Books highly prized you couldn't finish - Page 19

Dylan_Perry · 05-06-2013, 12:40 AM

The Passage by Justin Cronin.

I got 200 pages in and moved on to something else. Just got bored with the page-long paragraphs of exposition or background slowing down, or stopping the narrative.

I tried to stick it out on recommendations from people I trust, but it was a chore to read. I donated the book to a thrift store.

njmagas · 05-06-2013, 11:21 AM

Game of Thrones. None of the characters were all that interesting to me. I just felt 'meh' about them all.

Zefiris · 05-07-2013, 08:22 PM

Game of Thrones

I started it, tried to get into it but just couldn't get into it. It seemed like so much padding that could easily have been taken out/condensed.

scribofelidae · 05-12-2013, 05:15 PM

The last book I read that I couldn't finish was Crowley's Little, Big. I tried. Oh, god, I tried, but I couldn't get past the first 100 pages.

LKSebastian · 05-12-2013, 11:14 PM

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

I read more than half of it, but I just couldn't power through the rest. The story never pulled me in.

Night_Writer · 05-13-2013, 01:58 AM

Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce.

I would have loved to have seen the original query letter for that.

05-06-2013, 12:40 AM	#451
Dylan_Perry New Fish; Learning About Thick Skin Join Date: May 2013 Location: Florida Posts: 29	The Passage by Justin Cronin. I got 200 pages in and moved on to something else. Just got bored with the page-long paragraphs of exposition or background slowing down, or stopping the narrative. I tried to stick it out on recommendations from people I trust, but it was a chore to read. I donated the book to a thrift store. Last edited by Dylan_Perry; 05-06-2013 at 02:31 AM.

05-06-2013, 11:21 AM	#452
njmagas practical experience, FTW Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Kyoto, Japan Posts: 194	Game of Thrones. None of the characters were all that interesting to me. I just felt 'meh' about them all. __________________ If the knowledge isn't useful, you haven't found the lesson yet. Twitter Diary of an Aspiring Writer

05-07-2013, 08:22 PM	#453
Zefiris practical experience, FTW Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: England Posts: 637	Game of Thrones I started it, tried to get into it but just couldn't get into it. It seemed like so much padding that could easily have been taken out/condensed. __________________ My Writing Steam Queen: Steampunk - Out Now On Angel's Wings: Children's Fantasy - Out Now! True Hero?: Superhero - Out Now! Fire and Fury: Fantasy - Out now!

05-12-2013, 11:14 PM	#455
LKSebastian figuring it all out Join Date: May 2013 Location: New York City Posts: 52	Life of Pi by Yann Martel I read more than half of it, but I just couldn't power through the rest. The story never pulled me in. __________________ Lethal Minds (Historical Paranormal YA) WIP Andromeda, Unchained (Historical YA) Rewrites The Coven of Columbus Avenue (Urban Fantasy YA) Querying

05-13-2013, 01:58 AM	#456
Night_Writer It's all symbolic. Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 205	Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce. I would have loved to have seen the original query letter for that. __________________ Gnostic Libertarian Jungian It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. --Voltaire

05-12-2013, 05:15 PM	#454
scribofelidae New(ish) kid, be gentle! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Cat Cave Posts: 59	The last book I read that I couldn't finish was Crowley's Little, Big. I tried. Oh, god, I tried, but I couldn't get past the first 100 pages.

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