What do you do if a book isn't interesting?

[serenity01]

I stop reading it and move on to another, "too many books,too little time' to waste my time with a book that I am not enjoying.

This is how I feel.

[Ilovecatsandbooks]

Return or give to the library.

[starla1781]

I get really silly about insisting on finishing the book, like I'm going to hurt the book's feelings if I don't! Ridiculous, I know, but more often than not, I usually end up being pleasantly surprised.

[Barbara Brown]

If it isn't interesting enough then i don't finish it, unless i am reviewing it then for the sake of being fair and empathetic to the author i will finish reading it only because i promised i would. However i would never ever give a bad review where it insults the author, i would give my honest opinion in a nice manner, without being overly critical.

[DATo]

Well, I've learned that in Romania the ritual would include hurling the book across the room while shouting, "I break with thee, I break with thee, I break with thee !!!" .... and then throwing dog poop at it.

It works too. I usually feel much better after I do that.

Although, I suppose a simpler thing for most people to do would be to just stop reading the book.

[Carla Hurst-Chandler]

LMAO!

Well, while DATo's Romanian approach is certainly entertaining...mine is to toss the book back into a bookbag while muttering something along the lines of "...life is too short for lame books..." and moving on to another book.

[asmaahsan]

Well, I've learned that in Romania the ritual would include hurling the book across the room while shouting, "I break with thee, I break with thee, I break with thee !!!" .... and then throwing dog poop at it.

It works too. I usually feel much better after I do that.

Although, I suppose a simpler thing for most people to do would be to just stop reading the book.

Hmmm...so in addition to the boring book, you need to have a dog, to do the honors, choose the place where the offense will take place, and then clean up the mess later. Sounds like a lot of work to me.

I always finish a book no matter how boring it is. I just skip through some lines to finish it quickly. I also try to read it's summary online as most books are reviewed on the Internet some place or another, so I just have to find the right web address to get the info so I don't have to read the whole thing. I don't think I will review a book that didn't fit in well with me or I felt I was not able to do justice to it. Just doesn't sound honest so I excuse myself.

[rishabhsachan]

I just stop reading that book and go for a place were my all frnds met and than after we discuss and get a new interesting book

[Maud Fitch]

I just stop reading that book and go for a place were my all friends met and than after we discuss and get a new interesting book

I agree.

[Fran]

I just stop reading that book and go for a place were my all friends met and than after we discuss and get a new interesting book

I agree.

I would love to be able to do that but unfortunately I'm in the "I've started so I'll finish" camp .... but I will lash through it at high speed & then consign it to the Oxfam box & never mention it again. The upside is that it makes me more careful and discerning about what books I select and I am ultra careful about random recommendations.

[asmaahsan]

I just stop reading that book and go for a place were my all friends met and than after we discuss and get a new interesting book

I agree.

I would love to be able to do that but unfortunately I'm in the "I've started so I'll finish" camp .... but I will lash through it at high speed & then consign it to the Oxfam box & never mention it again. The upside is that it makes me more careful and discerning about what books I select and I am ultra careful about random recommendations.

Me too. I also finish what I start, never listen to recommendations, but I don't lash through stuff. I just calmly read through, at slow speed, just incase something good does come out of it, giving it benefit of doubt, and once done, I just give it to someone, or give it to charity or something as I don't keep a book in my home that I have no respect for.

[Gannon]

I am also one of those people who cannot give up on a book. Even if I am not enjoying it I will struggle through, because it may get better or you may learn something new. If a book is really bad, I may put it down and read something else, but I will always go back and finish it eventually.

[epr0se]

Cast aside and onto the next. Life is alarmingly short.

[MelMariah]

What about if it's a book in a series!?
Back in the day when I was reading 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' I was absolutely loving it until one book.. I can't remember the title but it had a lion on the cover. I just couldn't get into it so I was thinking to myself "Oh my god I can't read this, what do I do? Give up on the series, skip the book and guess what happens in the next?! Or just push through..."
I ended up reading half and skipping it hahah

[abcpune_2012]

Depends on mood. But i would like to give up and start another one.

Jyoti
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