What makes you abandon a book?

Goodreads does some awesome studies with all the metrics they collect behind-the-scenes, and this time they’re analyzing why people abandon books.

The biggest factor that makes someone abandon a book is being slow and boring (46.4%), followed by weak writing (18.8%).

I can put up with all of these to some extent, except the author being committed to doing something I hate (which is why I’m boycotting Ender’s Game, due to homophobic douchebag author Orson Scott Card). It’s usually a combination...