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Did the word count threshold come sooner than expected? Was a deadline looming? But I don't recall ever thinking that about any of your books, Rhys. I muddled through, but it took me awhile to really get into the story.Ībrupt endings are unsatisfying, and always make me wonder. So many of the characters-who the reader was clearly expected to recognize-were unfamiliar to me, but they were all dumped into the action in the first chapter. I recently read a book from the middle of a lengthy and long-running series.
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It has to present a problem for authors, I'm sure, though. I'm at the point in my life where I'm unwilling to work that hard to read a book. And fuggeddaboudit if the various characters have similar names. I like everything tied neatly into a bow at the end.Ĭharacter dumps at the beginning of a book are so difficult to follow, especially in a crowd scene where each person is given a name, but very little in the way of identifying characteristics. Isn't that funny, Julia? I detest ambiguous endings. In retrospect, I think I've been better at starting things than ending things. But if I've got that far, chances are I've liked the book, so an inconvenient ending is forgiven. (The Kindle is a boon for someone with arthritic hands and the need for adjusting the font depending on need.Īs for endings, I don't like to get left wondering what just happened! I prefer resolution, and I'm not crazy about a cliff hanger. Then I have a chapter or two, but still that first line is important but just not a deal breaker. Now that I read on my Kindle almost exclusively - sorry LUddites - I order a sample first. If I was intrigued, I might read a little further, but chances were that book would come home with me. If that didn't pull me in, I put the book aside.
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But abrupt endings can be jarring, and cliffhangers in series can be annoying, especially since I know it means that I have to wait 1-2 years to find out what happens next! Reply Deleteīack in the day, when I had no trouble with seeing print on paper, I went to the book store, gathered up an armful of books that I'd heard about or that looked interesting, and I read the first lines. I don't expect a happy conclusion and normalcy if it does not make sense in the story. As a result, the last 1/4 of the book seem rushed and ended abruptly.Įndings can be hard to please the reader. A young girl goes missing and we have no idea what happens until 3/4 into the story.way too late for me. No, I don't need the body/crime to happen in the first chapter.somewhere 1/4 to 1/3 into the story is fine with me. And Hank and Hannah's reading of the first chapters of books in First Chapter Fun shows how important to get the reader interested in wanting to know more. I recognized Julia's brilliant first line from "In The Bleak Midwinter" right away even though I read the book 20 years ago. Where do you start cutting?Īs for books, a memorable first line or chapter will hook me and draw me in to continue reading. My challenge is opening packages wrapped in that hard clear plastic. RHYS: You are not the only one who has trouble nicely wrapping packages and gifts. Weird.I posted a comment a few minutes after Joan, and it disappeared an hour later! Trying again. I do like reading series so when a cliffhanger occurs it can be frustrating since it means I have to wait 1-2 years to find out what happens next! The pacing is uneven throughout the story. Some books end too abruptly which I find jarring. Sure, we may like a happy ending with normalcy returning to the community but only if it makes sense to the story. It can also be harder to please the reader re: endings. I recently finished a mystery where we did not find out what happened to the victim (a young missing girl) until 3/4 of the way into the book.way too late for my taste! As a result, the ending of that book seem rather rushed and abrupt. Somewhere 1/4 to 1/3 into the book is fine with me. I don't need the body/crime to happen right away. I recognized that brilliant first line from Julia's In The Bleak Midwinter despite having read it 20 years ago. Where do you start cutting to open it?Īs for books, a memorable first line (and chapter) will definitely hook me in. I find it hard to open objects covered in that hard clear plastic. RHYS: You are definitely not the only one who has trouble wrapping presents.