What does "I just couldn't connect with the character?" mean?

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If you have ever been in the querying trenches, maybe you’ve heard this yourself, or heard it told to someone else. But what exactly does it mean? Try to take pity on agents for a moment: they get 300-500 queries a week, more than half of…