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When do you consider the book DNF?
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Jun 23, 2024 10:46AM
So I was wondering what would you consider dnf'ing a book. I read books by the mood I am in and I just recently started a book after reading a string of romance books (rom-com types) and this one is a little more deep and I am just not really in the mood, but I might go back to it.
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If I have read until 60% and it still doesn't interest me, I DNF it. I really dislike when books take too long to develop a proper story, so I can 60% is pretty fair. I read fantasy and world building takes time to understand, but there has to be some proper action that can keep me going until you fully understand it and ready for the plot. But if you REALLY don't like the book until like 45%, maybe you realized that the genre is not your type, I think it is ok to dnf it until you hear a good spoiler that can get you back to reading it, maybe a quote, or hearing there is an insane plot that you really have to learn if you have started. I personally have a twin, we read the same books on different times and know what the each other likes so we can keep the each other motivated. I am right know reading defy me from shatter me series and the series took actually like 4 books to get good, but everyone says last books are insane and a very happily ever after, including the ULTIMATE book boyfriend Aaron Warner, so I keep reading. Hope this helps a little. Happy reading! <33
A DNF is a book you stop reading and never return to finish.
Berrin wrote: "If I have read until 60% and it still doesn't interest me, I DNF it. I really dislike when books take too long to develop a proper story, so I can 60% is pretty fair. I read fantasy and world build..."Thanks, I might give it another chance in a couple of weeks.
When I DNF a book it’s normally because I ether don’t enjoy the writing style or I can’t connect to the characters. I feel like it’s just if you start a book and are like I hate this I’m not finishing it.
starr wrote: "When I DNF a book it’s normally because I ether don’t enjoy the writing style or I can’t connect to the characters. I feel like it’s just if you start a book and are like I hate this I’m not finish..."I had this feeling with many popular novels like those by Thomas Mann, Guenter Grass, the awful one by Patrick Sueskind, "The Perfume", "Snow falling on Cedars" (I loved the movie though) and just recently "All The Light we cannot see" (my husband and I enjoyed the mini TV series based on the novel by Anthony Doerr).
I would say DNF is when you never finish the book and you don't return to it. So, I would say if you left your book it would be classed as DNF until your in the mood to read it again. Then eventually you would finish your book and it would be classed as read.
I still count every book that I start (even the DNF books) as a read book in Goodreads. I wish there would be 160 good books per year, but there aren't.
Christine wrote: "I still count every book that I start (even the DNF books) as a read book in Goodreads. I wish there would be 160 good books per year, but there aren't."I definitely dont count my dnf's as read, since it is literally "did NOT read"
Instead, maybe it is logically to create a map and say dnf so you can come back to it
I consider a book as DNF when either the author's writing style is just not my cup of tea, or the book that I am currently reading is simply something that I don't need right now.
I don't care what percentage, its when you realize there's nothing that could happen to make you care about any character anymore.
I only had this happen 1 Time and the Book (for me) was Horrible!
Christine wrote: "So I was wondering what would you consider dnf'ing a book. I read books by the mood I am in and I just recently started a book after reading a string of romance books (rom-com types) and this one i..."I consider a book DNF'ed, if I don't finish it at all. If I already added it as currently reading on Goodreads, I will typically switch it to want to read if I have the intention of reading it again. But if it's something I know I am not going to pick up again because I just didn't like it, that is a DNF for me.
Christine wrote: "I still count every book that I start (even the DNF books) as a read book in Goodreads. I wish there would be 160 good books per year, but there aren't."but if you didn't finish it how does that count, just curious not being judgmental, lol. I mean I can see if I got to pretty much the end of the book but if I've only read half of it that to me is not a complete read so I don't consider it or add it as read, Just my thoughts.
Enid wrote: "Christine wrote: "I still count every book that I start (even the DNF books) as a read book in Goodreads. I wish there would be 160 good books per year, but there aren't."but if you didn't finish..."
I have to agree. I mean if there are two books you only finish halfway through does that count as one? To each their own, but in my opinion if you're 25% or less the way through and are struggling to get through each page, ditch it dnf it and move on.
I consider a book a DNF when the writing style is too complex for me, and it starts to become a struggle to figure out what is going on in the book.
The Hamilton book that the musical is based on. It was so long and boring I stopped reading it about 10% of the way through and returned it to the library
Berrin wrote: "Christine wrote: "I still count every book that I start (even the DNF books) as a read book in Goodreads. I wish there would be 160 good books per year, but there aren't."I definitely dont count ..."
I agree. How can anyone count a book as 'read' when they have not read / finished it? That's false and misleading, IMHO. DNF means you did not finish it, hence you did not read it? Keep it simple :-)
Everybody has a right to their own opinion. If I wasted 100 pages on a book (that's usually when I stop reading if it's boring) that's not worth my time, then I definitely count it. Just to prevent me from trying to read it again in the future. That's why I write reviews.
DNF means that you did not read the book till the end so therefore you did not read all the book..hence you did not read it!!
I DNF a book when I hate the writing style, the story, or the characters. If I feel like I'm not in the mood for the book, and I may come back to it, then I put it on my "Lost Interest" shelf, so that I can try again later.
When I have no desire to pick up the book and actively avoid reading because of it, I know it's time to move on to another book.
it is soooo hard for me to DNF a book- I feel like a failure in some silly small way, and I'm way too stubborn to not finish a book once I've started and so typically I'll either push through it, or just skim the rest of the book. I cant say there's usually a specific point in a book where I'll finally DNF it but if I have no urge to read a book, if its extremely boring or just not speaking to me, I don't like the topics(maybe they're too dark) then I will totally stop reading or put in the farrrrrr back of my reading list
Why do YOU feel a failure when an author didn't deliver?
