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.

  • iliketuurtles@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I will say the general consensus is the first book is the “worst” and it changes quite a bit for the better. (She was very young writing the first book — like a teenager) I know life is too short to read books you don’t enjoy, but just wanted to share that :)

    • st1r@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Writing definitely got better but it just never felt like it was going to get to a place that I vibed with. DNF’d midway through book 3

      OTOH my wife loves everything Maas

    • EnglishTeachers@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Her writing is noticeably better a few books in. I’m rereading the whole shebang in preparation for CC3, and I’m just reading these first few books as quickly as possible.