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re: Stephen King's IT....(Update) I take back what I said, book is fantastic
Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:11 am to EyeTwentyNole
Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:11 am to EyeTwentyNole
Funny that criticism of so many loved books is that there is too much detail, look at this thread we have mentioned, King, GRRM & Wolfe. My favorite author Tolkien is also criticized by some for this. Thing is that the details are what immerses some readers into the story and turns others off. Great examples of to each their own.
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Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:34 am to Tackle74
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Thing is that the details are what immerses some readers into the story and turns others off. Great examples of to each their own.
Well i think detail is vital to storytelling. It's how you engross a reader and get them invested in the book. However, there is a time where detail is simply filler and is needlessly in there. Like i said with reading Clancy, i don't need to know the model specifications to the AK-47 if that doesn't have some sort of point to the story. Reading The Cardinal of the Kremlin, there was easily a full page of exposition about the gas powered chambering of the AK47 which had nothing to do with the story other than, the muhajadeen were using AK's to attack the Soviets.
Most authors do it. Some to more of an extent, than others.
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