When you read do you tend to skip ahead to find out what happens?
I'm very impatient and usually by the 1/2 way point I find myself skipping ahead and reading various parts of the book, including the ending before going back to where I left off.
A few weeks ago I borrowed some Patricia Cornwell novels from the library. She's not my favourite author because while she has the ability to devise a story and research it, she sucks at actually writing it. Anyway her 3 most recent books are a continuing series and it's way too drawn out! So after I finished the first book of the series (which she took over 450 pages to lay out the plot and less than 5 pages at the very end to sum it all up...she really did) I skipped my way through the second and third books so I could find out what happened. This way I don't have to subject myself to having to read everything she wrote and can pretty much skim through the ramblings.
I don't always read ahead, but I find if the author rambles or writes in circles like Patricia Cornwell does, that it can become painful to try and wade through all of the ramblings.
Other authos like JR Tolkien I wouldn't dream of reading ahead. His words and story are captivating.
So what about you? Do you read ahead and if you do do you find that it spoils the book for you?
I'm very impatient and usually by the 1/2 way point I find myself skipping ahead and reading various parts of the book, including the ending before going back to where I left off.
A few weeks ago I borrowed some Patricia Cornwell novels from the library. She's not my favourite author because while she has the ability to devise a story and research it, she sucks at actually writing it. Anyway her 3 most recent books are a continuing series and it's way too drawn out! So after I finished the first book of the series (which she took over 450 pages to lay out the plot and less than 5 pages at the very end to sum it all up...she really did) I skipped my way through the second and third books so I could find out what happened. This way I don't have to subject myself to having to read everything she wrote and can pretty much skim through the ramblings.
I don't always read ahead, but I find if the author rambles or writes in circles like Patricia Cornwell does, that it can become painful to try and wade through all of the ramblings.
Other authos like JR Tolkien I wouldn't dream of reading ahead. His words and story are captivating.
So what about you? Do you read ahead and if you do do you find that it spoils the book for you?