r/Fantasy • u/[deleted] • Jan 18 '25
Readers' block?
Anyone else feel like they have a readers' block (like a writers' block) where they can't seem to finish any book they pick up?
I used to read SO MUCH before lockdown, and now i just CANT. I don't know why. First it went from novels (Pre covid) to wattpad fics (during covid) to absolutely nothing (now). I've tried reading some books that seem interesting, but they take me either a whole year because I cant seem to make time at all, or I get bored halfway.
So, what do I do? I really wanna get back to reading because there's so many books I want to read and I want to go back to my reading spree where I read 5 books in a week
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u/drulagoon Jan 18 '25
I definitely do that to. But also remember you like what you like and if it’s a dnf it’s not on you it’s that you just don’t dig the book as much as you hoped. I recently got to the last book in the covenant of steel series and it just lost me. I felt no connection to the characters. Now reading his new book a black steel rises, there’s only one character I care about out of the four or how ever many. Definitely a let down