I relate to all of these and also find them irritating!

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I can relate to ALL of these! It appears that DNFers have a great deal in common! ~Carol @ ReadingLadies

Ooh the lack of research will get me too! It's always very obvious when characters from overseas "visit" Australia on holiday and the author has never been toAustralia or even done the most cursory amount of research about it. They always get distances wrong.

More than a few times I've discovered that an Audible book's preview didn't deliver an accurate taste of how a narrator could be -- and I've switched to print/ebook versions twice in memory, the most recent being a baseball book ("The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told). I'm also with you on graphic content --- for some reason I can read science books about sex, but I don't want to run into it in fiction!

I relate so much to all of these! I actively avoid a couple of audiobook narrators, and there have been times I'll forgo a book I really wanted to read because of these narrators. I'll read the print version instead, thankyouverymuch!

All of the above!!! I had a recent big, big seller in which two words were used incorrectly! It could be the audio performer's fault--I listened to the audio, but come on! Quality control, people!

Confusing and too graphic are both big turn-offs for me. Great list!

I love your list and agree wholeheartedly. I especially agree with mood. Sometimes I'm not in the mood for a book. It could be the best book, but I'm just not there for it.

This is great Susan. I love all your images especially the chimp!

I totally can relate to all of these. I guess depending on the execution or how well I'm enjoying the story, the little nuisances will just get a heavy eyeroll from me before I move on, but if it happens too much I definitely start skimming pages just to see how it all ends.

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100% agree to DNFing when a book gets too confusing. My attention span is NOT great, so it irks me so much when an author uses incredibly flowery words when it adds nothing to the story and just makes everything harder to understand. Long paragraphs, made-up words, technical terms... I'm already getting a headache just thinking about it. 😂 Thanks for sharing! <3

aimee @ aimee can read

I relate with quite a few of your reasons to DNF especially the the one where authors don't do basic research, that is so annoying especially since we have so much info at our fingertips! and I've had narrators that bug me a lot too. I once listened to an audiobook where each narrator pronounced the characters' names differently!!

Yes, as regards the 'f' word. I don't mind occasionally but as soon as I realise the author is going to shove that down my throat all through the book, forget it, it's lazy writing in my opinion and I will dnf and have on multiple occasions.

Yes to all of your reasons! I completely agree with all of these, but especially when books have irritating characters! Nothing makes me DNF faster.

Yes to all of these!!!! Boring, unlikable characters...all of it!

These are all good reasons. Whilst I struggle to DNF a book I can identify with your list!

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hahah the memes :D Agree with everything

Even I know a Tesla is quiet. I have definitely experienced that sort of error in books I have read. I think it bothers me more when it's something I really know or misinformation about where I live. Mood swings is a great point to raise. I have DNFed books and gone back later, and they were hits! I attributed it to my mood

Nothing like your mood determining whether you can enjoy a book or not. I consider myself a moody reader which is at times a curse.

I completely agree with every single one of these, but the two that really stuck out to me were the grammatical errors and annoying narrators. Katherine Center is one of my favorite authors, and I recently listened to her latest book, The Rom-Commers, on audiobook, but I had to stop halfway through because I couldn't take another second of the narrator. I used the digital version to finish the remainder of it.

I should have included the last two on your list on mine, too! Those both have annoyed me in the past. I also totally agree with you about content in excess. Sometimes it works and fits fine in a story, and I'm not wanting anyone to "ban" all content like this from books, but I think using it too much not only lessons the "impact" of certain things but just feels convenient because the genre or culture "demands" or like it. Thanks a bunch for visiting my list on this week! Really enjoyed reading your list, and seeing a Pirates meme, too.

Yes yes and yes! I fully agree. I just DNF'd a book that has fairly high ratings because I hated all the characters AND it was boring.

I relate to so many of these, but the two that hit home the most for me are lazy/poor copyediting since I proofread, and the author not doing their research about basic things in the book. There was a book I read that was set in the early 1930s, and the author had the characters using Tupperware-like containers and using plastic bags for everything ... in Shanghai. I was floored, and every time it came up, it took me right out of the story since I knew that plastic wasn't in use in that way at the time. That book got rated low too.