I want to DNF “this kingdom will not kill me” convince me otherwise

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I’m 25% in.

I don’t like the humour.

I am nitpicking the writing more than I should.

I hated the way the main character described her appearance (by looking in the mirror and narrating what she saw, I thought that was so lazy)

The lore is so dense, with so many characters, that in order to explain everything there are long portions of dialogue just telling a story and I’m finding it very difficult to follow and it is tiring me, I often have to hold back from just straight up skipping parts

I don’t love the premise of a normal person being thrown into the universe of a book/movie. Maybe I shouldn’t even have started this book but the reviews were so good I thought maybe I’d be surprised.

I am still very early in, and it is such a long book. I’m sure there is a reason why the reviews are so good. Please tell me I should continue… or not

Posted Jun 27, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC

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