Pictures at the end or in context?

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I prefer the pictures to be located on the same area where it is being talked about because then you are making a better make a connection. I do understand why it was out at the end though as it puts the focus solely on the picture itself.
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I feel like the pictures at the end were appropriate because if they had been put with the text, i would have been distracted. I prefer to paint my own mental picture and to have confirmation at the end of the book feels more exhilarating.
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It probably depends largely on the book, but in general I would lean towards having each picture be at that specific part of the text. It adds a lot more meaning and life to the particular scene, when they're all lumped together at the end I feel like it dilutes their overall impact
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It would have been more interesting for me to find the pictures in between the chapters. The flow is usually better, and I can connect faster to the pictures that way.
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I agree with you for having the pictures together with the actual story. It's a better way of seeing the story rather than just imagining or having to go to the back of the book to check it out.
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Mstrtim wrote: 06 Jun 2021, 12:21 I found the photos at the end to be a welcomed surprise, and a lovely way to close out the book. I think that since some of them represented the time of the author's illness, it would have been very distracting had they been included with the text.
I agree with you. The pictures at the end were a surprise and also gave a flashback of events which was thrilling and brought more clarity.
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In any book, pictures are a good way to explain things and make concepts more easily digestible to the reader. I was not too fond of how the author put the photos at the end of the book. It looked like he was trying to increase the number of pages artificially.
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I agree with you on this, I think pictures in the story makes it more realistic and it helps you imagine very easily. But I also respect author's way as there might be some people who like to read the theory first and then go to practical.
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Do you prefer the way she did this, at the end of the book? Or would you prefer the pictures to be in place in the story? For me, I would prefer them to be in the story when she is talking about a particular incident, instead of all lumped together at the end.
I prefer photographs to appear alongside the text rather than at the end. Though the author's arrangement of the photographs at the conclusion was not in any way disadvantageous, having pictures with the text helps me visualize things more clearly, which in turn helps me relate to whatever is being said.
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I agree with you. The pictures are helpful to visualize and understand the context better. I would have liked to see them between the chapters.
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I would very much prefer to see them in their place in the story. They can help to visualize what's going on. Having them at the end is cool and all, but by time I got there, I forget half of what the context was at the time.
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I think it is better to include images in the text and not at the end of the book. Because essentially not everybody knows how certain medical objects look like, and going at the end of the book just to look at an image would be too uncomfortable.
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I totally agree with you. While it may not be bad to use the method the author used, I would have preferred glancing over the pictures as I read the book not having them jam packed at the end.
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I would also prefer that the author includes pictures throughout the story so the visual images fit into the timeline. Lumping all the images at the end compels readers to do additional research to fully interpret them.
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For me, I like reading while seeing pictures so as to make the connection to the written scenarios. Therefore. I would've rather the picture throughout the read instead of at the end.
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