When a book becomes a chore to read, it’s not worth the time and effort. When a book has to tell you that the characters are odd and quirky, they’re probably not - and that’s not a good sign.. And that was the case with Oddity. I would guess that I have one DNF in maybe 200 books I read, and this was almost one.
It’s not that it’s horrible, it’s just boring. The voice actor tried to infuse life into her voices, so at least I was glad I had requested an audiobook vs. a print version.
Most of the characters were at least “likable” but the story tried too hard to be quirky and weird, but ended up just being annoying and lackluster. The premise sounded good, but the execution was bad. Everything was predictable and the idea that the “oddities” are so rare was vanished when the protagonist “ran into” so many in just a few pages. There is no way any of my students would last more than 15 minutes of this. I stayed until the end, hoping for something I could “grab onto,” but alas, that’s just 9+ hours that I’ll never get back.