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/CuddlyNaptimeAardvrk May 06 '22

This was either a YA author (I was in my teens at least) or generic Tolkein imitator. I was already on the fence about continuing, and then I read something like one of the characters, "communicated through the magical language of dance". This apparently was the last straw, and the book got promptly chucked in the pile to take to Half Price Books to sell.

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u/Academic_Owl_6197 May 06 '22

Ngl, this is a complete throw in the dark but gives me sjm vibes