Inaccuracies?
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Inaccuracies?
Personally, I think they should be reasonably accurate, and I do get turned off if I find an inaccuracy, especially ones that would be easy to prevent.
I actually found a few inaccuracies, just within the first few pages of this book, and they were ones that would have been fairly easily fixed. This made the whole thing a bit questionable to me, and the author seem like one of those travelers, if you know what I mean.
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Amagine wrote:It turns me off if it is a huge mistake. If it's barely noticeable or I'm too entranced by the plot of the book, then it doesn't bother me much.
I agree, Amagine. If I am engrossed in the plot then I will probably read on without focusing on the mistake, but if it is largely noticeable I will have trouble focusing throughout the rest of the book!
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I agree. Mistakes are mistakes, and we all make them.kandscreeley wrote:I guess there is a difference between inaccuracies and mistakes. I agree inaccuracies are big turn offs. However, everyone makes mistakes. So, you can't discount the whole book just because a mistake has been made.
What I mean here are literal inaccuracies, like getting the name of a place wrong, or mistranslating something. Things that would be easy to research, but have been left inaccurate. Makes me feel like there's a lack of respect for the subject (or in this case, place) at hand.
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Same here. When I know something is inaccurate, I keep wondering about what else is, and it takes away from my enjoyment of the book.MarisaRose wrote:I agree that inaccuracies are a big turn off for me. If I spot something that doesn't add up, or that I know is flat out wrong, it makes me questions the rest of the book. Unfortunately, it can really take you out of that immersive story telling and make you question everything else in the book - significantly distracting from the enjoyability of the rest of the story.