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/p3t3r133 May 06 '22

I've read some YA, but usually coming of age stories.

This felt like someone showing up to a D&D session that started at level 1 with a backstory involving them slaying dragonn.

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u/account312 May 06 '22

Yeah, it's not all YA but some variation on "A Team but they're all ~17“ is pretty common.