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 poppy wars. I read the first book, but will never touch the sequels(which to me still counts as I did not finish the story). Everyone recommended it, said it was amazing and to it’s credit it’s very original, but it sucks. The author handles her characters in the worst ways possible. Example a character bullies the protagonist, dies, then amazing he survived, and there is this moment were it’s implying “he has powers” and he will end up friend or lovers with the protagonist but nope dead again in 50 pages. Far from my only issue with the book but it’s just poor story telling.