Overwhelming background information
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Re: Overwhelming background information
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I think the description of Gary's nearly missed accident was important as that was the exact time where two timelines were formed, first when he stopped to pick the pen and got hit by the truck and second when he did not stop for the pen and moved on for his exam.Sushan wrote: ↑01 Jul 2021, 01:00 The author has gone too far, as per my opinion, describing the background details when he took the reader to a new scenario. A few examples are the descriptions about the road in the scenario of Gary's nearly missed accident,
Do you feel the same as me? Could it have been better if the details were a bit less? Did you find it distracting or did you prefer it the way it was?
Other incidents could go without much background information.
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Well, to show that the worldlines were more or less similar the author used the enormous details on the backgrounds. But this repetition makes the reading experience far more exhausting. Fine descriptions for once was too much. Imagine when you have to go through the same thing again and again.DyanaFl wrote: ↑01 Jul 2021, 12:02 I think the descriptions highlighted the fact that the worldlines were similiar with just a slight difference in one or two details (for the most part). I'm not a big fan of drawn out repetitive descriptions, but in this case it didn't bother me as much. I didn't view them as a hindrance.
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I agree that some sort of describing the background as well as the settings is necessary for the better understanding of the reader. But the flow should be maintained despite whatever the details you include. At many occasions I felt the heavy background details distracting me from the main story.
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I am glad to find someone who think alike. I say the same thing. Too much background details drag the story. And also sometimes they become very much distracting (I think it has happened here). So I personally prefer straight to the point stories with minimum background information which is of utmost necessity.Reader-247 wrote: ↑01 Jul 2021, 14:58 I hate to admit it but at times I would skip indepth details which set the scene because I, just like you, feel that stories are dragged and these details do not add to the plot of the story.
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Good point. Though we get a good picture about the backgrounds and the settings, we do not get the chance to know much about the characters, which would have been quite important as this talks about multiple lives and multiple deaths of a single character in multiple universes.Akanksha D wrote: ↑01 Jul 2021, 21:58 I did feel the same. Sometimes it was ok, but sometimes it was too much. I feel like the book could have spent time instead on character development, which it lacks quite significantly, in my opinion.