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How do you decide when to give up on a book? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by 1019throw@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.ml

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I read The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, and take enjoyed it. Read another book, then started reading Devil and the Dark Water by the same author. I got about 25% through and just decided to drop it for something else. I'm not an avid reader so i never know if I should stay committed or not.

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[–] z3n0x@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Either I’m hooked from the first sentence or I’ll never be. Simple as that.

[–] Andjhostet@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

This seems absolutely absurd to me. Some of my favorite books of all time took a good 20 or so pages to get into. In fact, I don't know if there's any book I've been hooked from the first sentence.