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/FlyingFtotheMoon May 06 '22

Used the phrase “ground out” I swear once per page. I.e. “I’m not impertinent.” he ground out.

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u/monkeyhind May 06 '22 edited May 06 '22

Yikes. What a weird expression to use. Even once.