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What is the soonest you've ever DNFd a book? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by FacelessOldWoman1234@alien.top to c/books@metacritics.zone

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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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[–] couchjitsu@alien.top 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I can't remember the exact title, but it was a non-fiction book titled something like "Why America is Mad About the Wrong Things"

I stopped early in chapter 2 when I realized it was going to essentially be the same chapter over and over.

[–] dont_fuckin_die@alien.top 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

While I was taking business classes for a short while, I learned that business books are almost all based around a really cool idea that can be explained in one chapter, that is then stretched into 20 so that it can be sold as a whole book.

[–] RogersRules@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Just like meetings that manage to squeeze five minutes of information into the hour you sit there.

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