Greetings and Peace, all

People of the Book is used to refer to other monotheistic systems/religions, that is, other than islam (which is really a deen and not a religion). The Almighty has sent down Guidance to all nations...and many nations have adulterated the Guidance. It should be obvious that we should in no way uphold the additions of people.
Examples follow:
Does the Almighty teach falsehood?
Rabbits chewing cud, bats are birds, etc...
Does the Almighty change Guidance throughout time?
Shellfish are expressly allowed in the Qur'an and expressly disallowed in Old Testament.
The KJV of the Bible even inserts verses, including one referring to a trinity that is not found before.
https://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/2010/08/23/why-does-the-king-james-bible-have-some-different-verses-than-modern-translations/I can't uphold what is known to be false, and I can't in good conscience tell anyone else to uphold it either.
I don't deny that the core of the Books is good...but the Books have had additions and bad translations twist them beyond what was sent down. Even the Qur'an has had its share of bad translations. Then hadith and Concordances and canon and Sunnah and Catechisms and traditions all bog the entire thing down even more. It takes some effort to separate what is real from what is fantasy, and to accept it all without critical analysis will essentially mean that garbage in equals garbage out.
Different people have different traditions and different laws. There is no compulsion in the deen, and we are not to dispute over rites. It is entirely okay for other people to judge where they have power according to their traditions, rites, and laws.
May ALLAH see fit to Guide all seekers.

~Abdul-Hadi