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.
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand? If so, exactly where I put it back on the library shelf.
That is a TERRIBLE title.
Hey now, it’s not quite at Japanese Light Novel territory yet.
“That Time I Was Reborn in Another World as the Strongest Space Traveler With Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand.”
Say what you will, Light Novel/Manga titles at least have the benefit of being descriptive. Sure, titles like “The Cute Girl Sitting Next to Me Is Trying to Make Me Fall in Love With Her as a Way to Ridicule Me but the Tables Were Turned on Her Before She Knew It” are an abomination in the eyes of the Lord, but you can’t say you don’t know what you’re getting into with it.
The author does some really weird stuff with words to seem verbose, but really it just gave me a headache.
It’s supposed to be, like, artsy and quirky 🤪🤪🤪