It took me forever to be okay with DNFing, and I do still struggle with it. But when I’m finally able to, it feels so freeing, because there are so many books I still want to read and I feel like looking at DNFing not as not finishing, but the ability to now be open to reading something else instead is what changed it for me.
The only thing that I can say is, "life is too short and there are too many GREAT books to read to force yourself to finish a book that you aren't enjoying." When your TBR is empty and when authors aren't writing anymore books, that might be the time to think about finishing it, but not before then. My list of books, acclaimed and otherwise, is way to long to mention as I'm too busy reading great books. :)
It took me forever to be okay with DNFing, and I do still struggle with it. But when I’m finally able to, it feels so freeing, because there are so many books I still want to read and I feel like looking at DNFing not as not finishing, but the ability to now be open to reading something else instead is what changed it for me.
The only thing that I can say is, "life is too short and there are too many GREAT books to read to force yourself to finish a book that you aren't enjoying." When your TBR is empty and when authors aren't writing anymore books, that might be the time to think about finishing it, but not before then. My list of books, acclaimed and otherwise, is way to long to mention as I'm too busy reading great books. :)