what if you don't like what you're reading?

smae1980

I'm in the middle of a book that's really long and getting unbelievably boring.. I'm about halfway through it, so my question to you is if you don't like the book do you stop reading or finish to see how it ends?

chanson104

I say just skip to the end.

_snw_

i burn it. i hear book burnings are really cool.



but yeah - why finish something? what do you do when you are dating a boy you realize you don't like anymore? stick around to see how it ends?

Natx83

Watch the movie... if its has one...

then burn the book.

runnercheryl

I stop. Usually, I've made a judgement by the end of chapter one, and simply don't go any further. Only one book has drawn me in half-way and still had me give it up, and that was 'Thinner' by Stephen King.

A friend let me borrow 'Long Walk' and I absolutely loved it, then she gave me 'Thinner' and told me it was amazing. Easily as good as 'Long Walk'. So, I took it home and I read. I really wasn't keen, but I remembered the great things my friend had said about it and I carried on. I was half-way through before I decided it was too late in the book to 'get better'. I cast it aside and moved on. It took a lot of effort to get that far in - I had no desire to keep going.

smae1980

i burn it. i hear book burnings are really cool.



but yeah - why finish something? what do you do when you are dating a boy you realize you don't like anymore? stick around to see how it ends?

I'm not burning my Kindle. And no I make up something gross about him and tell everyone then use that as my excuse to dump him

Shannon023

I give it 100-pages. If I can't get into it then I'm on to the next! :glasses:

deftanker

firing range

misskerouac

I usually put it down for a few days/week then pick it up again, if it's still awful, i just stop reading it (maybe i'll read the last chapter).

Sometimes it's just a headspace i'm in, so I like to make sure it's the book and not just my mood.

smae1980

I'm reading "The Fountainhead" It's about architects. It's boring, but there's part of me that may just go crazy if I never find out how it ends. I may skip to the end....Also it makes me mad to spend money on a book and not finishing it, like I wasted money

Qarol

Life is too short to read a bad book or drink bad wine...

smae1980

firing range

Not shooting my Kindle either

lorac321

Life is too short to read a bad book or drink bad wine...

Amen.

ElizabethRoad

I finished Mockingjay because I wanted to see what happened, but I didn't really enjoy a lot of the book. But it was a pretty short book. I wouldn't spend a lot of time reading something I didn't enjoy. But I might skip to the end.

adamb83

I'm reading "The Fountainhead" It's about architects. It's boring, but there's part of me that may just go crazy if I never find out how it ends. I may skip to the end....Also it makes me mad to spend money on a book and not finishing it, like I wasted money

Ughh.... Ayn Rand? Yes, put it down and never, ever pick it (or any other Rand book) up again.

smae1980

I'm reading "The Fountainhead" It's about architects. It's boring, but there's part of me that may just go crazy if I never find out how it ends. I may skip to the end....Also it makes me mad to spend money on a book and not finishing it, like I wasted money

Ughh.... Ayn Rand? Yes, put it down and never, ever pick it (or any other Rand book) up again.

I actually bought it by accident, I had just gotten the Kindle and was looking at the description of this book and I accidentally hit BOTH the purchase and confirm buttons without meaning to. After that I figured I should at least give it a shot since I paid for it already...

sunkisses

Life is too short to read a bad book or drink bad wine...

This.

LorinaLynn

I don't think I ever stopped reading a book. Even all the Twilight books. Even Atlas Shrugged. I always thought I have the attention span of a kitten... but I guess not.

wickedcricket

yeah I look at the last chapter, see what happened then donate it (Wolf Hall)

mixedfeelings

I try and stick it out, I feel weird skipping or leaving it which is stupid as it just means I put off reading it.

stephc0711

Forget it! :P

Living4Liz2012

finish it....i hate starting something and not finishing...at least you can see how it ends...it might get better...lol(wishful thinker)

RunLiftEat

Just give up reading all together. It's the the Devils work, and also causes cancer.

mes1119

I drop it. No point wasting my energy on something I don't enjoy.

madamepsychosis

I never stop reading a book, although there have been times I've wanted to, just in case it starts to get good. This has left me disappointed on a fair few occasions.

mamamc03

Life is too short to read a bad book or drink bad wine...

This.

Amen!!

smae1980

Just give up reading all together. It's the the Devils work, and also causes cancer.

You're right I just googled the top twenty causes of cancer in the United States and reading was # 17 :noway:

peacefulsong

There are way too many books in the world you could be reading that you like while you waste time on a book you're not enjoying. You can always go back to it some other time, if you want. No one says you have to finish one book before you move on to another.

MercenaryNoetic26

I unintentionally stopped reading "A Feast for Crows" by G.R.R. Martin halfway through. I'm a big GOT fan, but that's as far as the thrills go. I still read a few pages here and there with my Kindle Fire, but boy is it a DRAGGGGG! I'll go back and re-read the first 3 books though. Those were awesome.

katherinemm31

I'm not sure I ever started reading a book so boring I had to put it down. I only read books for short spurts of time anyway, so my tolerance for boredom might be higher. Textbooks and deadlines are different. If I had to read a philosophy book by a deadline like I had to when I went to college, I'd probably shoot myself AND the book. The book first, of course.

tina9988

Just give up reading all together. It's the the Devils work, and also causes cancer.

Now that's funny!