Let's say you don't like the book you are reading!!! Do you abandon that book or continue out of curiosity?

[Erica]

I used to have a compulsive desire to finish every book completely.

Nowadays, I'm not worried to put a less satisfactory book down.

There are just too many other good books to dive into than worrying about one I don't care for.

Although, I can speed read and push through, and feel happy enough to have read and completed a book that way.

[Jonathan]

Erica wrote: "I used to have a compulsive desire to finish every book completely.

Nowadays, I'm not worried to put a less satisfactory book down.

There are just too many other good books to dive into than wor..." I agree with you, if a reader is not enjoying a book, you can set it aside , and try a another book.

[Dick]

Definitely abandon. There are too many books available to read to push through something I am not enjoying.

[Boriana]

I’m continuing it or putting it down for a bit. I hare DNFing and that’s probably why I can’t reach my reading goal 🥲🥲

[Sassy Mystic Reads]

I finish it

[Bronwyn]

I always try to finish it, I just can't stand to leave it unfinished.

[[deleted user]]

I hate starting a book at not finishing so I try to finish it but if it sucks I can't

[Neil]

If I am not enjoying a book, then it has to be put down. There are far to many other books to read.

[rowan]

i usually continue out of curiosity unless it gets to the point of unbearableness that makes me want to gauge my eyes out ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

[Gina Marie ~books are my drug of choice~]

I used to make myself finish ever book I started but no more. Sometimes if I am interested in finding out how it ends I will force me way through. Often that means a novel story line or mystery that is written by someone who hasn’t yet grasped show not tell or even worse the writer who can spend 15 pages on shampoo and be clueless that no one is that interested in shampoo. Also when I realize I am reading something either blatantly plagiarized or, this one made me laugh for days, the book wasn’t selling well as fm romance so they decided that they would get more sales if they made it a mm romance. They just went through and changed the names and pronouns, but missed about half. Never occurred to them to maybe use beta readers or an editor and fix what was actually wrong with the book to start with. The fact they left the female body parts was both weird and a bit amusing.
The one that is a just plain no is anything that was uploaded in a format Amazon just can’t use. Trying to figure out which of the weird symbols is supposed to be a letter and what is formatting that shouldn’t be visible is just too time consuming and frustrating. I usually at least skim the first couple of chapters to see if it resolves itself. It used to be much more prevalent than it is now but I ran into one about a year ago. It was really frustrating because the blurb was fantastic and from what little was readable it appeared the book was too. I should check and see if it is available on nook or kobo and see if it is readable on them.

[Amber]

I try continue as you never know if the book takes a different turn. it's the way I complete a book I don't particularly enjoy so I can tuck it off my tbr

[Gina Marie ~books are my drug of choice~]

Lynn wrote: "I confess that Kindle Unlimited has caused me to dnf more books than I once did. When I paid for every book individually, I never allowed any of those expensive little suckers get away. It was easi..."

I have to agree. I do make sure to open it to the last page before returning it though. Amazon pays the authors based on pages read in KU so I don’t want them to not be paid just because I don’t like the book.
I think I spent half my time leaning against bookshelves reading first couple of chapters of several books to decide which I wanted to read badly enough to spend my money on. Everyone knew if they lost me in a store or the mall just go to the books and I’d be there trying to decide. I seldom had enough money to buy more than one or maybe two at a time so I was going to make sure I pick the absolute most interesting. At one point as a teen I had read every book, except the baby and toddler books, in my local public library. Of course back then there weren’t as many new books published each month. There were no independent publishers and the big publishers discouraged their authors from publishing more than one book a year. But paperbacks were so much cheaper compared to today. I have some books that are more than 400 pages that I paid $3.95 for. The same exact book, cover and all is now $12.99. I don’t buy as many paperbacks anymore, mostly because there aren’t as many bookstores and the book and magazine sections have shrunk or disappeared completely. I do try to go through all my bookcases and boxes of books at least twice a year and donate to Peace,inc (they give the donated stuff to people instead of sell to them. Books tend to not be donated there) and my local library to use for fund raising. I’m down to 6 bookcases now but still have at least 2 totes and 10 big boxes of books. When I start getting bored of a series out they go. In the last few years Stephanie Plum, Kay Scarpetta, Fern Michaels, Jonathon Kellerman and my oldest Stephen Kings have all been donated among other smaller series.

