There are books I'll say the equivalent of that about. For example, anyone bouncing off of the beginning of Dhalgren should slog their way through the first fifty pages or so -- when Kid gets into the city the narrative settles down into a much more straightforward style. But in this particular case the book is much of a piece, and it seems to me that anyone who really dislikes the first 25% will probably not like the rest any better.
Dhalgren is a book I haven't finished, but I keep meaning to come back to it; I enjoyed the texture of what I did read, but it obviously required concentrated attention in the absence of a traditional storyline.
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