tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993625127076778295.post1869770220862191427..comments2024-03-29T01:30:05.124+00:00Comments on Always smiling: What puts you off a book?Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18332613086771922320noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993625127076778295.post-68397928725636467072022-09-30T16:31:53.193+01:002022-09-30T16:31:53.193+01:00Don't like heavy books,swear words with sexua...Don't like heavy books,swear words with sexual explicit scenes, definitely small font.<br />I related to having to reread a chapter, this happened to me this week as I began a new devotional book. <br />Thank you for visiting and for your sweet comment.<br />SueSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843762646877115013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993625127076778295.post-91313599533634484792022-09-29T11:22:46.590+01:002022-09-29T11:22:46.590+01:00Small font would definitely deter me from reading ...Small font would definitely deter me from reading a book as I struggle with my eyesight if I really wanted to read it I'd look for it in the large print section of the library. This is where e-books and knindleshelp. I don't mind local dialects but don't like some of the really foul swear words, others I can cope with. I also put a book down if it's genre is science fiction, fantasy, utopion or vampires.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993625127076778295.post-32506805414397103582022-09-29T08:19:24.952+01:002022-09-29T08:19:24.952+01:00I might have to look for this book since I live in...I might have to look for this book since I live in Co, Tyrone in Northern Ireland. I too don't like it when there are lot of characters introduced too quickly, in fact the last but one book I read, I wrote them all on a piece of paper describing who they were and what their job was etc and then I used that as a bookmark so I could keep referring to it. I like thrillers mostly and don't like sexual content either. The other thing that annoys me is when the author keeps starting a new chapter, often less than a page long, when a new sentence would suffice.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07660062226247943111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993625127076778295.post-41972179167881437852022-09-29T06:46:14.904+01:002022-09-29T06:46:14.904+01:00I don't often get to read just for enjoyment, ...I don't often get to read just for enjoyment, so I am shallow enough to say an unattractive cover puts me off :) Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837629817375132149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993625127076778295.post-55561148621871304582022-09-28T22:33:44.151+01:002022-09-28T22:33:44.151+01:00Foreign words I can't pronounce, too many char...Foreign words I can't pronounce, too many characters, lengthy descriptions.<br />and chapters that go on forever! Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10260573198415697938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993625127076778295.post-33168890065556271602022-09-28T17:25:01.633+01:002022-09-28T17:25:01.633+01:00I would have found the title intriguing but couldn...I would have found the title intriguing but couldn't struggle on with it to the end from what you've said.Eileen Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05755260410513572943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993625127076778295.post-74102762071661507332022-09-28T15:51:01.453+01:002022-09-28T15:51:01.453+01:00My list would be very similar to yours. One thing ...My list would be very similar to yours. One thing I hate is too many characters with similar names and descriptions. I recently tried a book where every other character was a young man with dark hair and their names all began with the same letter. Infuriating! I also think that stories told from multiple points of view can only work if ALL the characters are interesting. One dull one and I start skipping entire chapters. Another thing that makes me put a book on the charity shop pile is a story set in the past and the present where it is not made clear at the start of each shift that it IS a shift. Don't get me started on lazy editing and typos....Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1993625127076778295.post-60907405268983999152022-09-28T15:11:41.108+01:002022-09-28T15:11:41.108+01:00All the things you've listed would put me off ...All the things you've listed would put me off too. Well done for reading it.<br />Sounds as if it might be privately published with an editor!Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.com