Tuesday Talks: Have You Ever Returned to a Book You DNFed and Finished It?

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons,

   Tuesday Talks is an awesome group on Goodreads that is a weekly discussion forum created by BookTubers Janie Johnson and her pal, Janelle. It is a fun and active group to be a part of. I have been gone from my book clubs for a few weeks due to adulting, which has limited my time writing. But I am playing catch-up, and it is quite fun.

  The Question for week one of July is: Have You Ever Returned to a Book You DNFed and Finished It?
 
   I am one who does give books a second chance. This can be hard, but I want to give the author a chance to prove that their book is something I want to read. I have not recently done this, but in the past I have not finished books, only to pick them up again. I stop a book for a few reasons:

1. The book takes a long time to get going (When a book takes more than sixty pages to catch my interest, there is an issue finishing the story.)
2. The book starts off great, but starts to drag mid-way (I have read books that have moved at a very fast pace. Then they start to slow to a point that removes you from the narrative. This is most commonly found in young adult reads, especially if a love story is introduced.)
3. The book features a protagonist that I do not like (This happened before, especially when the story is written from the perspectives of two different characters. If I do not like one of the main characters, then this can ruin the story for me. For example, an overly whiny character that is constantly complaining.)
4. The book's author has a style of writing I cannot get into (Oh, this can be a doozy to deal with. Sometimes an author tries a different genre, and this can be literary suicide. In my opinion if you know that you cannot write a romance, please do not. Stick with the genre that you are best at writing.)
5. The audio book narrator has been annoying (This has ruined many books for me when a narrator is monotone, and reads the entire book that way. A good narrator can capture voices, and convey the character's emotions well if they put some effort into it. I have heard some atrocious audio actors, and have just ended up reading the book on my own when I had the chance to physically hold the book.)

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