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18541186 No.18541186 [Reply] [Original]

How do you approach unfinished books? I got 115 pages into Atlas Shrugged a few months back but couldn't take it anymore. I want to finish it, but most of what I read didn't stay in my long term memory. My options seem to be

A) start reading at p. 115, knowing I didn't really read it all the way through and can't remember much of who did what.

B) start over and lose all that time I already invested.

any other options besides kms?

>> No.18541240

>>18541186
the entire book is just the same few points reiterated repeatedly in an increasingly on the nose and retarded manner. you can understand her "philosophy" in the first 100 pages or by opening at random and reading a chapter for that matter, its not an enjoyable book whatsoever and you wont gain anything by suffering through another 1000 pages

>> No.18541242

Do you care about the book?
If yes, start over
If not really, start from where you left off to get it over with
Maybe it'll jog your memory, maybe it wont, you won't care anyway

>> No.18541275

>>18541186
Do NOT read any further this boke

>> No.18541292

>>18541275
https://vocaroo.com/1i55eygr130p

>> No.18541296

>>18541186
Read the Fountainhead instead, really liked how there was a rape scene that's never mentioned again because the main character is such an alpha she didn't mind. Hot stuff

>> No.18543447

>>18541186
I don't approach em at all. In fact, I get further away from them.

>> No.18545028

>>18541186
Finish them on audiobook while working out.
Unfinished books are usually shit and don't deserve my full attention.