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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
I can sometimes deal with ridiculous levels of detail if the story calls for them, if the point is to immerse myself in the minutia of this person's life. It depends on whether it comes across as worldbuilding or "I did 15 hours of research on 8th-century clothing and you are damn well going to appreciate that."
I don't image the average warrior spends a lot of time thinking about bootlaces, so it'd be likely to throw me out of the story--unless he's also a leatherworker, or pondering how scarce game is and how what that'll mean for making boots last through the winter, or his son's outgrowing his boots and he'll need new ones soon.
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So far... and granted I am not that far into it yet, I have not gotten IN to the story so I can not be thrown out of it. The wall of well researched details is insane.. this might become the second book in a decade that I do not finish... maybe it will get better if I stick it out some...
