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6170211 No.6170211 [Reply] [Original]

>start reading a book
>Prologue and 1st chapter bombards the story with names of characters, cities, countries, alliances all at once with generations

>> No.6170224

>>6170211
>Russian literature

>> No.6170240

>long russian names
>character is referred to by multiple names by other characters

>100 years of solitude

>> No.6170268

>>6170240
>Hello Alyoshenka Fyodorovich Miusov my name is Mitya Alexandrovonich Pavlovich

>> No.6170287

>>6170268
kek

>> No.6170302

>start reading fiction book
>prologue and first chapter self referencing weird world history, events, religion, cultures, and using fake languages

>> No.6170314

>>6170211
Thank you. Can't stand infodumps. That shit should be delivered on a "Need to Know" basis.

>> No.6170321

>trying to read
>"hey come look at this"
>some stupid shit on reddit
>trying to read again
>*loud baby talking to dog in the background* for no reason
>can't focus
>"hey come here"
>fuck
>really can't focus
>get on 4chan

>> No.6170327

>>6170302
Stop reading shitty fantasy novels perhaps

>> No.6170334

>>6170314
>Can't stand infodumps
There's a time and a place. I'd be in the right state of mind in some sci fi trying to enter hard tech jargon

>> No.6170350

>>6170321
>really can't focus
that sounds like a personal issue rather than writer quirks