• NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    Super descriptive books turn me off.

    Less description, more things actually happening, and dialog make for a fine book.

    Tolkien taking a whole chapter to describe a mountain range, not so much. I gave up on it pretty quickly before I even knew.

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      19 days ago

      Tolkien is a bad example, my god that man was boring AF. Never got past a few chapters in any of his books.

      The Expanse does it right. Perfect balance of character’s thoughts, scene description, all that.