Repetition of plot

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I was okay with the descriptions. They were not distracting. They just showed that all the universes had the same things happening with a few differences.
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I think it was necessary, but the execution was not the best. While I agree that repetition was useful to settle the multiverse concept, I think that there was no need to make it so long. In my opinion, simply repeating the highlights, or even just mentioning them would have been enough to make it clear it was happening again. Repeating entire scenes with minimum changes was way too much.
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Post by Emidio Inocencio »

I found the repetition to be unnecessary, by in another dimension I thought everything would be different. However, considering the way the story turns out, it the repetition was somehow needed.
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The repetition of plot was very necessary to aid in connecting and creating a balanced understanding of the book. The author wasn't doing too much. I totally enjoyed it though it could be tiring for some readers
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I didn't think that the repetition was unneccessary, rather it helped me to understand the plot and timeline better and it truly didn't distract me from the base story.
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Post by Chetna_Kharbanda »

Sometimes repetition is necessary especially for the readers who aren't familiar with prequels. In this case, also I feel for the readers like me who weren't aware of the prequel of Wordlines, it wasn't distracting at all. In fact, it helped me understand the characters in a better way.
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I actually didn't skip any part even if I'm somehow famillar with the scenario. Maybe that's just the author's way to make his book more interesting, because I actually enjoyed the repeatitiveness of the book
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I think that the repetition was both necessary and unnecessary. I think that once things had been firmly established, he could have stopped being so heavyhanded with the backstory. I think that if the author took his time, he could have figured out a smoother way of integrating those small changed details than walls of text. It did make my eyes glaze over a few times, but without the explanations, readers would be more mixed up and confused. It does seem like a difficult balance to mess with.
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I think the repetitions were necessary to show the small differences between the worldlines, but I have to admit they bothered me. I didn't skip them, but I read faster through them.
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I think the repetition was done by the author as a precautionary measure to not get the readers confused in between all the multiverses and parallel worlds. But you are right, it was a bit unnecessary.
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Repetition is appropriate when used to emphasize either different things or the same thing in different ways. Though it wasn't distractive, I don't think it was necessary.
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Although the repetitions didn't distract me, I really feel they are unnecessary. Repeating content in any piece makes it voluminous and difficult to read. I had to take naps whenever they become overwhelming.
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I was really distracted at first and thought that these repetitive plotlines would halt my enthusiasm for perusing the book. However, I gradually feel and acknowledge its purpose. With the repetitive plot, I was able to grasp the theory and the concept of worldline more. It was monotonous at first, but it transported me to a different time and place after reading these comprehensive chapters given the fact that the author supplied me an enough knowledge about the theories and concepts provided.
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I honestly think the repetitions were necessary. This was the only way for the reader to realize that difference between the worldlines was small.
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Neenu B_S wrote: 02 Jul 2021, 01:14 When the author takes us to another worldline, almost the whole plot in the first worldline is repeated. Do you think that the repetition was necessary for each and every scene? Did it distracted you from the plot? Did you skip the repetitions while reading?
Even though sometimes the repetition is necessary for the flow of the scene however in this case I don't think he should have made that many repetitions especially when describing places in different worlds that appear to be the same, it will make the booking boring and make you want to skip those parts, it doesn't distract me it just makes me get bored of the book and maybe lead me to stop reading it even if it's a good one
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