what do u do if you start reading a book then realize you don't like it??

[[deleted user]]

i have done this before i have started reading a book then realize i wasn't into it and i didn't like it as sad as it is and no matter how much i hate to do this if i don't like the book i am reading i will simply stop reading take it back to the library and get another book that i will enjoy i hate doing that because i really want to be able to finish the book and i really want to like the book as well but i just can't seem to bring myself to finish a book that i don't like no matter how much i try

[Reaghan]

I almost always force myself to read it, but it is often a poor choice!

[N]

Good rule of thumb - if you are on a page that matches your age and you don't love it MOVE ON :) I used to force myself or skim, now I think nah. I try again another time - like In the Name of the Rose, I WILL read it someday....

[Dean]

Lifes too short. Three chapters of a book...or 30 mins of a movie and you did your best. It's time to see other novels.

[Purbita]

Get bored
stop reading
start a better book..

[мєℓ]

Sometimes the start is a bit slow. Some authors put up characters, places, story....
So I read 3-4 chapters. If nothing happened and I'm bored then I give up.

As Dean said: "Life's too short"

[Sheila]

I am one of those I hate to give up what I start, so most of the time I try my best to finish the book even though it is boring, rarely I would give it up.

[Susana]

It depends. If I'm not into it and I have to read it for some book club or team I will do the sacrifice and go through with it (this is how i felt with "The Mockingbirds"). However, if its a book by my own account I will probably stop reading it or finish reading it for the sake of adding a book on goodreads lol :)

[Jackie]

I won't push on,rather put it aside and have another go at a later date. I hate to 'waste' a book so maybe 3 tries, then if it still isn't working it goes to the charity shop. This is assuming It is just nit getting me interested, if I find it distasteful in some way - it's gone!

Too many good books to waste time.

[Danyal]

i try to read it to finish but its difficult. so they are put back on the shelf, partially read. :-)

[Elissa]

I usually put it back on my shelf, and maybe later I will read it, but most of the time I just go ahead and start a new book. There are so many books to read and so little time, so I don't waste my time on a book I do not enjoy.

[Elissa]

Méline wrote: "Sometimes the start is a bit slow. Some authors put up characters, places, story....
So I read 3-4 chapters. If nothing happened and I'm bored then I give up.

As Dean said: "Life's too short""

I love your quote here!!!!!!^_^

[Mschell]

I really try to give it a chance, some books start off slow then it picks up, I'm one of those people that have to finish.

[Claire]

It usually depends on why I don't like it. If it's major, like if I don't like the main concept or the protagonist is insufferable, I usually quit right away, but if it's the writing or something else that's easier to ignore, I usually try to skip to a part where I can, you know... ignore it. That said, I tend to quit a lot of books, especially recently. If it doesn't hold my interest, why should I read it? (As long as I didn't buy it... Then I sort of have to read it...)

[[deleted user]]

Keep reading and hope that it gets better!

[Iz]

If I really don't like it, I don't press myself to finish reading it hoping that it gets better. I'd just look for another book that is much better than the previous one. :)

[Jennifer]

I try to give it a chance but my mind will just start to wonder and then I give up after a few tries.

[Sam]

I don't like quitting books that I start so I usually just slug through it and that's what I'm doing currently with my book The Midnight Tour by Richard Laymon. I have a book that I never finished in 2012 that I'm going to finish one day.

[emma]

I try really hard to plod through at least 1/4 of the book, but if it isn't good by then, I read the last few pages to see what happens and generally don't pick it up again.

[Chai]

I generally check out several books at a time. so if I don't like a book I will pick up another and come back to the one that I didnt like on a different date.

[Meag]

I'll read the out, not with much enthusiasm and over a long period of time sometimes forgetting about them. If i'm lucky they get interesting coming close to the end,

[[deleted user]]

Put it aside for a while then come back to it hoping it'll get better.

[Karen]

I can usually force myself into the story long enough to finish it. Very rarely can I not complete the task. Afterwards I forget about it.

[Stacy]

i CANNOT put it down, i struggle through it, and ever the optimist, i wait till it gets better LOl

[[deleted user]]

I usually just place the book aside and then read it again and hope that it get's better. I rarely do this but only if the books get really boring or too slow to read. Sometimes I'm just not in the mood, so I get to fit in just the right mood and then read it again.

