To ask if you always finish a book you start?

[TheCatOfAthenry]

I love to read, and want to read more than I think I can get through in this lifetime. Therefore, if I'm really not enjoying something, I stop and move on.

I'm just curious to find out if many others do the same thing or if I deserve to go to a literary prison alone for this sin.

I rarely ditch babies finishing but I have definitely done it for bad books.

I often reread things over and over though so I don’t read that many books I really don’t like

Babies?!!!! What on earth is up with my phone.

I don’t ditch babies. I occasionally ditch books.

No I don’t finish everything, life’s too short! I give it a good go though, I don’t give up too hastily.

I’ve only stopped one before the end and that’s because it was too sad.

Yep, life's too short to be filling my time with shit I don't like!

If it hasn't grabbed my attention or I simply don't like the characters then I couldn't give a flying what happens to them.
I do persevere with some that I hope will get better.

I've abandoned more books recently than I've finished. Think I've just had a bad run. I do find it easier to ditch them on kindle than an actual book. Life's too short to read something you're not enjoying.

No I have to finish them even the rubbish ones.

I'm with you OP. Life is too short to finish a bad book. I usually know within a couple of chapters if I'm going to get on with a book. If I don't I won't waste any more time on it.

I can't not finish a book
It might get good the minute I stop reading it

I have abandoned books, yes. Often unintentionally. Only book I ditched intentionally that I remember was the second of the Twilight books, which was utter shite.

Yep - all the time - if I'm not gripped by a couple of chapters it's off to the charity shop!

Life is too short for bad books (and bad coffee)

I got one out of the library twice and never finished it. My Mum did and said it wasn't worth it...time saved!

I rarely ditch a book but have tried over many many years to read the hobit and lord of rings and every time ditched them after a few chapters. I wont try again.

I don't carry on with books I'm not enjoying. Moby Dick and Ulysses spring to mind as Great Books I couldn't be arsed with after a couple of chapters. Life is too short.

I will give up a book if I'm not enjoying it.

It depends but I am increasingly likely to ditch a book I’m not enjoying mid-way as I get older (and busier).

During maternity leave I forced myself to finish all the twilight books. Looking back I should have saved myself the pain but my judgement was obviously compromised by sleep deprivation.

I'm absolutely with you OP. Life is definitely too short to read anything that's not gripping you.

No - I'll give it a maximum of two chapters, then ditch it. Reading should be a pleasure, not a chore.

No it’s a matter of principle. The again sometimes it may take a while and I have to leave it for a bit, read something else then go back to it.

I started reading a huge book on the slave trade about 17 yeas ago and one of these days...

Yeah I've done it a few times with my book club books as it's not things I've chosen to read, sometimes it's just too much like hard work and I read for pleasure!

I've abandoned a book just a few pages in before. There's a possibility that I could have started to enjoy it a bit further in, but if rather spend my time reading books that I enjoy from the start

I force myself to read all sorts of boring stuff at work (I’m an academic) so I like to read entertaining stuff at home.

I rarely read whole boring books at work either though - I selectively use my time to read only the pertinent bits. I do really have to force myself through the ones written by people who are trying to dress up pretty straightforward ideas in over-complex language that other people in my field seem to fawn over (if only to reassure myself that, yes, the emperor is wearing very little).

I am not alone!

I always used to plod through bad books. I realised that a book I didn't enjoy had already had my money and I wouldn't also give it my time. I'm a ditcher now!

There are too many books on my To Be Read pile, let alone my To Be Reread One Day pile to bother with a book I'm not enjoying.

But I run a library so I'm forever finding new books plus I get them all for free!