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I pretty much agree with jbjb (and others) on this. I often can't settle into a book until I get the voice right. I also don't do this with technical or non-fiction books and read these much faster.
The OP mentions having a strong emotional response to works he has read. I wonder if he would have the same strong response if he sped through the work. From casual observation, it seems to me that speed readers tend to favour plot driven fiction. For example, my SO is a fast reader and favours non-fiction (his latest bedtime read is a book on hand-planes.) When he does read fiction, it is generally plot driven material. I could be way off- base with this generalisation though.
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