[Desiree Giref-Matthews]

Abandon b/c I don't even waste my time

[paula]

i don't end bad books cuz its a waste of my time

[maja]

I put it aside for the moment and maybe I pick it up again in the future

[Neya]

I try to finish it, altough I know it's a waste of time

[Kayla]

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[Jeannie]

Depends on why I'm not liking it.

[Darniesha]

This year it's my goal to be better about finishing a book even if i'm not 100% over the moon about it. Sometimes it's hard and if the time I'll spend finishing doesn't seem worth it enough (like my TBR is calling to me) at that point I'll DNF.
READING IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN!

[Brian]

Finisher. Except for two books in my lifetime.

One was an autobiography, where nothing read...l didn't already know (thank you, Ken Burns PBS Special). The second, the author had "diarrhea of the dictionary" (where it feels as if the author is thumbing through the dictionary as he/she writes, randomly picking words and "making" them fit into a sentence or trying to find a reason to incorporate).

[Kai's]

i just continue cuz ofc sometimes the book at the start is boring and it could get better, but recently I read shiver. 68% in I gave up. a series you say? don't care. its not my cup of tea

[Anastasia]

I D,N,F the Book

[Isaac]

I usually just finish it out of stubbornness. "The Mayor of Casterbridge" was a disappointment from beginning to end. "Dune Messiah" had an insanely good ending. I guess it's just a good idea to wait and see what the book is hiding; sometimes it's worth it.

[Angelic Angel]

If I don’t like it I try to find the audiobook for free to carry on 😅 does help though sometimes I end up loving the book

[Kamakana]

read page 99. if it works, continue. if it fails, end it...

[tals 🖤]

If I've brought the book, I'll finish it to at least get my money's worth but if it was for free from Stuff Your Kindle Day or a part of Kindle Unlimited, I'll DNF it immediately.

[Marion]

There are 3 books I have tried to read that I just couldn't finish. Normally I will push through a book hoping it will get better.

[Pooohbooks]

I try and push through the book!

[violet]

if its not holding my interest i will drop it cuz i really understood the importance of time esp with how many books i have on my tbr i really rather read the ones i will actually enjoy

[Barbara]

It has to be pure DRECK or in a foreign language for me to abandon it. Erotica and horror rank as dreck in most cases for me, so I try to avoid acquiring them.

[Oscar]

It depends

[M]

For me to abandon it it has to actually be in opposition with beliefs and morals I have OR it has to be so boring that even I, a lover of a classic slowburn, am defeated.

[Pisces51]

This is a really popular question. I think that many readers feel "guilty" when they do not finish a book. I am reading a book right now out of sheer guilt. Anyway, the answer for me 99 times out of 100 if the book does not resonate with me I sail it onto the DNR Shelf. AND, I do not count DNRs as having read the book. DNR literally is short for DID NOT READ.

[Jasmina]

It depends, sometimes I abandon it because it isn't worth my energy and sometimes I go along because there is still a bit of hope for it to be decent.

[Diane]

I can't DNF any book....my bloody OCD won't let me 😵😫

[Denise]

Too many good books to waste on one you're not enjoying. I give it 50 pages at least and then I'm done if I can't get into it.

[Kanomi Okina]

It depends on how far into the book I am.

[Kayla]

If my heart tells me it has potential, I might. It depends on the writing style and if I can stand reading it or not. Might finish half of it and if it’s still not making me sit at the edge of my seat or dropping my jaw, it’s a no for me

[Ruth]

There are a couple of books that I've (tried to) read but they were either just so bad or so full of errors that I couldn't finish. Those are the ones that I'll quit reading.

[Fata cu cărți]

I drop it. There are other beautiful books that are waiting for me

[Chris]

If a book doesn’t really grab me in the beginning, I stop reading it.
Does that make me a quitter lol

[Hallïday]

I Dnf it and go on to the next read.

[Claudio]

Depends if I bought the book and if I'm borrowing it.