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Old 09-15-2023, 03:04 PM   #1854
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Originally Posted by Sirtel View Post
I'd like to nuke most battle scenes in SF, fantasy and historical novels. They're usually boring. Still, I don't skim them, or very little.

I agree the Bombadil sequence was pretty pointless, but so are many other things in many other books. Not everything in books is straightforward plot, and I wouldn't want it to be. If all I wanted was the plot, I'd watch TV, not read.
I don't find battle scenes boring per se, but I usually end up wincing at the author's grasp of tactics... And don't get me started on descriptions of sword fighting.
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