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.
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan was reminiscent of Handmaid’s Tale and trying to capitalise upon the Handmaid’s compelling narrative of female oppression and religious totalitarianism.
DNF at page 19, it just been done before and it done more proficiently.
I didn’t put it down because I promised a friend I’d read it (she loved it and wanted to discuss it) but it had a couple of good ideas which the author singularly failed to capitalize on. All the characters were boring and flat and I didn’t care what happened to them or understand how this system could even be supported practically.
Ugh I finished this one and I still resent it