When reading another topic regarding a book with slow start some users noted that they plowed through it because of the author. Now I started thinking how common it is actually for people to call off a book if the first chapter(s) aren’t full of action and excitement, presuming the whole book is potentially as blatant? In agenting and publishing this apparently is a major factor and if the first paragraphs or a chapter do not appear lucrative, the whole story gets ditched.
However at least I seldom judge a book by it’s beginning. If the premise is interesting or the blurb is promising, the author is known to be good, or most often in my case, searching it online and reading synopsis and reviews that come out as positive, I will most definitely take the first chapters as potentially boring establishment to a story.
I don’t really read reviews. I mainly rely on recommendations from people I trust. And I look at the blurb to see if I like the premise. If I do then I’ll give the book a chance. I have a problem though because once I start a book I have to finish it, no matter how I feel about it. I just can’t dnf a book, I never have. This is an unfortunate quirk of mine, because it means I’ve read lots of books I really didn’t enjoy. It’s a good thing I exclusively read library books. So the only thing wasted is my time.