You wanted to read the book, you were excited to crack it open, you came into it with good faith and anticipation… but you ended up dnf-ing it. Which book and why?
Mine was The Maid by Nita Prose. It was for my book club and looked like a fun murder mystery. Instead I got instant manic-pixie-dream-neurodivergent-girl vibes, and I noped out before the crime scene was even found.
I have DNF’d a lot of books after reading the first line. Either it grabs me at that moment or it doesn’t.
But that’s not to say the books were bad, it’s just my mood at the time. I’ve picked up the same books at other times and the first line does grab me, and sometimes I ended up loving the book.