The books that start slow are often the ones you can’t put down by chapter six.

A slow beginning is often the price of something being built carefully. Setup takes time and the payoff depends on a foundation that cannot be skipped, so the things with the most in them frequently give you the least in the opening stretch. Judging by the first chapter selects for whatever was designed to grab you quickly.

Give what you suspect is good a longer trial than your patience wants to allow. Choose a point where you will decide, instead of deciding continuously. Some of what you end up valuing most is dull for its first hour.