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Growing on you . . .

 

Earlier I told you I've been enjoying the first year of the TV series Elementary. Now some of you will shake your heads at me wondering how it is that this is the first year I've viewed any of the Castle episodes, but it's true. After all, the series features a male mystery writer as its co-protagonist with a female homicide detective. How could that not be enticing? I've been watching the reruns on TNT, and, at first, I couldn't watch a complete episode. Didn't draw me in.

 


                      
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I had to warm up to Castle and the detective, but I finally stuck with an episode and slowly succumbed to the charm of the UST, seeing that the lackluster chemistry which first diverted my attention warmed up and became interesting in its seeming one-sided affectation.

It will remain in second place to my normal Thursday evening viewing in that time slot, but I'm finally enjoying the reruns when I catch them.

So. Have you ever read a novel that you had to warm up to but by the end you were thoroughly involved? A movie? A television series? What ultimately hooked you? Do you know?

 

God, you supply the inspiration, the interest, the ability, the everything. Let me never forget: Apart from you, I can do nothing. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

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  1. BK Jackson Avatar
    BK Jackson

    In the case of novels, unfortunately, I usually don’t warm up to them. Every once in a while I get my hands on one that grabs me instantly, but those I do like come after reading the entire thing and finally warming up to the characters and stories. What I find most often is that the stories I eventually warm up to have a dreadfully slow start and the characters and/or their situation are boring or I can’t identify with the characters (this especially happens with a female character). But I’m one of those who figures if I shelled out the money to buy the book (or even drive to the library to borrow it) I’m going to read the thing, come hell or high water.
    The end result is I finish a book, coming out of it with a few takeaways that give me something to think about, but usually not wowed by the experience.
    I don’t know about movies–I don’t see enough of them to know.

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  2. Nicole Avatar
    Nicole

    I’m like you with novels. If I received the book for review, I’m obligated. If I bought the book, I feel obligated. I’ve only quit on one novel that I can remember after a couple of pages. I think I had others in the queue and was trying to discipline myself not to waste my time on one that didn’t grab me, but there are plenty of others I wish I’d been able to quit. I’ve stopped in parts of a couple of books to read others, but I’ve gone back to finish those. A few have grown on me, but usually with novels it’s either I like them or I don’t. Maybe with TV it’s the visual that allows more leeway.

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