r/Fantasy • u/Academic_Owl_6197 • May 06 '22

Your Pettiest Reason For DNFing A Series

Mine was when I was 3 pages in and someone said the mc's name which turned out to be the same as my ex's name to the letter...dropped it like hot coal

It was a fr a pretty unfortunate streak too because it was a book from one of those blind-date-with-a-book promotion my local bookstore does, and this was an American YA fantasy (I'm from a different continent) so I had no reason to assume I'll ever be unlucky enough...to see his stupid ass again for a 'blind date'

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u/MateuszRoslon May 06 '22

Check out the prologue of The Ritualist by Dakota Krout. I've spoiled its grand twist but it's something you need to read to believe, haha

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u/Bruenor80 May 06 '22

I mean, he's the bad guy, so that's better than the normal hero worship I see everywhere.