Trusting the author

In trying to explain why I have liked some books and not others, and knowing as I read that I will have to do that later, I am becoming somewhat more aware of my own reactions as I read. Some things tend to catch my interest--engaging characters, beautiful language, immersive world-building, and mysteries that promise to be resolved all pull me deeper into the novel and make me regret when my train pulls into my station. But I've also noticed that I tend to get ticked off at authors sometimes. I almost never leave a book unfinished, but when I've gotten irritated enough, I'll stop giving the author the benefit of the doubt and start increasing my reading speed. When sufficiently pissed, I'll end up almost skimming the last chapters of the book, looking for a reason to slow down. Once I'm annoyed, it becomes increasingly hard for the author to win me back, as I stop glossing over flaws and start hunting down new reasons to be angry. I've been thinking about what it is that ticks me off and why it feels so personal. It was the "benefit of the doubt" part that tipped me off.

I feel like the author has betrayed my trust.

( Quite a lot of rambling )