Do you sometimes forget a book's plot?

[emelee]

Do you sometimes forget what a book was all about; the plot, the set-up, the ending.....? Maybe you KNOW you have read the book, but can't for the life of you remember it enough to recap it to someone else?

 

I have. Sometimes it even happens with books I really liked!

[Chrissy]

Yes!

 

I find it especially tricky when I read the book over 10-15 years ago, although childhood books are often remembered better.

[katie.r]

This happens to me quite a lot. I like it though, it makes the second reading much more exciting! It happens to me Chuck Palahniuk's books. I recently re-read Invisible Monsters and I'd forgotten every single twist and turn in the plot, I couldn't even remember some of the characters!

[Kylie]

It's probably easier to ask if I ever remember a book's plot. I can remember broad details but that's about it.

[Vladd]

I remember reading Death on the Nile three times without remembering who did it, then I saw the film and since then I can't forget.

[Easy Reader]

All The Time

 

I used to know every single detail I could have told you everything that happened and all the characters first and surnames but these days my memory is not so good. I am forever telling people "oh in this book this happened because oh no I can't remember why they did that."

[pickle]

All the time, I remember my cousin asking me if I had read Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind I said didn't think so got back to the UK started reading and thought all this is very familiar and realised I had in fact read it before.

 

If the book is good and memorable I tend to remember it even after just a couple of pages, if its just blah I might forget parts of it. What I really hate is picking up a book being sucked in by the synopsis getting it home realising I have read it and in fact the only good part was the synopsis on the back.

 

It doesn't really bother me that much though as I re-read books all the time (well the ones I like)

[emelee]

I remember films more, but I tend to forget some movies too.

I find it sad that I forget so fast. I should do a reading journal or something.

[Sofia]

Do you sometimes forget what a book was all about; the plot, the set-up, the ending.....? Maybe you KNOW you have read the book, but can't for the life of you remember it enough to recap it to someone else?

 

I have. Sometimes it even happens with books I really liked!

 

all the time

[Pixie]

Yes, I do, especially if I read it a long time ago and only once.

That's why I have decided when it comes to a series, I will read the first book to see if I like it. If I do, then I will wait until the series is finished so I can read it all at one time.

[Vladd]

Yes, I do, especially if I read it a long time ago and only once.

That's why I have decided when it comes to a series, I will read the first book to see if I like it. If I do, then I will wait until the series is finished so I can read it all at one time.

So I guess you aren't a G R R Martin fan then

[Pixie]

So I guess you aren't a G R R Martin fan then

How did you guess?

[Easy Reader]

Yes, I do, especially if I read it a long time ago and only once.

That's why I have decided when it comes to a series, I will read the first book to see if I like it. If I do, then I will wait until the series is finished so I can read it all at one time.

Thats a good idea trouble if you can't always guarantee when the series has ended.

 

Also I wish they would put the book number down the spine for book series like they do childrens books I get so confused as to what order they go in it would be so much easier if I could just see at a glance

[Ruth]

If I've read a book, I can usually remember the plot. But I find that sometimes I'll remember a plot from a book, and cannot remember which book it actually was.

[bobblybear]

This always happens with me, even with books I have read within the last year.

 

I will know whether I enjoyed it or not, but if you ask for any plot details (even general storylines) I usually can't remember.

 

I know of some people who can remember details about books they read years ago. I don't know if it's because I don't really leave a gap between books. I usually wait about 10 minutes between finishing one book and starting another. The longest I will go between books is probably overnight, when it's too late at night to start a new one.

 

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one to have this problem.

[VanessaL]

I am not showing of, but when I finish a book, I could tell you the story from beginning to end, and I read quite fast.

[Tai_Mai_Shu]

Simple answer is yes. If it's not great then I forget easier than those that I really enjoy.