I hate...

long Introductions of a book I want to read but why does it have to be soooo long? My enthusiasm for it is just dying and it is putting me to sleep! I am trying to read some short Chekhov stories but the intro is too long.

 

If I do read the introduction, it's usually after I finish the book. I've found that a lot of introductions give away what happens and what to expect, etc.

 

Yeah, I don't read the introductions. If I do, it's always after I've finished the book and only if it leaves me craving more. It has to be a really special book. I just don't bother with them otherwise.

 

I don't read introductions either.
There are four in Johnny got his Gun.
Four! Why do we need so much information on someone's opinion of a book I am about to read? I am rather capable of forming my own.

 

Let that be heard by all those who are considering backstory prologues in their writing.

 

Who reads introductions?



Oh, and Cogito... introduction does not = prologue. I'll read a prologue.

 

That would be why he said "backstory prologues" rather than "prologues."

 

I've never given any thought to them and always skip them.

Although admittedly, some of Stephen King's can be fun to leaf through when he writes them himself. He has a good "voice" in writing.