[Guluna]

It depends, how much boring a book can be..
I normally complete them :)

[Laura]

If i get past the first chapter I continue reading but if it is really bad I put it down

[Iris]

I finish almost all books I read, unless they're truly disastrous or bore me to tears. Maybe it's time I talked to my shrink about being a glutton for punishment.

[[deleted user]]

If the first few chapters aren't good I stop reading it unless its a book from a series I think is good.

[Tom]

I force myself to read most books, even if they're sub-par. Especially if I've spent money on them. But if the book is excruciating, I'll just naturally put it down after a hundred pages or so.

[princesz]

i just stopped reading it and put a bookmark so whenever i'm bored i'll force myself to read it

[Santino]

I just finish it! You can't judge a book by its cover, so why would you judge one until you have read it in its entirety? I've read some books that were boring or awful until a certain event occurred, which is its ending sometimes, that actually made me hold a completely different opinion say 50 pages or 20 pages ago.

[Laura]

I must admit it takes alot for me to put a book down I can only recall doing it once

[Kat]

I still give it a chance. But if I can't take anymore, I put it down.

[Ahmya]

hehe .... it happens sometimes not always, therefore when it happens either i stop reading altogether or i read the last chapter to find how the book actually finished. but that's sometimes too. If the book is too boring i completely ignore it until i don't have have any choice to either read the last chapter or give it back.
I still have months old ebooks i am 'TRYING' to finish :D

[Robert]

I do feel somewhat guilty but I realised that if you don't enjoy something there's no need to continue with it. If I'm that curious I'll just look up on the internet what happened in the end.

[Jason]

I just stop. Once I get to the point where I start to doubt the book, I give it another ten pages or so. If it doesn't change my mind, I stop. There's no point forcing your way through something if you're not interested in the characters or the story. I'd apply the same to anything, music, films, video games. If I don't like it, I don't force it.

[Kitty]

I used to read on regardless, but now I realise life is too short and if I really find it a chore to pick the book back up again I don't. I move onto something else. Is that bad of me?
I might go back to it if I am in different mood, as that effects if I like a story.

[Jason]

Kitty wrote: "I used to read on regardless, but now I realise life is too short and if I really find it a chore to pick the book back up again I don't. I move onto something else. Is that bad of me?
I might go b..."

I don't think it's a bad thing. I'd agree, reading is supposed to be enjoyable, if it feels like a chore to work through something then there's not much point in sticking with it. Sometimes I would read on, even if I'm not fully enjoying it.

But sometimes there's a book that you just outright disagree with (or is just plain awful) and there's no point being a sadist and carrying on with it.

[Sydney]

Growing up, books were hard to come by so I grew up with the habit of reading something once I started on it. These days though I an learning to let go if the book doesn't make me happy

[Joanne Farley]

I use to finish a book no matter what, these days if I'm not enjoying it I move on to the next book.

[Xxcreativebunnyxx]

I just skim the pages

[мєℓ]

Elissa wrote:I love your quote here!!!!!!^_^ "

True story :) It's happened to me once. Reading a book, I was surprised to jump paragraphs.

Me: "Blablabla" *jumping 2 paragraphs "Ha, actions finally!" *Reading* "Ah no"

When something like that happened, then it's time to choose another book!

[Ashley]

I just usually move on but if its a book other people really enjoyed I'll read more of it to see if the ending is better than the beginning

[kierra]

I used to finish the book no matter what. Now if I don't like I just skip few chapters or go the very end to know how it ended.

[[deleted user]]

If I don't like a book I try to push through it and continue, hoping it picks up and gets better but if it doesn't I just have to stop. I don't like forcing myself to continue something to the end when I'm just going to think that was a waste of time and I could've spent that reading another book I would enjoy so much more.

[Megan]

It's pretty rare for me to not finish a book, even if I'm not particularly liking it. But I will stop reading if I absolutely hate it. With that being said, I generally screen my books before I invest my time. I check out average ratings, reviews (particularly why certain people didn't like the book; I find that more telling than the positive reviews), and download samples to my kindle.

[Klancy]

Even if I don't like a book I finish it. I don't like not knowing what happens...And if my friends ask me about it, I can give them reasons for why I didn't like it

[Leilani]

If i don't like the book and it's too boring for me, i'll just stop reading right then and there. I know i wouldn't be able to finish it

[Jane(Pixie)]

HI, This just happened to me. First. Tere are too many books out there. This one had little character development or description. I read to experience good writing. The book club slammed it. I voiced my agreement and moved on.I mean, I try to give books a chance, usually/ posting from Guam