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.
Actually, same book, but quicker DNF for me. Opened The Maid at my local library and didn’t get past the second page because the writing style is sooooo unpleasant to me. I acknowledge that this is subjective, but to me, it just seemed the author was trying to use every “pretty” turn of phrase there ever was, all at once. Just blithely lining up the clichés - going nowhere. :(