Can you get past a glaring error in something you have knowledge of and move on to read the rest of the story?
Depends on whether or not it's a passing thing or a major plot point. I slogged through two or three books in a pro series because they were fast reads and I could overlook the bad GSP (which I think in a pro novel just should not be there), but when a major revelation in one book depended on what I felt to be a faulty understanding of paleoanthropology, I just stopped reading. I don't feel obligated to finish anything if I don't like it--I don't have that kind of time.
I like it when a writer does the research. Even if he/she never uses the actual facts, having the knowledge will inform the rest of the work. Then again, I'm very lazy, and I don't necessarily practice what I preach. 8-)
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Date: 2005-07-09 07:57 pm (UTC)Depends on whether or not it's a passing thing or a major plot point. I slogged through two or three books in a pro series because they were fast reads and I could overlook the bad GSP (which I think in a pro novel just should not be there), but when a major revelation in one book depended on what I felt to be a faulty understanding of paleoanthropology, I just stopped reading. I don't feel obligated to finish anything if I don't like it--I don't have that kind of time.
I like it when a writer does the research. Even if he/she never uses the actual facts, having the knowledge will inform the rest of the work. Then again, I'm very lazy, and I don't necessarily practice what I preach. 8-)