What according to you makes a good book?

leogirl

For me the characters should be well flesh out, complex, have layers to them like we have in real life. if the characters comes to life it usually means that language has been used masterfully!

pgalmora

An interesting beginning, an intriguing and capturing centre and a satisfactory ending.

DYates

As others have said, these are very personal choices and one cannot speak for another. But, considering the field of fiction, my preferences lie in the mystery / adventure / thriller genre, and also humour.

Again speaking personally, extremely long winded books put me off. Anything over 300 pages I would just fall asleep. I like my thrillers or mysteries to be taut, fast paced, and lean. I dislike excruciating depth of detail for the most part.

I like verbosity to some extent in humorous books, as for instance Wodehouse, and, even though the Saint books are not necessarily about humour, Leslie Charteris' use of words, which strike me as funny at times.

Mousetrap

DYates 13-9-2018 08:29 AM
As others have said, these are very personal choices and one cannot speak for another. But, consider ...

With thrillers I have pretty much the same preference, especially the number of pages. 200 - 250 pages work best for me.

cynic

Mousetrap 13-9-2018 09:47 AM
With thrillers I have pretty much the same preference, especially the number of pages. 200 - 250 p ...

Ditto. The thrillers need to taut and crisp or they lose their punch.

fatsogamer

i will tell you mystery is must for a good book

fatsogamer

interesting plot thriller is must .some sexual suggestion and violence also works good

LoneFighter

If it can capture my attention in such a way that I have to complete it in one go, whether fiction or non-fiction,  I consider that to be a good book.