Most of us probably have an example of a book that we found challenging, either to our intellect or our attention span (or even emotionally). Often we’ll DNF these books, but sometimes we push through and finish them, and either regret this or not.
For me, I found the first two thirds of Stephen King’s *The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon* quite boring, and I was close to DNFing at multiple points. But everything built to a very good sequence near the end of the book and I eventually gave it a 5 star review.
What are your examples of books you loved that almost got away?
by nonbog