What turns you off while reading?

bookbandit

Meself 30-4-2018 11:54 PM
Absolutely. I don't need decorative language to lure me. But an impeccable prose with coherent ide ...

The internet and the proliferation of blogs makes "research" a lot easier than it used to be. This is a double-edged sword, innit? Both, a good thing and a bad thing. Sigh! what will you do!

In fact, I am not sure it is such a boon anymore. I probably read more back when I had limited choice. Decision paralysis man! More than reading, I find myself spending more time deciding what to read!

Meself

bookbandit 1-5-2018 07:15 AM
The internet and the proliferation of blogs makes "research" a lot easier than it used to be. This ...

I concur! Earlier when everything wasn't so easily available, people put their hearts and soul into making a book a memorable one. And while reading those the characters would get under your skin and possess your soul. These days there's hardly a book or two that gives you the same feeling. Indeed with research becoming easy, it no longer is about pouring your heart and soul into your creation. Result, quality is steadily going down. Also there are so many books that you simply cannot decide what to do with it. Add to it same genre and plot would have various number of authors vying for it.

bookbandit

Meself 1-5-2018 10:15 AM
I concur! Earlier when everything wasn't so easily available, people put their hearts and soul int ...

I use both the Goodreads site (you can use the "My Books" tab to create folders and categories for genres) and the Calibre Windows Application to categorize books and help me choose what to read. But the last couple of years haven't been so good. I feel social media interaction takes away not a little from quality reading time. Even so, you do want to talk about what you read, and you can use the tips. But this has to be managed.

cynic

Its quantity over quality for authors as well. They appear to be under pressure to churn out books in quick succession... to stay "in the news".  

bookwormsnm

I hate wannabe writers who think they are the next great thing and pay more attention to their ego than the book

kitabikida

Bad grammar, too lengthy sentences, flip-flop characters, too much description certain times which seem unnecessary and inhibit the flow of the plot.

SamarG

Since I read primarily non-fiction what turns me off while reading is lazy research and someone who starts judging events and people too quickly.

b_mayukh

Smooth free flow of language

viksorion

Things that put me off are...
1. Amateurish plots and language
2. Patronizing language
3. Disjointed plot and progress of the story
4. Unnecessary characters and events just to add to the length of the book
5. Bad grammar
6. Complicated, Lengthy sentences wherein you loose the thread of content
7. Anticlimax in the end, abrupt changes in the plots and theme of the book just for the theatrics

jburman

Loose plot, incoherent description about something really turns me off.