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So, if you are reading a book or watching a movie, and it is really bad

Posted by amoxy (aka amoxy) Feb 2 '16, 15:07

Do you turn it off or keep watching/reading to see how deep into hell it will go?

I sometimes wander the stacks at the library to check out new authors. Found this one, "Solar Eclipse" by John Farris. Supposedly a New York Times bestseller.

I have no clue why. Run on sentences, heck run on paragraph's, way over detailed, way under detailed.

Here's an example:

"Catching sight of Pepper(her daughter), huddled in the oversize sweatshirt at the corner table beneath a planter brimming with plastic fren and scrupulously biting her french fries in half, Shay wondered how her daughter would have coped in New Guinea."

My brain hurts just typing it. The book is full of 'em. But I am getting some great chuckles out of this dreck. Can't decide whether to keep going for the laughs or bury it deep in the library drop off slot.

Responses:

A couple of books I stopped about half way through. I turned off The Grinch and Disaster Movie about 20 minutes in.... - Walt_Disney Feb 2, 17:09 1
- Ohhh and Epic Movie I turned off too. -- nm - Walt_Disney Feb 2, 17:12
It used to be that I would never ever quit a book. I'd stay with it to the bitter end. - Dark Callisto Feb 2, 16:21 1
- ^5! :) - -- nm - b. Feb 2, 16:23
I vaguely recall quitting a book once, but I can't remember which one. -- nm - Mop Feb 2, 16:14 1
- I think I gave up on Horns and I am Legend. Maybe one other. Just not my thing I guess. -- nm - Meg Feb 2, 16:58
Have y'all heard of a movie called Divergent? nm - Dignan Feb 2, 16:02 1
- only good things -- nm - mr. plow Feb 2, 16:10
I'm very quick to disconnect from a crap book or movie. -- nm - CQ Feb 2, 15:57 1
- unless you're with the kids, and then you're forced to finish -- nm - mr. plow Feb 2, 15:58
books I'll dump, movies I generally plow though -- nm - Remlik Feb 2, 15:51
I gave myself a gift some years ago. I was always a finisher, esp. for books, since I was a kidlet. - b. Feb 2, 15:40 5
- I've mentioned it before, but I left Timeline literally on the other side of the world. -- nm - Reagen Feb 2, 16:26 1
  - i did this with Go Set A Watchman last year at the beach - mr. plow Feb 2, 16:29
- I think I'll try skipping ahead in a book that's losing me. I've always powered through or moved on. - Krusty - Most Right Poster Feb 2, 15:52
- *flinches and ducks* -- nm - barnaby bear Feb 2, 15:42 1
  - nah, never near the line of fire, bud. -- nm - b. Feb 2, 15:44
If the book is bad but entertaining I sort of speed read it, skip through the dreck and read the fun stuff. - nic to be determined Feb 2, 15:36
I will usually find a silver lining or bright spot in any movie, but I'll often use 2x speed to find it. -- nm - Max Feb 2, 15:22
I'll abandon a bad book. I'll abandon a good book if it starts out rough. But I tend to power through all but the worst movies. - Beryllium Feb 2, 15:21
Life is too short to endure bad writing and films. I will close the book or turn off a film if I'm not enjoying it. -- nm - Krusty - Most Right Poster Feb 2, 15:20
bad books moreso than movies fall under "life's too short" for me - mr. plow Feb 2, 15:12 1
- Ha! I didn't read your post. 😊 -- nm - Krusty - Most Right Poster Feb 2, 15:20

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