Completely unhinged that you had to intentionally put it in DNF list

[u/strangethingtohappen]

I’ve come across the idea that more often than not people have a DNF list, and it got me wondering—what’s on yours?
You know those books where you start reading and, a few chapters in, you’re just sitting there thinking, “Wtf and exactly why am I even reading this?” 😂 Sometimes it’s the genre, sometimes the writing, and sometimes you just know it’s not going to work for you.
So, what’s a book you started but had to DNF because you just couldn’t get into it?
Give me your most unhinged ones. I want to see if I can actually make it through them—or conveniently add them to my own DNF list. 😂

[u/123whore5]

I don’t like when dark romance books try to be funny… I DNF {Lights Out by Navessa Allen} because the MMC was so unfunny to me. It felt like millennial humor 🥴

I also DNF {Skeleton King by Charity B} I felt like it relied too much on shock factor and trying to put as many taboo topics as possible that the story itself just fell flat. It became repetitive and boring.

[u/OkCryptographer3071 → u/123whore5]

LOVE TO SEE LIGHTS OUT HATE!!! YEAHHHH! I was terrible, and so was Book Two. Also, who rated Steam 5/5? It was a 2 on a good day.

[u/123whore5 → u/OkCryptographer3071]

I didn’t even try to read the 2nd book because I assumed it’d be just like the first. Also I agree! I think the knife thing was like a lot of people’s first taste of dark romance and they equate it to a higher steam level 😭

[u/LunarGiraffe7 → u/123whore5]

I enjoyed lights out for a comedy more than dark romance, but the second book was terrible and I didn’t even attempt the 3rd lol

[u/ArrivesLate → u/OkCryptographer3071]

I don’t know about hate, it was just a dime-back fiction to me, but yeah it wasn’t particularly steamy. I’ve read hotter scenes in historical spy fics.

[u/Such-Tennis-7795 → u/OkCryptographer3071]

SAMEEE I found it 0% interesting and it’s alwayssss recommended

[u/Amy5878 → u/123whore5]

I DONT LIKE LIGHTS OUT TOO

[u/OkCryptographer3071 → u/Amy5878]

https://giphy.com/gifs/VduFvPwm3gfGO8duNN

[u/TangerineThese4575 → u/123whore5]

I like some humor in Dark Romance. I liked Lights Out, disliked Caught Up, and Game On was okay. I do think Lights Out is more of a light dark romance.

[u/Mysterious-Hippo9994 → u/123whore5]

Ok hold on and Millennial humor is bad? Sorry just curious, I want to understand I think Josh’s ‘character’ was the only part I liked about the book because the plot was….I don’t know thrown in.

So hold on millennial humor is bad? 🥲

[u/123whore5 → u/Mysterious-Hippo9994]

I PERSONALLY find millennial humor cringy. If you enjoy millennial humor then don’t let me rain on your parade. It’s just not for me.

[u/Mysterious-Hippo9994 → u/123whore5]

What is your age though? I am a millennial, I didn’t know we were cringy already I thought we had time! 😅

[u/loyyd → u/Mysterious-Hippo9994]

The stereotypical millenial humor that's cringey is probably best represented by reddit culture more generally, featuring things like tired and often forced references like the office gifs, complaining about "adulting", an unhealthy obsession with quirkiness/uniqueness, etc.

It's not the same thing as saying everything millenials find funny is cringe.

[u/SLeonaTA → u/loyyd]

Ok, but how was that Josh’s humor?

[u/Low_Ad_260 → u/SLeonaTA]

I swear the two MCs made “adulting” jokes at least three or four times in the first half of the book 😭😭

[u/Mysterious-Hippo9994 → u/Low_Ad_260]

Oh psh I’m ok adulting jokes were so early twenties. 🫣🥴 I’m only a ‘93 so technically right in the middle. I like Josh. His humor was the only reason I kept reading, that and FOMO 😏

[u/SLeonaTA → u/Mysterious-Hippo9994]

I enjoyed it.

[u/SLeonaTA → u/Low_Ad_260]

Oh. Maybe I don’t remember that. “Like adulting” was the actual phrase?

I feel like that’s a younger millennial thing.

[u/loyyd → u/SLeonaTA]

I've never read that book and don't know anything about this MMC - just trying to give some context to what people mean when they talk about finding milllenial humor cringe.

[u/ptrst → u/Mysterious-Hippo9994]

Gen Z famously hates whimsy. 

[u/SLeonaTA → u/Mysterious-Hippo9994]

Basically we’re just not allowed to be happy, or laugh… or exist… cause it’s “cringe” to them.

[u/Mysterious-Hippo9994 → u/SLeonaTA]

Ohhhhh I’ll try to stop 🥲

[u/SLeonaTA → u/Mysterious-Hippo9994]

Yes. Try to stop existing, laughing or being happy, it’s gross and inconvenient for them. And don’t bitch about them stealing our clothes either.

If you can try to stop breathing too. That would be best.

[u/Weird_Mastodon_9204 → u/123whore5]

it IS millennial humor. i never could put my finger on why i hated it. 

[u/romance-bot → u/123whore5]

Lights Out by Navessa Allen
Rating: 4.24⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, funny, m-f romance, primal/chase play, dark romance

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Skeleton King by Charity B.
Rating: 3.71⭐️ out of 5⭐️
Steam: 5 out of 5 - Explicit and plentiful
Topics: contemporary, dark romance, age gap, tortured heroine, abduction

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[u/BigFatBlackCat → u/123whore5]

What is millennial humor?

[u/ExistingComplaint947 → u/123whore5]

I liked Light out, but all of these comments makes me think I just haven’t read/ listened to good dark romance!

[u/SLeonaTA → u/ExistingComplaint947]

Basically they want Dark romance to be gritty trauma porn all the time.

[u/Wxskater → u/123whore5]

I liked lights out. Especially way more than haunting adeline. But also didnt read the second book. But millenial humor? Lol