So it was easier to just write this here than send two asks (see also: I am lazy af and I tend to ramble)— Last night I went to bed at midnight thinking I was gonna be an adult and get some sleep, and then I was like Nah I’ll just start reading that raven book thing that clarkequeengriffin and coldsaturn keep referencing.
So – yes, I finished it, I actually got through book 1 and at least half of book 2 (between the hours of, y’know, midnight and 7am when I was supposed to be sleeping) – but here’s the thing, I don’t know what to think about it.
One of my biggest problems when it comes to reading is that it’s just hard to— care? Care is the wrong word, saying I don’t care sounds strong. So let’s say I’m not curious.
The author has a beautiful style, lovely words, borderline flawless, and I don’t have anything against the characters, but I’m facing the same problem I usually face when I try to read (one of the main reasons I stopped reading in the first place)– I’m not curious about what comes next. I opted to stay up all night because by 15% into the first book I realized if I stopped I might not come back to it. So it was easier to just stay up and keep reading til the finish line.
I’ll finish book 2 sometime soon, and chances are good I’ll read 3 and 4, but – maybe it’s one of those ideas that’ll seep in unnoticed, and fill up all the cracks where you didn’t think it was going to fit. And then in a month or two I’ll just be sitting there and going Damn, That book was actually pretty interesting. Anyway, it’s a work in progress.
I’ve never really had this problem because I just love reading so much, but in this specific case I’m somehow in the same boat, though not really: I don’t really care for what happens in the story, I just really love how she paints with words. the characters are nice too, even though I’m just curious about the gay ship.
what kind of books make you care for what happens next (or if it’s never happened: which books came close to it)? is there a trope or a type of character that make you stick to the story? (not necessarily making you curious about how it will end–90% of the times I don’t care how it will end, I just need to enjoy how I get there–but interested enough that you like reading nth scenes in which the characters face challenges and react to each other)
p.s. you pulled an all-nighter for a book that you didn’t even like all that much, you’re precious
Adding a cut because it’s starting to get long o_o one of these days I will learn how not to ramble haha not someone please remind me that tumblr is not LJ and not conducive for ranting
(via coldsaturn)