most disappointing books & DNFs of 2025

I think it's actually pretty well written, but for a like toxic sappic vampire story. Again, pacing really off.

This one I slogged through. I think it took me about 3 weeks to read it. The pacing is so slow.

I reread Iron Widow and just like was reminded of how much I loved it. Like I reread Iron Widow in like two or three days. Just flew through it again. And it's like a four star.

this was still like fine. I think I gave it three stars. But this was supposed to be kind of a Hades Panie retelling, mainly Pphanie with some like African folklore and history mixed in.

This one I was listening to on audiobook and maybe I could have tried to read it physically and see if maybe I did. I don't remember now. But I just wasn't engaged with it.

This one I like tried to read the first chapter and I was like I simply do not care. This is the final book in the Atlas series.

This one I probably got like over 200 pages into, and I would have liked it plenty if it was edited better and it had better pacing.

I just was expecting to be really hooked and I just wasn't. and it is just a lot of setup and a lot of distance from characters. So, this was a three star.