When is the description too much
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Re: When is the description too much
I felt as if Cynthia and Dan had too much description in unnecessary parts. Look at the part where Cynthia had a bath to relax. Do we need to get all the details about that? Absolutely not. This was only one instance.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 also read Nora Robert's in death series. But I did not like some stories. It was not about the descriptions.
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What brilliant comment!! These were exactly my thoughts. Descriptions were mostly made at places where they are not necessary. The detailed sex scene just made me dislike sky so much.Tomah wrote: ↑21 Jul 2019, 09:57 I felt like the book had too much information about odd little things and not enough about what really matters. For example, there's an entire paragraph about Cynthia's car that adds absolutely nothing to her character or the plot. It's not a huge deal, but this sort of thing here and there wear down the reader's patience and take away precious time that could be spent elsewhere. As for foul language and graphic details of sex and violence in general, that's much trickier and should be discussed on a case-by-case basis.
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I agree with you on this.Storm+ wrote: ↑14 Jul 2019, 01:59 Having just finished Dorothy Mercer's novel, I agree that the characters were not given much detail. I believe that there is generally a definite balance between giving too much or too little information about a character or setting. Although it can sometimes be difficult to strike that balance, I feel that, if the author must err on one side or the other, they ought to provide too much detail rather than too little. In other words, I would rather read a book that seems "too graphic" than one that provides few details.
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