I’m Really Tired of Poorly Written Books!

I’m really tired of reading fiction with loads or backstory and telling and head hopping. I’m not sure if some/most of the books I’ve been receiving are self-published or not, but I can’t take it any more. Though these stories might be intriguing, they’re ruined for me because of the telling and backstory which slooows down the read. I literally yawn and daydream while reading! And I contemplate whether to even give them away or not, though I conclude that a nonwriter might enough these stories.

I’m working so hard on my craft, hacking out the backstory and going over the sentences to nix telling, and yet I hold in my hands stories that do these things. Can you tell it really bugs me? I just want to read a really good book, which I do have on my shelf, but since I committed to reviewing some of these books I feel compelled to finish them. So what do you do? Finish them? Give them away?

How do you write a review of a book that might have an interesting story line, but is just poorly written?