Kristin Lavransdatter question

I usually toss after 10 pages if I don't like a book. I liked Kristin Lavransdatter.

I'll always give a book fifty pages. If it is any good I'll read it through. Exceptionally good books I'll keep, all others goes back into the second-hand circuit. I've still got Kristin Lavransdatter in my shelves....

Keep reading! This book is definately worth it.

Admittedly, I have trudged through a few books that I should have put down but this is not one of them. I only "dump" a book if I find nothing redeeming or original in the plot, characters or writing and I ususally know this by the end of chapter 1.

I usually read until a plot becomes implausible/ridiculous or if the writing is dull, choppy or filled with errors. I loved Kristin Lavransdatter. Yes, it was a long book; however, it was well worth the extra time to read.

usually it's 25 pages, but sometimes i give them 50. Loved KL. It got the Nobel so it should be good :)
Not sure i can judge as well as i used to because several years ago i started a book that i was going to snub, when for some reason i kept reading and whaddaya know? it got better and better and it turned out to be absolutely wonderful. i couldn't believe it. Then, to my disappointment, i tried some other books by the same author and they were awful. (sorry, sorry) So you never know. You can't go wrong with the old classics.
They're worth absorbing and delighting in the language and times gone by.