Saturday, April 27, 2024

Thoughts on finishing a book you hate

 I've been watching quite a bit of BookTube lately and I've noticed this trend where people seem to feel that if they start a book they have to finish it.  To this I say, there may have been as many as 4 million books published in 2023 alone.  Even in the 1990s there were something like 180,000 books being published yearly just in English.  With all of those amazing books out there why torture yourself with a book that isn't right for you?  If you don't like the setting, if you hate the characters, if the plot makes no sense or your finding the book well written but horribly depressing move on!  You will absolutely die before you manage to read all the books you want even if you only stick to the ones you like and live to be as old as the oldest person currently alive so why waste your precious time on a book you hate.

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