in all I don’t know how to move past this funk of being disappointed by the books I’m trying to read, that I’ve just avoided it. Which is a shame because I love to read. Does anyone have any advice on how to move past this? Thanks for reading lol.
by Canitoch