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Originally Posted by dynabook
I have tried to read "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" but only got to the point in which she was picked up to be taken to a manor as a governess/nurse(?).
I have an impression from somewhere that something bad happens to her and I am so invested in her well-being that I can't read further.
Does this happen to you or do you say "It is only fiction, I will continue"?
I have had this happen to me with others books but managed to keep on with a feeling of dread. Maybe I am not as invested in the character or I feel it will turn out okay in the end. But Thomas Hardy takes no prisoners.
--MH
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I do it all the time. Some books just get too violent or too angsty or I just do not want to read about x, y or z happening. Reading for me is for enjoyment. I can handle a certain amount of adventure or bad things, but I will no longer keep reading if a book upsets me. Sometimes I'll read the last chapter because usually it ends okay, but I'll generally avoid the author in the future. Everyone has limits. I pretty much know mine!