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.
A Clockwork Orange.
I got about 5 pages in and realized I didn’t care enough to try and decipher all the slang, even with the key in the back.
You had a key in the back?
Mine did too but I didn’t realize it until I finished the book. However, I liked just figuring out the slang through context clues so I’m glad I didn’t find the key in the beginning and get lazy.
The first time I read it, I’d gotten nearly to the end before I realized there was a glossary in the back. Oops. (That being said, it’s totally fair to DNF, that book is for sure not everyone’s cup of tea.)
A long time ago I was about to stop reading ACO lent to me by a friend. I told him I was having a hard time with the made-up words. He told me to stick with it and you’ll absorb the meanings of the words. Glad I did. Way better than the movie.
The movie is much better. They also talk in the slang but it makes much more sense hearing the inflections and with visual context.
When I read it, I told my mom it was like “learning a whole new language”. I was so happy when I was able to read words like “tolchock” and “slooshy” and automatically translate them into standard English 😭