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I once read a book with a cast of thousands and an epic sweep that covered centuries of mythical action, bloody wars, magical happenings and whatnot. I read about four chapters and gave up because...
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System
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2019-12-08T01:32:14Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/2549 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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One Monkey
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2019-12-08T01:32:14Z (over 4 years ago)
I once read a book with a cast of thousands and an epic sweep that covered centuries of mythical action, bloody wars, magical happenings and whatnot. I read about four chapters and gave up because: - The characters were lame. - The dialogue was stilted. - The plot was generic. - The infodumps were deep, long and seemingly without relevance. I read another story about a man dreaming he was climbing to the top of a mountain, where he promptly fell off. That's about all there was to it. It gripped me from beginning to end. Anything's possible. It's the story that matters.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2011-04-19T15:19:52Z (about 13 years ago)
Original score: 8