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How many pages do you have to read of a book that you really hate?
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Sheri, Bookworm
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Mar 21, 2013 03:19PM
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TV and Movies are totally different with me. If I am a long time watcher and the series begins to get rubbish (eg. Chuck/Dexter) I have to continue watching it - it's like a car crash.And movies. I am huge buff and I always watch a movie until the end incase it has redeeming features (most bad movies do)
Well... tv shows are different when you've been a long time viewer. Especially if you get attached to characters/actors. So I understand that.
I would stop half way through, but it's kinda like I'm spending time on this - can't just throw it away. Otherwise it would be a big waste of time. Get it? For most others it's the opposite so like you waste time by reading rubbish. Ah well
It really depends on it I bought it for myself or an author gave it to me for review. If an author gave it to me for review, I try to read at least 25%. If I bought it, I'll stop after the first chapter.
I rarely bother to read books that don't grab me in the first 20 pages or so. If I'm not into them by then, it is rare that I go on to like them. However, I almost quit on Life of Pi, and I'm glad I didn't.
Alexandra wrote: "Lol.I don't often find a book I can't finish. I did find one recently but I may well come back to that. I don't think I am in the right frame of mind for it.
I have started books, put them aside..."
*grins* Oh no, I can't finish a book I'm not enjoying (unless I've been sent it for review). I have too many tbrs to get to to continue with something I don't like. 70 page maximum, sometimes less if it's REALLY poor.
Stan wrote: "For those of you who have to finish a book, I'm curious to know whether you continue to watch TV series that you don't like that much. My wife is like that."I give a series 3 episodes and if it isn't grabbing me, I finish with it. Mind you with all my reading I'm not finding much time for TV at the moment.
The only time I force myself to finish a book I can't get into is one I have promised to review. Otherwise, if I can't get into a book by the end of chapter three, I will put it down...what's the point of pushing myself beyond that? I read (first) to be entertained, (second) to be informed. If I want to be bored I can watch reality TV.
L.F. wrote: "The only time I force myself to finish a book I can't get into is one I have promised to review. Otherwise, if I can't get into a book by the end of chapter three, I will put it down...what's the ..."Exactly!
I usually read at least 50.
I hate to quit on a book but I have a couple of times. Usually I will finish it unless I have tried it a few times.
If by half I couldn't get into the book I'll quit. Sometimes I will take it later on and try it again, but so far, I only successfully finished reading one book after leaving it. A few I've tried many times even years later without success.So I'd say that I try to read at least half the book before I give up.
G.G. wrote: "If by half I couldn't get into the book I'll quit. Sometimes I will take it later on and try it again, but so far, I only successfully finished reading one book after leaving it. A few I've tried m..."I will try it at a later time as well. A lot of time I can't get into it because of my mood.
I have had few books I hated, 2 to be precise. I read 5 pages of the first and almost all the pages of the second... Urgh! :P
I've read halfway through a book and stopped, and I've also read two pages and stopped. I'm getting more impatient the older I get. Life's too short and there are too many good books to read.
I choke down the first 10% of a book I hate before giving up. There have been times when at 8% or 9% things turned around and I ended up enjoying the book (it's rare though)I'm a slow reader and if I hate the book, it's going to take me 3 times as long to get through it if I really try.
My cousin always tells me that life is too short for bad books. Still, I can't help but finish them once I start. I don't know why I torture myself, but I do.
I give it the first quarter or first half of the book until I decide that it's super boring or super irritating, then I quit.Sometimes, if I give it time for my disappointment/rage to diminish, I can finish the book with lots of mockery and eye rolls.
Some books, though, just suck.
Carrie wrote: "There was a time when I would think, I must finish this, I really feel bad when I don't finish a book and I have forced myself to read it all. But life is short and I have way to many books that I..."I used to feel like I had to finish every book too, Carrie! I've since realized that life is too short and there are too many great books out there!
Craptastic--lol!! :)
