Writers Row discussion

What do you think makes a book interesting or suspensful or just good?

Cliff hangers that make you wanna keep reading and turning the page.

YES!

sry…

lol.

Oh, and being able to connect with the charrecter.

that too. I like it when you feel for the character. there was a quote, i forget who by, but it went something like "You know you've read a good book when you finish it and feel as if you've lost a friend." and also "If you haven't read a book and liked it you haven't lived."

yeah. very true.

A great book allows you meet new characters that you come to care about. It should also tell an interesting story.

Finally, it should in some way change you (hopefully for the better)

That can be as simple as allowing you to see things from a different perspective or possibly introducing you to an idea that will make your life more fulfilling in the future.

Like a certain person in the Runaways Series dying...

Me neither. I read the first three volumes, then bought a comic book summing all them up.

lol.

What makes a book good is where/why/when you're reading it.

so you could be reading a horrible book but it could be good?

Depending on your definition of horrible. Some books are just stupid, but others could be good in 1 circumstance & totally blow in another. for example, i hated hatchet bcuz i was forced 2 read it by my 5th grade teacher, even tho its a good book.

hmm. 4 me, the view from saturday I couldn't even finish it was so boring, but some (very few) of the books we had to read for school are good

oh, i liked the view from saturday a bit, but it was rather dry.