tl;dr: i said i would beta read someone's book for them but it's unreadable

so i met this person who was looking for beta readers for her book. sure okay, i'd like to start beta reading some books. for context this is an indie author debuting her novel and she's only 16. i open the pdf and within the first page i see formatting like:

“They are growing stronger”, I voice, breaking the silence as the fog from my words disappears before me. “It’s the fear of their living that pushes them harder” A voice calls beneath a black cloak to my right,

(yes, that last comma is at the end of a sentence. and i have never seen 'voice' be used as a verb in this way?)

there are also runon sentences, such as ones of this effect: The return to the cage I intentionally thrust myself into many years is so deeply tiresome I force myself to pause several times, I rest my ability in an attempt to conserve my energy but as the cold stone entrance comes into view I turn to my surroundings revelling in the feeling of the soft breeze washing over my body once more, I listen to the sound of dancing nature around me and I drown in the scent of freedom for the last time, before glamouring my persona and walking through the hidden entrance.

(what even is 'glamouring my persona'???)

i read a few more pages of the book and they're all of similar vagueness/gramattical errors that are standing out to me as ai or machine translated- i say this because this person mentioned that they are from a non english speaking country; though they can just as easily be writng english as a second language, the wording used is making me think it's ai assisted in one shape or another. not to mention that this person's introduction email was in pretty perfect and concise english which sharply contrasts with what's written above (i.e, i suspect her intro email was ai written)

so my question is: how do i go about this? do i suck it up and finish the book? (note it's 450 pages of this...) is this a normal amount of issues in a beta draft of a novel? do i be honest and tell the author that their work is so full of mistakes that it's genuinely unreadable, and i'd be willing to read it after a couple more rounds of edits/ and i suspect ai usage and am vehemently against ai so i'm not comfortable reading it? or do i just be kind and tell her that i unfortunately don't have time to give her feedback? or something else entirely?

i'm conflicted because i'm doing this for free, and i understand there is the expectation of the work not being perfect because i am beta reading it, but i also feel like it's the the author's job to give their beta readers as pleasant of a reading experience as possible.

I’m new to Pagebound and wondering how people are using the “Interested” shelf. For me, books I’m interested in go on my TBR so I’m curious how others are using that feature. Right now I’m just using it for books that I’ve heard about but haven’t officially added to my TBR yet. I’m wondering if there are other uses for it that I haven’t thought of yet.

A place I guess to recommend underrated, little known books. For me I love Pobby and Dingan (aka Opal Dream) by Ben Rice. It’s a short story about imaginary friends and childhood and I want everyone to read it.

What are some books you’ve read that you feel no one else has heard of but is worth the read?

So I saw this reel about a bookfluencer choosing three books that should have been an email and I absolutely loved it. I'm a certified hater so I wanted to ask you guys;

What are three books that could have been an email? And what would the email say?

I'll go first.

Like the bookfluencer, I am also going to choose Midnight Library by Matt Haig. The book was so repititive that the email could have been four lines and you would not have missed anything. Basically being like "no matter what choices you make, life will fuck you over so try to be happy with the choices you make". Another book I'd choose would be Twilight (as someone who loves the movies ironically) and the email could have been "Mormon author has a dream about a hot sexy sparkling vampire and decides to turn it into a book for some reason". AND Paper towns by John Green. John Green, I love you but you served me manic pixie dream girl in a platter.

Let me know your choices!

I'm in a pretty bad moment of my life right now, trying to figure everything out and not loose hope, so I was wondering what books made you feel like everything is gonna be alright? Books that gave you hope? Made you feel better or gave you strength to get up and deal with whatever you had to at that moment?

This year I've, for the first time, intentionally read a book from a literary award's longlist (it was from the International Booker). Can't say it was really an enjoyable read, but now I am longing to try doing it again with a different award. Maybe you have your faves that you recommend giving a chance?