I ask because I tend to jump off a book if It’s not grabbing me, which at times limits me with regards to what I’m reading.

Does it matter? Is it something I should try to push past or am I overthinking this and should just enjoy what I enjoy?

  • li10@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    Personally, because I’ve spent long enough reading it and I want to just finish it if I’m like two thirds of the way through.

    In reality, I spend a week thinking “I need to finish that” and then forget about it completely.

    • tiramichu@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      If I’m in that situation where I really hate the book but also really want to finish, then it’s usually because there’s that nagging mental thread of something left undone.

      But I don’t want to read it. I just want to be done with it.

      What I need is closure, which means knowing how the key points wrap up and what happens at the end.

      And so knowing that, I commit a crime against literature - I skim.

      Normally I’d never skim, but it’s far preferable to never finishing at all, and it ties off that unpleasant dangling thread, letting me be free and move on to something I might actually enjoy.