When your reading a book, do u skip the boring parts?
By thenat
@thenat (57)
United States
July 7, 2008 10:55pm CST
i saw a topic on here about readin the last few pages in a book and got curious, does anyone else skip the "boring" parts of a long book? like, if theres pages of long dialogue, or extremely descriptive parts? or do u plow through the boring parts anyway lol
12 responses
@applefreak (3130)
• Singapore
8 Jul 08
sometimes i do that when i'm anxious to know about the ending. but i will always go back and read the 'boring' parts. most of the times it's crucial to read all the parts, boring or not. if not, the story just doesn't seem complete. especially when the character referred to something that happened in the 'boring' part. so yes, i'll skip it first but make sure i go back and read it again. ;p
@horsesrule (1957)
• United States
8 Jul 08
I am bad about skimming through pages if the book seems a bit dry and boring. In fact, if the book is boring enough, I will go to the ending, read it to see how everything worked out in the book and then I will get rid of the boring thing! I never skip when I'm reading a book that really captures my interest though.
@sutanhartanto (4122)
• Indonesia
8 Jul 08
hi thenat,
when i buy a book, i feel i deserve every single letter in the book ![](/Content/images/emotes/rolleyes.gif)
. so i will read the entire written thing in the book, even the tittle page, publisher note, preface, table of content, and acknowledgment ![](/Content/images/emotes/lol.gif)
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@xXSnowFoxXx (458)
• Philippines
10 Jul 08
I don't like skipping any part of a book, no matter how boring the part may be. Who knows what important events could be happening on those 'boring parts'. But many people, as far as I know, really like skipping the boring parts of a book, but I think it's a very bad habit.
@moneyisme (79)
• Philippines
10 Jul 08
Most of the time I don't skip because I want to absorb every detail even if it is boring. Because It would'nt be exciting if you didn't read the boring part.
@captainodie (95)
• China
8 Jul 08
No,I don't do that.When you read a book,you must think it is a good one,so even so-called boring part is worth read.
@doubloonie (535)
• Canada
8 Jul 08
Generally, I will even read through the boring parts of a book, especially if it's a book that I'm really into but just has a lot of descriptive parts or too much dialogue. I tend to scan through and speed read through those parts. However, if it is a boring book and I just want to plod through it to get to the end, then I will scan even faster, and some say that could be construed as skipping, but I'm still looking at the words - they're just not sinking in. :) I hate to miss out whole chunks of a story. When I do read too fast, I will oftentimes find myself flipping back to read through parts that I scanned to see if I missed something.
@Wolfechu (1193)
• United States
8 Jul 08
The only book I can think of like this would be Lord of the Rings, where I skip a great many of the epic poems. But then, I suspect many people do that.
@deem1977 (242)
• United States
8 Jul 08
I tend to skip over long descriptive passages. I basically read enough to be able to visualize the scene to the extent that I care to and then I want to get on with the action -- rather than reading about mists rising in the dawn, etc. I usually don't skip too much actual dialogue because I realize that the dialogue tends to keep the plot moving. Every once in a while, however, a character just seems to drone on so I skim through their conversation.
@SuperKettyMia (14)
• China
8 Jul 08
If that is a novel I'll not skip, but some like those have not close connect with each part.I'll skip all the boring part~
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