When is the description too much

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Description is roo much when it doesn't add anything of value. It should been written in moderation.
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If the main points of the character are lost in the description, I believe the description is far too long. The purpose of the description is to introduce you to the author.
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I didn't find it too much. Every reader has their own version of too much.
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Great review
I love the book
It was explicitly written this book interesting
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The only people that would find the description much is people who doesn't like fiction
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The romantic description was on another level
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I love the style the author used in describing the book
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I agree that the characters needed more depth. They felt totally unrelated.
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Too much description is annoying when its just dragging the book, not really adding anything to the plotline
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greystreak wrote: 13 Jul 2019, 14:47 I just finished reading Cynthia and Dan: Cyber War by Dorothy Mercer[/i]. I felt the characters were not given enough personality or physical attributes to make them interesting. I felt that the reader could not connect to the story due to the lack of information.
Then we read It’s hard to be a Vampire by Viktoria Faust where the details were so graphically intense that the book, in my opinion, was a disaster to read.
When is a book to graphic for you?
In my opinion, the writer can leave out the detailed sex scenes and foul language. I have been reading Nora Roberts for over 20 years and never have her love scenes been distasteful and the foul language is at a minimum. As J D Robb her In Death series, there is some foul language but it flows with the story. I do not get the feeling she adds foul words to follow the modern trend of writers today.
I very much agree with you on this one.
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