View Single Post
Old 02-15-2022, 12:59 AM   #32
kandwo
Evangelist
kandwo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kandwo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kandwo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kandwo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kandwo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kandwo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kandwo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kandwo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kandwo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kandwo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.kandwo ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 475
Karma: 11708254
Join Date: Dec 2020
Device: Boox, Bigme, Hisense, Kobo
Quote:
Originally Posted by issybird View Post
Not romance, but have you read Joseph Hansen’s Dave Brandstetter series featuring a gay detective? Given that the first book in the series was published in 1970, they were truly groundbreaking - and excellent on their own merits.
As someone who reads mostly classics I'm in this thread for all the genre fiction recommendations, and this sounds fantastic!

The reason I stay clear of romance fiction and the like is mostly because I'm allergic to the overuse of descriptive wording in dialogues (or lengthy descriptions in general). I can't stand any "..., he sneered" or "..., he said mockingly". And I've gotten the impression that these books are ripe with such descriptive and engaging language. I dislike engaging adverbs and adjectives in books just like I dislike sad piano music in sad scenes in sad movies hinting that I should do well to descend into sadness at this saddest of sad hours.
kandwo is offline   Reply With Quote