Nancy Pearl, who might be the only librarian who can boast her own action figure, has a rule of 50: read the first 50 pages, and if you don't like it, move on.
I am 56 pages in to Super Sad True Love Story, and I do not love it. In fact, I don't even like it. But I've heard some really good things about this one (and definitely good things about the author's other works), and I've had the ARC on my shelf since... well, since they were sending out ARCs of this book. I can't quite explain why I'm hesitating in declaring it unfinished and moving on, but I am. And so I'm hoping some of you have read it and can tell me -- is it worth sticking with it? Does it get better? Or at least get interesting? Or should I just give it up and move on?
