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.

  • gatorgongitcha@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    About three pages into Black Mad Wheel. I can’t remember exactly what it was and I don’t have the book anymore to go back and confirm but there were multiple instances where the writing was bad. Straight up bad.

    I decided life is too short to read something that I immediately find poorly written and off putting.