What does a book need to make it good?

[DarkMagicianGrl]

In your opinions...what kinds of books do you tend to go for? Fantasy, biographies....etc. Just curious

[Rev]

Well i kinda hate reading so i will tell some of the things that make me read a book.
1.it needs to catch your attention right away
2. it needs to have good plot twists
3. it cant be boring
and thats about it

[Rock Solid]

action, suspense, detail, good plot, and so on. oh and I go for scifi thrillers/futuristic books.

[Darksage]

A beginning, middle, and an end :poketoung

[DarkMagicianGrl]

^ Smart ass. -_- ^

Me...I love any kind of vampire book...fantasy or romance as well...

[Rev]

lol yea vampire books are the best. i have only read a few books(that i chose to read, wasnt made to by an assignmet) and well one of them is bram strokers dracula, theres cirque du freak (about vampires) the hellsing manga (i call it a book and its about vampires) and theres the zombie survival guide. also ive read "you dont know me" but i didnt like that too much but it was better than most books

[Darksage]

^ Smart ass. -_- ^

Me...I love any kind of vampire book...fantasy or romance as well...
:rofl:

Fine, a storyline, with characters

[Deception]

it has to have a lot of pictures since I hate reading.

[Al3x]

It has to have a film with it, then I can watch the film and say I've read the book.

[Darksage]

It has to be written on very small paper with a very big font size.

[DarkMagicianGrl]

*makes note for book sot buy Deception for his birthday*

Damn you DS...


I like romance too....Meh. So I like love stories...so sue me

[Rock Solid]

it needs to have interesting and creative characters.

[Loveless Slave]

For starters, a good cover.

Character development, suspence, and some twists.

[DarkMagicianGrl]

Ok then what are some of your favorite books?

[Rock Solid]

one of my favorite books would have to be "Of Mice and Men".

[Loveless Slave]

Mostly Michael Crichton books. Jurassic Park, Prey, and some others.

Then from there I would have too say, Cirque Du Freak.

I kinda stopped reading books, and moved onto Graphic Novels.

[Rock Solid]

Mostly Michael Crichton books. Jurassic Park, Prey, and some others.

yeah. the book Prey is very good so far. but I am almost done. it has good detail and it has plenty of suspense.

[Loveless Slave]

Agreed :I

I'm also interested in Crichton's new book. Um, State of Fear I think it's what it's called. Yep.

[Stevil]

It needs to not suck.

Anything that catches your attention right away, and keeps you into it is good. If the first chapter of the book is boring, then regardless of how interesting the rest of the book is, I will refuse to read it.

[DarkMagicianGrl]

yea same here. ill give it till the end of the first chapter or two then if its bad or boring me ill give it up

[Rock Solid]

yea same here. ill give it till the end of the first chapter or two then if its bad or boring me ill give it up

yeah sometimes I will stop reading it and never get back to it after I read some of the beginning. it needs to start out interesting. and the cover needs to be cool. eye catching.

[borge6]

Two words kevin trudeau.

[DyBre]

It has to have a good amount of description and details of things

Not too much so it's exactly laid out, and involves no imagination to read it.

And Not lacking in details where things aren't pointed out, so the writer can take an easyer route for something, that makes really mad.