Do you ever give up on a book?
By maezee
@maezee (41996)
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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34 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 (41996)
• 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 (15729)
• Canada
22 Aug 17
Yes... I keep hoping that it will get better lol!
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@GardenGerty (158301)
• 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 (80605)
• 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 (80605)
• 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 (23664)
• 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 (45121)
• 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 (81556)
• 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 (61047)
• 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 (14752)
• 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 (109848)
• 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 (158301)
• 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.
@MALUSE (69388)
• Germany
23 Aug 17
I consider myself an avid reader, too. I used to be like you and had qualms of conscience when a book didn't grip me right from the start and I thought of giving up.
But I've learnt to do it and don't feel bad anymore! So many books, so little time. There are so many books which will appeal to me waiting to be read.
I can tell you that I couldn't read Orhan Pamuk, either. I tried really hard, after all, he got the Nobel Prize for Literature.
@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 (130106)
• 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
