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Old 09-22-2013, 04:49 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by xendula View Post
I'm with Bob on this one. When I read fantasy, I try to skim the fighting scenes, if there are any, because I could care less about what weapon was used on whom or what - I just need to know who survived in the end. I usually care about the rest of the story, just don't need detailed fighting scenes.
Well if the book is bad... But a book is not just the story. It is a total experience and if the book is not bad the fighting scenes are there for the total experience of the book also.

I dislike boring fighting scenes also but my reaction is to try to avoid books with boring fighting scenes. But books by Abercrombie and Glen Cook (Black Company) have fighting scenes that are integral to the books.
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