Bookworms - Why Are You Reading This?

The speaker struggled to find motivation to read the book as it seemed the author was alternating between showing off intelligence and dumbing things down. This led to a disconnect and negative emotions while reading. The book didn't have a clear reading pace, but an implied one of reading a few pages at a time, marinating on the content, then coming back to it. The speaker realized that such books might not be suitable for a 'bookworm' pace of reading a book quickly for discussion. The complexity of the book made it seem over their head, questioning how many fully grasped the content.