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.
Juniper Bean Resorts to Murder by Gracie Ruth Mitchell.
The book opens with the main character inadvertently being set up on a blind date with her own brother by her friends. And if that’s not enough, the moment gets rehashed throughout the book multiple times. At one point, her love interest drops this riveting line:
I was listening on audiobook but I don’t believe I got that far. The dialogue was terrible and unbelievable. It was trying to hard to be funny. While it’s meant to be a cozy mystery, the plot was so flat. The characters felt like caricatures and…it was just cringe all around.