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.
Yup. The Black Swan could be summed up in a short essay but the book is 95% padding. All idea based nonfiction books make me feel like I sat through a brainwashing session by the end. I suppose it’s probably because most readers are unwilling to pay for an essay so instead we pay for 390 pages of waffle wrapped around 10 pages of the good bit.