#Antisocial - Jillian Blake

I rarely DNF a book. It feels like a crime against my very nature. But in. 2024 I vowed that if a book didn't hold my attention, or I just wasn't enjoying it, I would DNF. 
This one is my first official DNF of 2024.
Let me start by saying the concept is awesome. School secrets blabbed all over by an unknown hacker, escalating to life ruining potential. Very Karen McManus-esque...or at least I was expecting something like that. 
The plot dragged, making it hard for me to focus or even want to return to continue the book. The characters were flat, to the point I didn't even care what happened to them. And the 'secrets' were cliche and anticlimactic. I only got about 40% of the way through before I just couldn't keep going. The main character, Anna, has social anxiety and I was excited to see a character with this condition as I also have social anxiety. And while I know no two experiences are alike, her's felt put on, convenient for the plot without any real depth to the actual experiences of what it's like to live with social anxiety. And her friends were simply awful and/or boring. Rad was a total b*tch to the point where I hated any time her name was on the page. The rest were merely plot devices with no real connection. 
The writing itself was okay. I will probably read future books by this author, since I never judge someone's career by a single book. Just can't help but be disappointed in this one. 

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