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    What is the book you have started the most times but couldn't finish?

    For me, it's Dune. I would get 100-200 pages in and then just not care about the characters at all.

    #2
    I have never tried to read Dune. (Nor have I seen the movie.)

    For me it's BLACK HOUSE by Stephen King and Peter Straub. I loved THE TALISMAN so I was expecting to be similarly engaged by BLACK HOUSE. I have started it twice and I just can't get interested in it at all. I found it very lackluster and boring and couldn't finish it either time.

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      #3
      Dune has been on my list for years. I'll probably pick up the audio book. I've never seen the movie, but a long time ago there was a mini series on SyFy called "Children of Dune" which I really really liked. I also remember playing a Dune real time strategy game in the either late 90's or early 2000's.
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        #4
        There have been very few mainstream books that I couldn't finish. Plenty of POD and self published books that were real turds though.

        The last big name book that I couldn't get into to and never finished was The Fireman by Joe Hill. I thought it was boring from start to wherever I stopped.
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          #5
          To add to the actual topic, it took me something like 2 or 3 tries to get the whole way through The Gunslinger. I found it to be terribly dull. That said I'm glad I made it through eventually as I really like the series as a whole.
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            #6
            None. If I put down a book that I didn’t care for and don’t finish, I don’t give it another try. For me, it gets one shot, and that’s it. There may have been a few exceptions to this rule, but none leap to mind at the moment.
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              #7
              Ughh. Dagger right through the heart. Love The Gunslinger.

              To be honest I have heard that many times though. I think I am in the minority in my love for this book.

              Originally posted by Dan Hocker View Post
              To add to the actual topic, it took me something like 2 or 3 tries to get the whole way through The Gunslinger. I found it to be terribly dull. That said I'm glad I made it through eventually as I really like the series as a whole.
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                #8
                I'm like Ron, I usually only give a book one shot. But I did try three times with Tom Deady's HAVEN.

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                  #9
                  Jane Hitchcock's The Witch's Hammer. Great book, took me 3 tries and five years LOL! Glad I pushed through. I re-read Dune every few years, but not the sequels which I didn't care for at all.
                  Last edited by mhatchett; 08-16-2019, 08:08 PM.

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                    #10
                    For me, it has been Cormac McCarthy's "Suttree". I've loved everything else I have read by him; however, I cannot seem to make it past quarter of this book. Maybe I'll give it another go one day...

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                      #11
                      I rarely give up on a book. I generally push through on the rare occasion I do surrender I do not go back and try again. I do have one author who I tried repeatedly because so many people love her work. I tried several Ann Rice books and just could not finish them. I even tried her erotic fiction and there is something about her writing style that just rubs me wrong. I have not finished one of her books and have decided I am unwilling to try any other titles by her.

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                        #12
                        Weaveworld by Clive Barker . I have tried several times but can’t get more then 50 pages into it before I give up.

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                          #13
                          I did finish this book, Geoff Cooper's contribution I found extremely hard to read for some reason. The book? And Hell Followed With Them by Brian Keene, Brian Knight, Geoff Cooper, Tim Lebbon from Solitude Publications. I still remember that story.

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                            #14
                            I have this unfortunate need to finish a book, regardless of how I feel about it, so I can't say that I've never not finished one . . .

                            BUT I can at least offer that I struggled with was Michael Chabon's Summerland. I believe when I first tried reading it (it take me a few attempts so maybe my first statement isn't entirely correct) I had only one read one other book from him (The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - which I remember loving!) Couldn't finish it.

                            I'm sure it was years later, and while I eventually got to the end, I wish I had my time back. I even spoke to an author friend (of sorts) who LOVES everything from Chabon and he said he could see how I struggled with it, especially my distaste of baseball.

                            Currently I've been reading N. K. Jemisin's How Long 'til Black Future Month? since February (!!) and it's been rough.

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                              #15
                              I’m with a few others here in the sense that I almost always finish books I start, even those I find infuriating (here’s looking at you, 68 KILL). One book I didn’t finish was RAGE by Steve Gerlach, though I might swing back around at some point.

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