Can you get past a glaring error in something you have knowledge of and move on to read the rest of the story?
I can move past a glaring error ONLY if the rest of the story is so compelling that I want to know how the author gets to the end. Otherwise, I just go read the end to satisfy my "so, what happens" craving and forget about it. And to be honest, I can only think of a couple stories where a glaring error hasn't made me give up, read the end, and move on.
If I start something, I do have to read the end, just to have a conclusion. That doesn't mean that I can't stop at page 18, check out page 50, and read page 88 and 89 to the "the end" posting that signifies that my torment is over.
If something is very well written, or if the plot makes so much sense except for one little niggling detail that doesn't work...I can keep reading and somehow justify it into my world view of THAT particular written world.
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carisma_sensei
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Date: 2005-07-11 06:56 pm (UTC)I can move past a glaring error ONLY if the rest of the story is so compelling that I want to know how the author gets to the end. Otherwise, I just go read the end to satisfy my "so, what happens" craving and forget about it. And to be honest, I can only think of a couple stories where a glaring error hasn't made me give up, read the end, and move on.
If I start something, I do have to read the end, just to have a conclusion. That doesn't mean that I can't stop at page 18, check out page 50, and read page 88 and 89 to the "the end" posting that signifies that my torment is over.
If something is very well written, or if the plot makes so much sense except for one little niggling detail that doesn't work...I can keep reading and somehow justify it into my world view of THAT particular written world.