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Originally Posted by AMacD
Some books are so poorly written that it takes less than a paragraph to reject that one. Authors that don't know the difference amongst "there, they're and their" for example. To is not equal to two or too. Or foul language just for shock effect that doesn't lend to the tone of the story. It should not take a quarter of a book to establish a love of the characters. I finish most books that I have started and managed to get through the first quarter without losing interest or getting so confused that I am totally lost. On the other hand I am not going to waste my time on a hopeless book when there are a thousand more in the queue waiting to be enjoyed.
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Good point.
There are some exceptions though.
Walter Gibson (Under the pen name Maxwell Grant) intentionally spelled the word "clue" as "clew" throughout the famous Shadow pulp novels.
But those are a good read.