Yeah! It’s saturday!
We all love Saturdays don’t we?
So today I’d like to discuss a bit with you…
When do you NOT finish a book?
I admit, normally I always finish a book – at least I try.
Even when I don’t like a book so much I finish and
then make up my mind.
Out of respect for the author and also because I always hope
the end will make up for it…
Yet lately I found myself more and more putting a book down,
telling myself that I will pick it up again (later) but this never happens.
Reasons?
Well, I can tell you about the reasons for the last books and all had been
slightly different.
1.) The Girl of Fire and Thrones.
*cringes*
I know that many people truly and utterly loved this book, yet
around 2/3 in the book – I stopped!
I got so so very mad that I had to put it down.
See, my problem here was that I don’t like to be
patronized in what I believe. Also, I like hidden and subtle suggestions in book, not
flat out open telling me. The book was very religious in my opinion and
it was just too much – so I stopped!
I didn’t even read the end…
2.) The Witches of East End
I had high hopes when picking up the book, or better saying when I got the
audiobook. The story was interesting yet I stopped when I was again about 2/3 in the book.
Why?
I was simply, completely and utterly bored.
I get that this book was a first in a series and means to set up the world, but…
*yawn*
it simply was too slow for me…
3.) blood
Oh I wanted to read this book so badly! It sounded so awesome and
exactly like what I normally like. But, I never managed to connect to the characters.
They were grey and one dimensional to me and didn’t stir my heart.
So I tried to pick it up several times and always put it back…
Finally, I gave up….
So, my friends. How is that for you?
Do you try to finish a book out of respect for the author,
or maybe because you hope the ending will make up for it?
If not, what makes you NOT to finish a book?
Tell me about you?
Any book lately you did not finish?
Let’s hear it!
Much Love,
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I mostly don't finish a book when I have trouble with the writing style or when I don't care about the characters. Your reason #1 also fits, books that are too religious are not for me.
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This happens to me quite often actually. If after 5-10 pages I'm not connected, I usually give up. I figure life is too short to read books I don't dig.
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I try to finish the books that I start, but sometimes I just find them so godsawful that I can't keep going. I've put down a few books for that reason. But for the most part, I try to finish them, partly so that I can feel a little more justified in writing a review of them. I have no problems with saying how and why a book was bad!
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I have trouble with memoirs. But, when one is highly recommended to me by friends who know what I like, I give it a try. This was the case with The Girls from Ames. I liked the first chapter, but then I realized each girl had one chapter to tell their story — I felt like I was going to read the SAME THING ELEVEN times. No thank you…not for me.
I also couldn't finish Finnikin of the Rock. I loved some of her other books, but this was too much fantasy, and I got confused at the beginning and never recovered. This is one that I tell myself I will try again someday, but you know how that goes….
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I usually try to make it at least half way through a book before I give up. Sometimes, like with The Girl of Fire and Thorns, if it's too preachy I get annoyed and give up. Also, if I can't connect with the characters, or if I find the plot boring I will give up. Sometimes, like with Before I Fall, if I find a book too repetitive I will give up.
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I feel obligated to finish a book if a publisher has sent it to me for review. Other than that I am learning to put a book down if it does not capture my interest or it has too much foul language or sexual content in it. It is hard for me to set a book down, but as Juju said, "life is too short to read books I don't dig" I agree!
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I normally give a book to about 100 pages ( give or take) and if it doesn't catch me I have no problem walking away from it. I use to hate it and would just truck through any given book. Now I see it like this…. too many books I want to read to waste time reading a book I am not enjoying. Doesn't take my respect away from authors because they are still doing something I couldn't do but some stories work for others and not me… that's okay!
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Most of my life I ALWAYS finished a book; not to would have been like walking out of a movie – just not done. However, the older I get, the more I agree that life is too short. So these days, if by a fourth of the way or so through I just can't like it, I will put it aside.
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I DNF all the time! I used to be real big on finishing everything I read, but then I realized that even if I live to be 100, I still won't have enough time to read all the books on my TBR before I die. And that isn't even counting all the books that I will want to read that haven't been published yet. So I just can't spend time with books that I'm not enjoying. I DNF when I realize that I'm not having fun.
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Oh no! I was about to start reading Blood. That is ok. I need to give it a shot but I will be cautious when entering this book.
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It's a real bummer. It happened to me with authors I love. Adored their prevous books and was excited for the new release…then WHAM – didn't like them at all or simply not as much as the others.
Marliss Melton, Cindy Gerard, Jane Graves
I hear you!
The cover of blood looks so great, though.
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