Book Reader’s Blog

Am I too lazy to invest more time into potentially good books that don’t absorb me too much at the beginning?

I just decided I would not finish two books I think belong to “crime” genre: Les Standiford’s Done Deal and Brian Freeman’s Immoral.  I think they belong, because I cannot be sure…  I stopped reading after a brief period, the book just did not catch my attention.  I was close to abandoning The Witch of Portobello, but luckily I persisted, and so far I’m glad I did.

Do you often abandon books at the beginning of the story?  Did people tell you that you had missed a great story that would develop just a tiny bit later?