Post by mdnoyon on Jan 14, 2024 22:59:23 GMT -6
Perhaps an unusual question for me, who lately prefer to read more non-fiction than fiction. The last novel I read was Fairy Tale by Stephen King, which I unfortunately found boring. I might as well answer the question first. What made me want to read it? Two reasons: the author , whom I have known for years and whom I have read a lot (27 books) the title , which evokes a fairy-tale, imaginary world In the end what I found in that novel was just a huge disappointment. On page 160 nothing still happened. There wasn't even a trace of fairy . And the fairy-tale and imaginary world? It was there, of course, but not in the way I expected. Patience.
Let's go back to the question: what drives us to read a novel? I believe there are 3 elements that a book has available to attract readers: the author's name, the setting of the story and the title. 1) The author and his writing style I have written several times that there are authors who Phone Number List push me to buy their complete works : Emilio Salgari, FT Marinetti, EA Poe, HP Lovecraft, Philip K. Dick, Len Deighton, Friedrich Nietzsche, to name a few. This does not mean that I have appreciated everything that these authors have written, but the name of the author, if I have been positively impressed by one or two works read, is almost a guarantee.
They are authors that I still want to know in full, perhaps even reading one or more biographies. The writing style is absolutely not to be underestimated: however interesting a story may be, the style used by the author can distance us from that reading. Just to give an example, I would never read a story told in the second person. I think I came across a story written like that and it was an… annoying read. 2) The setting of the story I have written several times that I don't like reading stories set in today's Italy, simply because I don't love this century and how my country has transformed.
Let's go back to the question: what drives us to read a novel? I believe there are 3 elements that a book has available to attract readers: the author's name, the setting of the story and the title. 1) The author and his writing style I have written several times that there are authors who Phone Number List push me to buy their complete works : Emilio Salgari, FT Marinetti, EA Poe, HP Lovecraft, Philip K. Dick, Len Deighton, Friedrich Nietzsche, to name a few. This does not mean that I have appreciated everything that these authors have written, but the name of the author, if I have been positively impressed by one or two works read, is almost a guarantee.
They are authors that I still want to know in full, perhaps even reading one or more biographies. The writing style is absolutely not to be underestimated: however interesting a story may be, the style used by the author can distance us from that reading. Just to give an example, I would never read a story told in the second person. I think I came across a story written like that and it was an… annoying read. 2) The setting of the story I have written several times that I don't like reading stories set in today's Italy, simply because I don't love this century and how my country has transformed.