Do you ever give up on a book?
By maezee
@maezee (41988)
United States
August 22, 2017 11:25am CST
I am a big reader (probably no news to you) but I have this problem with abandoning books I have started reading. If I dont like a book and cant get into it, I usually grit my teeth and finish it anyway because it bothers me to be a "quitter" and you never know at what point a book will get good!
But as I sit here on the elliptical at the gym, on page 12 of The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk... I am having extreme trouble getting into it. I am so early into it that it wont be much of a lost investment if I quit now.
I might but I really dont like doing that! Are any of you readers crazy like me? Will you finish a book even if you dont like it or cant get into it?
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33 responses
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
22 Aug 17
Not really...I skip and skip the pages...And finish it so that I get a gist of it.
But this has happened rarely
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@maezee (41988)
• United States
29 Aug 17
@responsiveme same here! I usually cannot put them down!
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
23 Aug 17
@maezee This is only for books that I don't feel I can finish...And this happens only rarely.
Mostly I am stuck to the book
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@Hate2Iron (15727)
• Canada
22 Aug 17
Yes... I keep hoping that it will get better lol!
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
23 Aug 17
@maezee Back when there were all these book clubs to join, and if you did not notify soon enough you got the shipment, I got a few that were not to my taste and read them anyway. At least one was the source of nightmares.
@Marilynda1225 (82799)
• United States
22 Aug 17
I always know by the first chapter if I'm going to enjoy a book or not. I hate to abandon a book too but sometimes it's a waste of time when you can be reading something else that will be of more interest
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@Marilynda1225 (82799)
• United States
23 Aug 17
@maezee I have hundreds of books (over 350 downloaded on my kindle) and about 100 in real books. I always try to read the first few pages before I buy a book so I get an idea if I'll like it or not. But, sometimes a book looks good and then it isn't. Do you ever get to a point as you are going along knowing the book isn't something you're interested in but you keep reading cause you figure it has to get better? LOL
@hillhjill (23717)
• United States
22 Aug 17
I love to read but if the book don't pull me in and I can't get into it..I will move on to the next.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
24 Aug 17
If I cannot get into a book for some reason and have read at least the first chapter, then I have been known to give it up and either return to the Library, put in a book exchange, or try and sell it. Many times this is why I will not buy a book by someone I am unfamiliar with.
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
22 Aug 17
I don't read many books these days but I usually stick with a movie unless it's really bad.
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@Tina30219 (81931)
• Onaway, Michigan
22 Aug 17
I only done it once and it was for the same reason you are talking about I hate quitting a book also I love reading also .
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
22 Aug 17
I have upon occasion given up on a book and then gone back at a later date to see if I could find something I liked.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
25 Aug 17
Yes, and it is true to me that some are just not worth my time. A recent adventure was speed read by me b/c it was required reading as an opinion piece, but it was difficult to finish even doing that @maezee
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Aug 17
At page 12, I would quit if I didn't like it. If you muddle on toward halfway you sort of feel committed to read how it turns out.
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@dramagirl26 (3259)
• Ringgold, Virginia
22 Aug 17
I try to finish a book no matter how bad it may be.
@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
23 Aug 17
I used to, but not anymore. I tend not to read at all anymore, and that makes me sad.
@silvermist (19702)
• India
23 Aug 17
Till recently I too was crazy.I hated being a quitter.Not any more.If I do not like a book,I give up.It is my time.My choice.
@EllaSpringtime (198)
• Israel
23 Aug 17
My bookcase at my mom's home is full of books I have stopped reading after 2 pages or 50 or 100, life is too short for doing things I don't like. books are not people that you insulte or hurt if you leave them. I regret more I didn't left back sooner a book that made me feel bad vibes, even if it is only in my imagination.
@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
24 Aug 17
I have had people bring me books to read and we also have a good used bookstore in town where I bought books. I have been introduced to authors I have not heard of before. If I really cannot get into a book then I do not continue reading it. When I find a book I love I do not want to put it down, but, do not want it to end either.
@alexjessi (1033)
• Hanoi, Vietnam
23 Aug 17
I like to read book too! But if the books are boring I will not watch it anymore, if it good I still read it. Because keep read a boring book just waste time my friend
@Praisegift (32)
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23 Aug 17
I always like to finish my reading especially if the book is interesting, but at times I found it difficult to finish when the book is voluminous.
