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Ty Unglebower I know many people feel this almost moral need to finish a novel, no matter how much they dislike it. I am not one of those people. So I ask, are you? If not, on average how many pages do you give a novel to grab you before you just abandon it? I usually give it around 50. If I am in a good mood, 100, but if it hasn't done anything for me by then, I move on.

109 weeks ago from Brazen Fiction Writers, Creative Writing and Creatively Inspired 1 more

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steve taite: I find that the best novels grip me from the first page. Take a writer like Ruth Rendell. She doesn't beat around the bush. She hooks you right ...MoreI find that the best novels grip me from the first page. Take a writer like Ruth Rendell. She doesn't beat around the bush. She hooks you right from the start
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103 weeks ago

anna da silva: HA! I first read your 'need to finish a novel' question as in _WRITING_ one, seeing how this is a 'creative writing' network!! :-) Made me laugh. ...MoreHA! I first read your 'need to finish a novel' question as in _WRITING_ one, seeing how this is a 'creative writing' network!! :-) Made me laugh. As for your question, I usually give a book a couple of tries on dif. days, if it fails to grab me -- I move on. But I have tried harder with the ones everyone is 'supposed' to like... (my least fav. in this category is 'Don Quixote') even if the book is doing nothing for me.
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