Are you reading a book that is difficult to get into?

I had to read War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy as school requirement and THAT was a drag! Don't take me wrong,it's a great book,especially when it comes to history and people but it has sooo many battles! That might be interesting,too but imagine reading 1500 pages one third of which are descriptions of battles and fights That book cannot be appreciated by school kids,one has to be older and wiser to actually read it instead of flipping thru pages.

I am reading a very adventurous book right now. It is the deception Point by Dan Brown. Its a very thrilling story with suspense at each and every point. So I am quite enjoying it. I have read a few absurd books also. I started a book and was trudling along with it but with the end also it was the same case. So beware of such cases.

Yes!! I'm stuck with a book.. for months now.. And I'm still only on page 20 something... The thing about it, there's another 2 volumes to the book that I need to read in order to finish the whole story!! The book that I'm trying to read is Romance of the Three Kingdoms.. Yes, it is history but it's a really interesting history to read, but I'm unable to read it as it's too confusing at times.. Sheesh..

Yes, I've been trying to finish this book called "Washington", its a Christian fiction romance book, I like reading those alot, its one of those books that have 4 stories in one, well I made it to the 3rd story and thats where I stopped, for some reason I just can't get into the stories that good, I guess they're kinda boring. I put the book down a couple months ago and haven't picked it back up, I'm not sure I ever will, in fact I read another book since quitting that one...lol.

Unless I have to reaf the book, I won't continue it if I have a hard time getting in to it.

I know, most of the books begin on a good note and then somewhere in between they loose track and are unable to hold the reader. I think the writer should concentrate more on the mid section of the book as compared to a flossy start as the mid section of the book tends to take the interest away from the reader.

I am reading a book by Iris Johnsen that I can't get into. I guess because it isn't about the same people that I have read about in the past from her other books. I have gotten bored with this book. I like Nicholas Sparks myself. Although I haven't read this book yet.

I would rather seeit as a movie lol or read it online and I am not real patient If I feel bored. lol I am sorry but I am terrible about putting down a book if it does not hold my intrests. I do read online alot more now . Happy New Years!

I am a big Star wars fan and I love reading the Star Wars books. There was a 3 book set that i was trying to read and no matter how far I read I just could not get into it. I got through the first book and started the second. that is when I realize "I cannot get all those hours that i spent reading back". So I stopped reading it. Maybe the teaser on your book is not about what setting the book is written, rather it stating that it will span years for you to be able to get through it. :)

I started one by Dean Koontz but I haven't gotten more than 50 pages of it so far and have left it for a Stephen King book which I have almost finished already.. Dean Koontz has a way of describing things too long and too much.. I don't like for an hour to drag out to 25 pages, when it does I get bored.. I can't even think of the name of the book that I started and quit, but it was Dean Koontz.. Don't get me wrong, I do love his writing but some of his books get on my nerves and I give up on them..

i hate to read a book lioke that but i always finish it. don't read like i use to since i have been nylotting but i read some every day because i read when i eat my meals.

I have to give you credit for getting 2/3 of the way thru a book that hasn't grabbed your interest. I read 3 or 4 books per week, and maybe once or twice a year I come across one that I either can't get into, or is so transparent that you've pretty much figured out the story's ending. Usually, if a book hasn't grabbed me by the time that I'm 1/4 of the way through, then I move onto the next book. You must be feeling obligated to finish it by now....I give you lots of credit!

I have three books started right now that have not kept me interested. Every now and then I will pick one of them up to see if I can finish it but I always put it back down after a page or two. This is unusual for me because most of the time I can devour a book in one sitting. I normally read anything science fiction but these particular books are so far out there I think the author must have been on LSD when he wrote them. There isn't a defined story line that I can follow. And the science is sooo fictional that it could never be possible.

Along the same lines as your original posting, I have set an unofficial goal for myself to go back, and read some things that are considered "classics". At the moment, I am reading the Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. Although I enjoy the story and the subject matter very much, there's a lot of slang, and dialogue that I can not relate to or understand. I'm on the verge of giving up, as I am not doing it for a book club or any other reason besides my own enjoyment. I hate, to give up on a book, but sometimes, reading it becomes a chore. As others have already said, I have alternated between reading it, with other things that I enjoy better, however I still have a third of the book to go. Nine times out of 10 I will finish the book no matter what, I figure, I've invested this much time I may as well continue. However, this one is a close call and so I can relate to your posting but I just can't bring myself to "give up" on a book before I've finished it. Good luck to you and happy Mylotting!

Hello! I had tried to read books that were very complex. Usually, the classical books of Portuguese literature have words that goes beyond knowledge. I'm sure that you can only find one person out of a thousand Brazilians that would know the meaning of all the words in a classical book here. The words that are on those books cannot even be translated to English! So hard, you cannot understand the story because the words used are really troublesome. When I tried, I had to have a dictionary by my side, and in each sentence I'd have to search for the meaning of at least one word. Imagine how does that feels... I read, read, read, and the story seemed to be nice, but it was too much work to read it. I gave up. Respectfully, Munhozmib.

I was reading Online Marketing Heroes. There are stories about how certain companies on the web make it big! But after a couple of stories, I soon got bored. In fact, the book is still lying on my bedside table. I'm giving up on the book and putting it on the shelf, until I pick it up again at a later time.

Well, I might get shot down for this one but, there is one thing that I 'tried' to read but couldn't get myself past the first few pages, which I was already forcing myself to read through them, hoping it'd get better.. which is Harry Potter! -w- man, that was a real drag.. I guess fantasy needs to stay visualized =P But other than that, I mostly read either classics or detective and mystery books (which are categorized as classics too, anyways =P), and these are probably the only types of books I could read on without having them become draggy or boring ^w^ I just love these stuff

I have read some books that do seem to drag on. Then you reach a breaking point and unless you are reading the book for school or a book club you just give up. I have reached that point of several books some of them have even been recommended by book clubs. I know that I read one that just seemed like it would never reach a good point and it never did after reading the first one hundred pages and finding out that the plot had not changed from the begining and that the book was still introducing characters that had no bearing on the outcome it got very boring. However, some of the books that I have read did improve over time, but those were very few and far between.

i generally read fiction and that too best sellers. so i dont have any problem with them because they are generally very interesting..( thats the reason they are bestsellers).. my brother gave me a book which is non-fiction.. its a book which says some of Einstein's theories are false.. im not a science kind of guy. and there were loads of scientific terms which were hard to understand. but the book was very interesting because it had many facts about the universe and the system. i couldn't put it down but also couldn't understand many of the points. so i struggled and worked my way to the end. i think i want to read it again. maybe il understand some points now. thank you

I love to read Clive Cusslier novels. Dirk Pitt and Kirk Austin adventures. They are so boring to start off with, because you get a history lesson. Once the adventures kick in, they are hard to put down.