After somewhat enjoying Jon Armstrong’s Grey (review) and seeing other reviews of his new book Yarn, I was excited to start reading it. Two weeks and only 100 pages in, I came to the realization that I wasn’t interested in the book and I wasn’t going to finish. This was surprising to me, since the one thing I loved about Grey was the energy and excitement about a subject that I normally don’t have much interest in, fashion. Yarn looked to be set in the same universe with a lot of similar characters and themes, but when I started reading it, I realized that I had no interest in the book. The characters didn’t grab me and I had no interest in the plot.

I’ll definitely give a new book by Armstrong a chance, but this one was a swing and a miss to me.