Book you never finished

Dougiezerts · Post by **Dougiezerts** » 10 Oct 2010, 11:02

I just gave up on a sci fi book whose name I'm forgetting right now. Kinda boring.
I see nothing wrong with not finishing a book. If you'r not into it, you're not into it.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 10 Oct 2010, 12:10

Dougiezerts wrote:I just gave up on a sci fi book whose name I'm forgetting right now. Kinda boring.
I see nothing wrong with not finishing a book. If you'r not into it, you're not into it.

Nothing wrong with it at all ... but I just can't do it. If I start a book I have to finish it regardless ... consequently I have wasted many hours of my life on utter tripe.

StephenKingman · Post by **StephenKingman** » 10 Oct 2010, 12:15

Fran wrote:
Dougiezerts wrote:I just gave up on a sci fi book whose name I'm forgetting right now. Kinda boring.
I see nothing wrong with not finishing a book. If you'r not into it, you're not into it.
Nothing wrong with it at all ... but I just can't do it. If I start a book I have to finish it regardless ... consequently I have wasted many hours of my life on utter tripe.

Yeah i am the same as i always fear that i may have missed out on the book actually being brilliant near the end or else i hear my friends discuss it and i cant really join in as i didnt read the end, that doesnt usually happen though as a bad book usually remains a bad book....

Inspire2Read · Post by **Inspire2Read** » 10 Oct 2010, 13:40

I never finished Inkheart. The whole story line is amazing, and the movie wasn't bad. But I just got lost in multiple point of view and lyrical description of the book. Felt pretty bad about it - I don't like starting a book and not finishing it.

JRBookLover · Post by **JRBookLover** » 18 Oct 2010, 09:59

gloriana wrote:Do you have a book you never got to the end of for whatever reason?
I never finished The Bridges of Madison County, it bored me to tears and just recently could not continue with Charlotte Gray. It was too slow and dull. I hate not finishing books to the end, but these two had to go!

I made several attemps over 10 years to read "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. It was one of the few book series my husband would read and reread. I felt in some way I may be given a glimpse of his psyche if I could get through the books. First 2 attempts I did not make it through the 1st book. 3rd attempt I was successful and read all 3 books and thoroughly enjoyed the series.

Mairin · Post by **Mairin** » 18 Oct 2010, 17:51

Krakatoa: The day the Earth exploded. It spent too much time on flora and fauna in the first 3 chapters that I decided to not finish it. It was taking far too long to get to the actual eruption.

Shadowpapoose · Post by **Shadowpapoose** » 18 Oct 2010, 19:05

The Time Machine and the Poisonwood Bible...just couldn't get into them

Fran · Post by **Fran** » 19 Oct 2010, 13:56

Shadowpapoose wrote:The Time Machine and the Poisonwood Bible...just couldn't get into them

I'm amazed ... I thought the Poisonwood Bible was an absolutely fantastic read. Ah well 'different strokes for different folks'.

JRBookLover · Post by **JRBookLover** » 20 Oct 2010, 06:14

I loved too absolutely loved "The Poisonwood Bible". One of those books that imprinted in my memory. However, when I recommended it to friends it had about a 50/50 shot of being read through. Many friends have told me they just couldn't get through it. I guess there are just too many books aren't there, waiting to be read. Why settle for one if it does not resonate with you and move you!

Just Me · Post by **Just Me** » 20 Oct 2010, 07:10

a few years back I was in my Mary Higgins Clark phase, and the only book I just couldn't get into was The Anastasia Syndrome. my sister really liked it, but i gave up after a few pages

ParanoidIdealDodo · Post by **ParanoidIdealDodo** » 01 Nov 2010, 21:51

The Five People You Meet in Heaven - dead bore
A Christmas Carrol - too heavy for an average-reader like me, but would like to finish it in the future...

Aspasia · Post by **Aspasia** » 13 Nov 2010, 01:43

Mein Kampf. I got my B.S. in history though so it is a bit shameful to admit and eventually I will give it another try

Gemhandley · Post by **Gemhandley** » 13 Nov 2010, 19:44

Portent by James Herbert. The other half recommended it and i was hooked right up til the end and just could finish the last few chapters felt it was getting really predictable. Was a shame really as it was a decent book up til then.

Elphaba · Post by **Elphaba** » 20 Nov 2010, 12:38

I also loved The Poisonwood Bible, but I recommended it to my husband and he didn't finish it.
There are lots of books I didn't read to the end. I don't like to waste time on books I don't enjoy. I read for fun and when it's not fun I don't read... Some of the books I didn't finish lately:
Tigana
A Suitable Boy
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
The Lovely Bones
Gilead
and many more...

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 20 Nov 2010, 13:15

"Man Of High Fidelity," by Lawrence Lessing. A biography about Major Edwin Howard Armstrong, an inventor whose developments in radio are still used today [FM broadcasting being the most visible]. An excellent read, but fatigue from my work schedule prevented me from finishing it before it had to be returned to the library [which had it via an interlibrary loan].