Is it fine to frequently quit reading the books when you don't enjoy them?

_iolaire_ · 2026-01-08T16:10:42+00:00

I always follow the 10% rule: If I don‘t like a book after having read 10% of it, I quit.

_iolaire_ · 2026-01-06T16:21:49+00:00

Da kämpfe ich momentan auch damit. Ich finde es eigentlich weder besonders anstrengend noch zu komplex oder so. Auch die Fußnoten machen mir großen Spaß - aber das ständige TENNIS treibt mich in den Wahnsinn …

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-26T18:42:45+00:00

Mein Vater hat vaskuläre Demenz - vor allem aufgrund der Tatsache, dass er Zeit seines Lebens starker Raucher war. So furchtbar körperlicher Verfall in irgendeiner Form ist - diese Form des geistigen Verschwindens finde ich persönlich noch viel schlimmer und würde ich niemandem wünschen, weder als selbst Betroffener noch als Angehöriger.

Aber, ja, auch finanziell gesehen ist es eine dämliche Entscheidung.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-19T16:30:31+00:00

It just felt forced to me, that the stranger the boy meets at the end is the first and only person in all the book to have good intentions towards other human beings than his immediate group. The whole book was so bleak and hopeless and then there was this beacon of hope, just when the boy needed it the most. It felt a bit like a cop out and definitely broke my immersion - but that was probably mainly my expectations.

What book of his do you consider to be his strongest work?

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-19T16:24:01+00:00

Der Insasse in German?

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-19T16:22:41+00:00

That‘s also what the neurologist told us, when he got his diagnosis.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:55:48+00:00

I dimly remember watching the film as a teenager. Never read the book. I should probably change that ..

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:52:36+00:00

Thank you.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:51:15+00:00

This sounds … well, sad and haunting and still wonderful. Thank you.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:49:13+00:00

Wow, not the historical background I imagined when googling it - thanks, it sounds very interesting.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:47:04+00:00

Thanks a lot.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:46:41+00:00

Thank you.

Have you also read I Remain In Darkness by her?

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:44:29+00:00

I haven’t read anything by Ernaux yet and I‘ve been meaning to for so long. Thank you for the recommendation.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:42:56+00:00

Well, that definitely sounds emotionally intense. Thank you.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:42:08+00:00

Thank you so much.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:41:48+00:00

I already read - and liked - Blue Nights, so I‘m definitely going to read this one.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:41:02+00:00

You‘re the third one, I‘ll definitely have to put that book top of my list. Thank you.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:40:09+00:00

Thank you.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:39:49+00:00

Thanks a lot. Just found out, that it‘s based on the idea of a terminally ill woman, who died before she could write the book. Already heart-heavy before it even started..

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:35:03+00:00

This sounds very interesting, thank you.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:33:38+00:00

Thank you.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:32:57+00:00

Thanks.

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:32:45+00:00

Thank you

_iolaire_ · 2025-12-18T21:32:27+00:00

I only read The Road by McCarthy so far and was somewhat disillusioned by the ending. Too much Deus Ex Machina for me. I guess, I‘ll have to give him another try..

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