Do you always finish a bad book?
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I quit bad books all the time, based on as little as the first sentence.
If I really start reading a book, I try to give it 50 pages. That's usually more than enough to tell if it's any good.
If I really start reading a book, I try to give it 50 pages. That's usually more than enough to tell if it's any good.
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I sometimes will skip ahead a little just to see if it gets better. Sometimes it does get a better, it seems sometimes that the author has a little too much build up to the story so just skip ahead a chapter or 2. If that does not work then I find a new book.
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The only book I ever put down was the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I got midway through the second book, discovered that there was no way I could care less about the history of the tree people and just dropped the book right there.
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Originally Posted by dvd182
I almost never give up on a bad book, must be the completist inside me or something.
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The only book I ever put down was the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I got midway through the second book, discovered that there was no way I could care less about the history of the tree people and just dropped the book right there.
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The only time I did was with the Dune series. The first book was great, the second OK, the third eh, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth were painful for me.
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Not-great books, I'll try to finish if I'm enjoying it.
Bad books, no (unless I have to, and even then I'll try to get out of it). I give it a couple chapters, depending on the length thereof. I have come back and restarted a book I previously quit, and enjoyed it, but there are too many good books to waste time on bad ones.
Bad books, no (unless I have to, and even then I'll try to get out of it). I give it a couple chapters, depending on the length thereof. I have come back and restarted a book I previously quit, and enjoyed it, but there are too many good books to waste time on bad ones.
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Originally Posted by dvd182
I almost never give up on a bad book, must be the completist inside me or something.
I'm certain I've never stopped a book that I chose for myself. It's rare that I read a book I don't like though. I'm either easy to please or always pick material I'll like.
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Originally Posted by FM
The only time I did was with the Dune series. The first book was great, the second OK, the third eh, and the fourth, fifth, and sixth were painful for me.
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lifes too short and for every bad book there are 5 good books waiting to be read by me..
i just hate when i invest time in a series and its fizzles out on like the 4th or 5th book
take the Dark Tower Series for example..started to fizzle in Wolves Of Calla then got about 1/4 of the way into Song of Susannah and just quit reading..
i just hate when i invest time in a series and its fizzles out on like the 4th or 5th book
take the Dark Tower Series for example..started to fizzle in Wolves Of Calla then got about 1/4 of the way into Song of Susannah and just quit reading..
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I usually don't but since having bumped into Koontz I have started drop books mid cycle. That guy cranks out like 3 a year when he should focus on just one for a full year. Plus bastard still hasnt made the third Chris Snow novel.
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Originally Posted by Mordred
I'm certain I've never stopped a book that I chose for myself. It's rare that I read a book I don't like though. I'm either easy to please or always pick material I'll like.
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Very rarely do I quit a single book partway through (although I'll skip some of the non-plot stuff if it isn't holding my interest).
I've dropped several series partway through when I just can't take it anymore, for one that stupid L. Ron Hubbard 10 book series. I quit in the middle of book 7, how and why I got that far I will never understand.
I've dropped several series partway through when I just can't take it anymore, for one that stupid L. Ron Hubbard 10 book series. I quit in the middle of book 7, how and why I got that far I will never understand.
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Not making fun of the OP. I have a 72 page rule, if I can't get in to the book by the 72nd page - the book gets dropped. The Hobbit was one of the first notable books that was dropped. That was back in high school. Should probably try that one, again.
The first chapter is what normally catches me, though.
The first chapter is what normally catches me, though.
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Originally Posted by Ginwen
Very rarely do I quit a single book partway through (although I'll skip some of the non-plot stuff if it isn't holding my interest).
I've dropped several series partway through when I just can't take it anymore, for one that stupid L. Ron Hubbard 10 book series. I quit in the middle of book 7, how and why I got that far I will never understand.
I've dropped several series partway through when I just can't take it anymore, for one that stupid L. Ron Hubbard 10 book series. I quit in the middle of book 7, how and why I got that far I will never understand.
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Originally Posted by madara
I usually don't but since having bumped into Koontz I have started drop books mid cycle. That guy cranks out like 3 a year when he should focus on just one for a full year. Plus bastard still hasnt made the third Chris Snow novel.