DNF at 40%

I feel like I'm crazy for this. How does a book with such high reviews bore my brains out? I haven't been this disappointed since "Heaven and Earth Grocery Store".

I think I have 2 huge issues with this book. the first is that this feels like a "Nickel Boys" fan fiction with ghosts. they're both based off the same school. Both have almost the same exact setting.  "Nickel Boys" (though o don't think it was perfect) executed almost every factor better.

My second big issue is the pacing. This book is glacial. I made it over 200 pages in and still was forcing myself to pick it up every time. Maybe this book gets better, but I wanted to DNF it at 25%, but I gave it a bit longer. I wish I hadn't.

Do I think this book is bad? I mean, i didn't like it, but I can understand those who do. I think I maybe would've liked this book if I had read it several years ago. Don't let my 1 star review stop you from reading it. I think its definitely worth giving it a shot. this just didnt work in any way for me