Ha. I totally understand the work thing. For a while I was literally popping pills (with a prescription) just to keep going.
Yeah, I've thrown away books if I couldn't stand the characters. I'll usually give a couple chapters to convince me, but if there isn't good characterization, or if the characters are bland/fucking annoying, I have to put it in the "donate" pile. The occasional book has landed in the trash if I hate it enough. I read romance novels, so it's really less about the story (we all know romance novels aren't generally the most original/clever stories in the world) and all about the characters.
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24/5/17 21:06 (UTC)Yeah, I've thrown away books if I couldn't stand the characters. I'll usually give a couple chapters to convince me, but if there isn't good characterization, or if the characters are bland/fucking annoying, I have to put it in the "donate" pile. The occasional book has landed in the trash if I hate it enough. I read romance novels, so it's really less about the story (we all know romance novels aren't generally the most original/clever stories in the world) and all about the characters.