Would you re-read a book you hated?

Hannah Oakey · Post by **Hannah Oakey** » 12 Nov 2022, 04:47

No, I don't think that I could re-read a book that I hated. I can usually tell after the first few pages if I am going to like a book. If I can't get into it I put it down and never go back to it. Life is too short to not find enjoyment in a book.

Stephen King · Post by **Le-nic Pretorius** » 18 Nov 2022, 07:53

I would like to read Animal Farm by George Orwell again. I can not really remember anything of the book, maybe because we had to read in.

Wisely Time · Post by **Wisely Time** » 24 Nov 2022, 01:34

It would come down to why I didn't finish the book.
I don't have many DNF's, and of those only a few I would say I hated. The others just didn't match my tastes at the time I first picked them up.
Those I often think of picking back up, but the ones I seriously don't like, there's a reason. I don't give up on a book easily.

Scott Fling · Post by **Scott Fling** » 10 Dec 2022, 07:25

It depends on the reason I hated it. I read a couple of books in highschool and thought they were trash (probably because they were mandatory ) but read them a few years later and loved them. When you are younger you think differently. Then get older and look at it in a different light.

Post by **Ariel_Martin** » 10 Dec 2022, 23:02

Probably not. I struggle re-reading anything, because I already know what is going to happen, so I end up skipping through most of the book. I tend to put many many years and other books between my re-reads, that way I feel like I am coming back to it with fresh eyes.

Post by **Tomy Chandrafrost** » 23 Mar 2024, 19:51

I rarely reread books unless there is a specific need, especially books that I don't like.

Lorna Kimondo · Post by **Lorna Kimondo** » 21 Aug 2024, 06:22

I totally get where you’re coming from! Sometimes we don’t click with a book the first time around. Sometimes, re-reading with a different perspective or at a different stage in life can change how you feel about a book. It has never happened to me, but it work for you. Don't knock it

George Okello 2 · Post by **George Okello 2** » 22 Aug 2024, 00:53

I wouldn't even dare.It will seem like a tall order to me

AsterAlder · Post by **AsterAlder** » 28 May 2025, 11:35

DATo wrote: ↑25 Mar 2016, 15:21 Sure. I already know it will bore me and thus make the time pass more slowly giving me an artificial sense of a longer life *Wink*

Reminds me of a joke ... The doctor tells his patient he has only two months to live. The patient says he is going to go right home and call his mother-in-law and ask her to come and live with him and his wife. "I see," said the doctor "you must really love your mother-in-law huh?" The patient replies, "Hell no, I hate her guts." To which the befuddled doctor asks, "Then why would you want to spend your remaining two months of life with her?" "Simple," replies the patient, "she will make two months seems like twenty years."

And now, back to the previously recored program ......

Thanks for sharing! That definitely made me laugh

I was going to say that life is too short to read hated books - BUT I like your response so much better!

Violet Devreaux · Post by **Violet Devreaux** » 06 Jun 2025, 11:40

Generally, no. But I did listen to a podcast where a few librarians discussed Catcher in the Rye and it made me wonder if I should re-read it. As a teenager, I remember finding Holden incredibly annoying, but apparently it’s meant to stem partially from PTSD. Now that I’ve had PTSD as an adult, I wonder if it would be a different experience.