I'm usually able to find something enjoyable about most books, no matter how bad they may seem or other people find them to be. But, in reading Belle by Melanie Jackson, I really couldn't find anything good about the book. I didn't hate it, I just found the writing and content to be very poor. Nothing exciting seemed to happen. The idea of the hero and heroine constantly playing cards was interesting, but seemed to be a poor attempt at making something central to the idea of the book turn out wrong. It just never took off. Everything in the book seemed to just drag. I don't expect to like every book I read, but this one was just dull. I couldn't really connect with the characters. They seemed to be missing something. Some background information was given about them, but it seemed incomplete. A reference was made to a scar on the hero's face, but nothing much else was discussed about it. Usually, a writer describes something like that and then uses it in the story some how. It never figured in any part, and by the end of the book I had completely forgotten about it. This really was just a bland read.
Listening to: Billy Joel - "I've Loved These Days"
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