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Is this a joke? Am I being pranked?

This does not qualify as a book. It would barely qualify as a bullet-point outline. Neither the content nor the craft is developed enough to qualify as even middle grade. This wouldn't be accepted for a 5th grade fiction competition. I am honestly surprised that something like this is capable of being published.

Opened the book tonight, read three or four sentences, signed, put it back down. Opened GoodReads to scroll through the reviews. I feel validated in the echoed sentiment of slow pacing in the beginning. I'm also seeing that apparently it leans a bit more genre towards the back half, with "twists" and other mystery/thriller elements. Not the direction I was hoping for. Feel comfortable dropping it here.