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Beginnings or Endings

I have more trouble with middles. I can't count the times a book starts out good, or at least ok, then I find my eyes glazing over in the middle while I wade through to a good place, hoping to reach the end.Soon.
 
I would argue that the beginning middle is the most difficult. The ending middle section tends to get really good and you just want to keep reading. The beginning is fresh and bold like my coffee, which keeps my interest. The ending is exactly that, a sad ending to a good book, if not an infuriating one if it leaves you guessing as to what the conclusion is. For example, at the end of The Brothers Karamazov, did Dmitri escape from Siberia and go to America with Katerina? Damnit, I want to know what happened!
 
I would say finishing one because when I start one I'll get to around 100 to 150 pages if they are boring and slow then I'll usually start another book.
 
SFG75 said:
I would argue that the beginning middle is the most difficult. The ending middle section tends to get really good and you just want to keep reading. The beginning is fresh and bold like my coffee, which keeps my interest. The ending is exactly that, a sad ending to a good book, if not an infuriating one if it leaves you guessing as to what the conclusion is. For example, at the end of The Brothers Karamazov, did Dmitri escape from Siberia and go to America with Katerina? Damnit, I want to know what happened!
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We can have a seance and channel the author,LOL
 
Witchboard,sorry,Jumangi was a magic board game...still,evil is a connection.

What happened to good ole Mario and Tetris and Space Invaders?? Games are evil today.:whistling:
 
That stuff is nothing compared to the modern warfare games. The action is too intense for me and gives you a bad dose of vertigo. Kids are amazing these days being able to play games like that. No wonder they can't read.
 
SFG75 said:
That stuff is nothing compared to the modern warfare games. The action is too intense for me and gives you a bad dose of vertigo. Kids are amazing these days being able to play games like that. No wonder they can't read.
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We resisted the trend of having a play station til a year ago or so, and I hate it. I don't think it has contributed anything positive to the Abc household, and I strongly suspect it has hindered the youngest boys' reading.
 
And to answer AB,the ending is worst when the book is not good.






SFG75 said:
That stuff is nothing compared to the modern warfare games. The action is too intense for me and gives you a bad dose of vertigo. Kids are amazing these days being able to play games like that. No wonder they can't read.
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Starcraft? is my sons "thing" lately,and watching all seasons of "Supernatural" but books are always being read in this house.It depends on the child and their environment I think.
 
I'd have to say that endings are more difficult for most readers. If it's one of those wonderful books you wish could go on forever, well the ending is difficult.

OTOH, if it's a book you really don't care for and have managed to read to the end, it feels wonderful to have it over with. All depends on content and readers taste.

I don't usually have a problem with beginning a book, only choosing one from the stack to begin with. :D
 
abecedarian said:
We resisted the trend of having a play station til a year ago or so, and I hate it. I don't think it has contributed anything positive to the Abc household, and I strongly suspect it has hindered the youngest boys' reading.
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Okami would be a positive influence of Japanese mythology. :flowers:
 
And then there are endings that leave this reader scratching her head and skimming back over the book to see what pertinent details she might have missed..since the ending seems so at odds with the rest of the story...I still can't figure out what Nevada Barr did with the body in Firestorm, and I checked three times. Sometimes though, as with Broken April, rechecking details was exactly what I needed to change my opinion of the book.
 
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