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Yes. I do. I like it when I've seen a movie first, like the 'Lord of the Rings', so I can fall back on those visual representations of the characters and landscape.
Bad writing kicks me out, and I go from seeing/hearing the video in my head to reading the words again. Too little detail gives me nothing to work with, and can be a problem as well.
(I once read a book about two adult brothers that solves cases. No description at all, other than 30-something ages. Not a thing to go with visually. Never a look in a mirror, even. My brain kept trying out visuals of people as I was reading, and it got to be a problem. I finally just had to throw in mental images of my favorite actors to just move on with the story.)
Hubby is the opposite. He can't visualize stories he's read, and is an audio learner. He doesn't read for pleasure, and can handle technical books because he reads them slowly. But any speed other than 'dead slow' and his brain blanks out random words which means he has to re-read what he just read to get it. Made college reading fun.
(Which means I read a lot of his non-technical textbooks out loud to him.)
He loves audibooks. But he's pretty clear that he never gets a visual with them.
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