Romance or lack of it
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Romance or lack of it
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For here, I think it made sense that Haatim and Abigail didn't strike up a romance. To be honest, there wasn't enough time, and I feel it would have taken away from the plot if they did.
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Forcing it would have been terrible, but I could see it coming later on.AliceofX wrote:Yeah, the book was too short for any kind of believable romance to develop. Personally, I hate it when a love story is inserted just for the sake of having one. You see this all the time in TV shows where the characters are eventually paired up with one another in romantic tangles and it always feels so forced. Unnecessary romance is one of the most common crimes in storytelling.
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James Craft wrote:Forcing it would have been terrible, but I could see it coming later on.AliceofX wrote:Yeah, the book was too short for any kind of believable romance to develop. Personally, I hate it when a love story is inserted just for the sake of having one. You see this all the time in TV shows where the characters are eventually paired up with one another in romantic tangles and it always feels so forced. Unnecessary romance is one of the most common crimes in storytelling.
It would have felt very unnecessary and unnatural if it had developed here. I agree that if it was to develop later on in the story it would be more believable, and realistic. A lot of supernatural books have a lot of emphasis on romance, so it was actually quite nice that this one went without
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As for romance in literature, I like books with exciting plot, books that make think, empathize. I've read many wonderful books without any romance.