Light from Uncommon Stars
by Ryka Aoki
At first I thought this was going to be too dark for me, then I realized it was going to be too saccharine. I slogged through to page 50. I paused and read a couple dozen 4-5 star reviews from people whose opinions I generally find valuable and was even more confused. I ended up skimming very quickly through a lot of the book looking for anything that would catch me, and didn't find it. Sometimes I would count that as "read" but in this case I'm going for "did not finish" because I didn't invest that much and so I can't say if the investment would have been returned.