Am I obligated to read my husbands new book?

[Anonymous]

My husband has been working on his first novel. He is mad at me and says I cannot buy another book until I read the draft of his novel. I have tried to read it before and find it boring! I don’t know how I’ll get through 200 pages of it!!

What a unique problem!

[Anonymous]

Your husband is writing a novel and you can't bring yourself to read it?!
He should divorce you over this, and I'm not kidding.

[Anonymous]

Uh, I guess?

[Anonymous]

Surely you stomached 200 pages you didn't want to read when you were a student. You can't do this for the man you've bound yourself to for life?

[Anonymous]

poor attempt at trolling

[Anonymous]

Yea you should read it.

I was in this situation once and didn’t read it. Huge mistake. Huge.

[Anonymous]

Maybe it is boring? Give him constructive criticism—wrapped in between many compliments.

“I love xyz, but the pace slows down here and the reader’s mind wanders.. “

[Anonymous]

I think it’s nice he trusts you and wants your feedback. You should honor that and give feedback.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yea you should read it.

I was in this situation once and didn’t read it. Huge mistake. Huge.

Do tell! This sounds more interesting than the OP.

[Anonymous]

Do it. Cheaper and easier than a divorce

[Anonymous]

200 manuscript pages is short if it is formatted correctly. So seems like you can be a good spouse and support him. It is hard to write. By saying you won't read it you are saying that you don't support him.

Divide it up for X number of pages per day.

[Anonymous]

Yes, you're obligated. Now go read it before you respond to this thread

[Anonymous]

I honestly don't think I could if it was sci fi crap. A regular novel, sure.

[Anonymous]

No you are not obliged at all especially if it's boring af. I wrote a textbook in Math and my wife liked the cover and the pictures and she browsed though it. That's good enough for me lol.

[Anonymous]

200 pages for a spouse's FIRST completed novel? Surely you've made more serious sacrifices for them??

Unless you have severe dyslexia, you can "skim" through it, enough to get an idea of the gist. Ask a few questions, make a few observations.

I cannot fathom a spouse who cannot read 200 pages their spouse has specifically requested they read. 200 pages is nothing. This isn't even abstruse technical writing!

The mind boggles.