We all have books we don't particularly like; it's
inevitable. Often people, when encountering these books, will put them down and
never pick them up again, but I can't do that. Once I've started a book, I will
finish it and I will try relentlessly to make myself enjoy it. Sometimes it
will even work, the storyline will pick up and I'll find myself reading a
decent book. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen a lot.
However, my compulsion extends even further than that. If
the book is the first in a series, I may still buy the second in hope that it
will get better.
This is what has happened with the Girl Online series. The first was bought as a gift for me last year
and it ended up being a quick, unexciting read with a plot so unrealistic I
felt like giving up on more than just the book. Still, I persisted and a couple
of weeks ago I bought the sequel, though I still have yet to read it.
It seems like my compulsion is a curse that will just end up
dragging my money, and maybe other good books, away, though hopefully one day I
will find it to be a blessing.
-E
