Question: What writing device or trick most irritates you when reading a book? For
example, if an author employs an omnipotent narrator that is sometimes
considered bad form.
Answer: Uhhh..Not totally sure if I understand the question, but I'll give it my best shot! xD For me, if there are too many POVs in one novel, I usually get confused on who's speaking, and flipping back and forth is not appealing at all. Style of speech is also very important to me. If a protagonist or any other character has a thick southern or old english accent, it either ruins the story for me or I just stop reading it altogether. I don't mind a subtle accent, like a quirky pairing of words, but if it's thick all the time, I won't read it.
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Hopping through. I'm with you on the thick accent. It gets old.
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OMG...I totally forgot the dialect thing with mine. That's one of the reasons why I'm really apprehensive with reading Iced because Dani is just so hard to understand sometimes!
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I prefer to experiences books that have strong accents or dialects on audio. That way I'm not the one figuring it out and I can enjoy without the frustration.
ReplyDelete:O I never thought about that! I haven't had the chance to listen to books on audio but I'll definitely try it soon. Thanks for the advice! :D
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ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your answer! Multiple POVs get so irritating and it's hard to know exactly whose POV we're reading from.
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Ahh, accents. I had trouble understanding half of Lady Chatterley's Lover for that reason, and one of the characters in Wuthering Heights xD It can be done well - like Hagrid in Harry Potter. I suppose it depends on the accent itself, some might be harder to write.
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Yes, those accents can be irritating somethimes. I hate the accent of one of the characters in Wuthering Heights. :(
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Unlike Nina, I quite liked the accent in Wuthering Heights, but I love Wuthering Heights so I'm prejudiced. I do agree with the too many POV, they can get confusing, especially if there is no difference in writing style for the different characters! Thanks for sharing, I'm a new follower! Hop on over if you have the time:
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Yeah I agree with you on the accents - it gets annoying real fast.
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Just hopping by, good answer.
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ReplyDeleteI so agree with you on the speech thing. If they've written the accent too thickly, I read right over it. It's hard to make it out. Good pick.
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