A court of thorns and roses by Sarah J Maas, I barely made it five pages in

SAME! Usually I try to give it at least 100 pages, but The Maid was DNF after about 20.

The Paper Palace. I made it maybe 2-3 chapters.

The kaiju preservation society. I loved the name of the book, the premise and the start of the book. Then it got progressively worse by the page. Halfway through and all the characters felt like they were caricatures of each other and I really didn’t care what was going to happen it to whom. Stopped forcing myself to read once I realized I was just waiting for it to end.

Catch 22 by Joseph Heller. I know it’s a beloved classic and highly regarded but I knew after a few pages the author’s sense of humour was going to irritate the shit out of me. You can’t please of all the people all of the time and no doubt there’s stuff I love that others think is woeful.

the book was called ‘they both die at the end’ Silvera Adam, and I got half way in before I decided to call it quits. It’s the only book I ever DNFd. I believe one of the protagonists had a weird way of speaking that made it obvious a person was trying to write and speak “hip”. The protagonists often would say “mad” every other sentence. (Ex. That’s mad weird). It got on my nerves so I just stopped reading cause it was borderline annoying.

I think page 1 or 2. Don’t ask me which book. Just the feeling of revulsion at the main character sticks with me.

Lol 20 pages

another roadside attraction by Tom Robbins. just was NOT for me. his writing style irks me

It was called “when god was a rabbit” I don’t really remember who it was by but I was really excited to read it since id heard it recommend in a magazine as something thought provoking and I love rabbits too so I thought it was a good sign. It turned out to be a shock value book that wasn’t thought provoking in the slightest and was just kinda disturbing. I got about half way through but when the author did some pretty gruesome things to a baby I just kinda called it quits. It had these whimsical moments that would led you into a false sense of security too then do something awful. I could feel the author almost saying “see how awful it all is?” Like yeah but why tho? For what? There is no deeper meaning in works like that imo

Way back in the early 90s, as a youngster and an air head, I bought Dianetics by Hubbard near a train station in Palatine Il, on my way into Chicago to meet parents. I didn’t know any better at the time. Page 2. Left it on the train.

I quit The Maid before the murder as well. My soonest though was Twilight - 3 pages. I like vampires but those 3 pages were so bad I couldn’t go further. For Twilight fans, this is a subjective opinion. I am well aware there are people who love the books and movies, several friends rave about them.

This is kind of a dumb DNF, but a couple years ago, when I first got into romance books, I picked up one by an author that I’d tried and liked. They weren’t great, but I’d enjoyed one of their other books, and the premise was interesting, so I figured I’d like the next one too.

A few pages in, the MC referred to their college, Arizona State University, as “Arizona U”.

Unfortunately for the author, I’ve lived my entire life in AZ - worse, my family are die-hard ASU fans. I have never heard anyone call it that. Instantly cringed, my soul departed from my body like a bat out of hell. I don’t think I’ve ever DNF’d a book I actually wanted to read that fast.

The Devil Wears Prada: DNF after 1,5 pages.

I forget the book, but page 1, a detective rolls onto the crime scene and starts describing an ungloving. I clapped the book shut and thought about it for days lol.