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.
That’s an accurate depiction of The Maid but I still read it and liked it ok but I felt dirty afterwards. I’m a housekeeper though so I felt I needed to support more maid fiction since maids/housekeepers are the second least developed characters in fiction after prostitutes.
I lasted about 8 pages into a Song of Fire and Ice like 8 years ago before deciding it was completely not for me, and I actually have read exactly zero pages of fantasy since then, not counting a f-ton of RPGs.
Turns out, I like fantasy in games and science fiction in books.