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.

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    1 year ago

    Starting it this morning for the book club my sister and I do. This is discouraging, though I didn’t expect much from it anyway.

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      1 year ago

      ACOTAR is easily the weakest book in the series. SJM is not blind to the creepy/predatory nature of the Beauty and the Beast dynamic. Every time she writes a protag or love interest that makes me raise eyebrows or I outright hate, she manages to 180 them completely by the end of the book.

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        1 year ago

        Definitely agree with this, the first book definitely wasn’t a 5 star for me but the rest really hit in the right spot.

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        1 year ago

        ACOTAR is easily the weakest book in the series

        I keep seeing this, but if I have to slog through garbage to get to anything resembling “good,” I’m just skipping it altogether. I read ACOTAR and I wouldn’t read another page by Maas unless I was being paid.

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      1 year ago

      I mean, if it’s any consolation, it’s a really famous book series and many people love them. Retellings just aren’t for me.