WEIGH IN WEDNESDAY is a weekly meme started by Lauren at Epilogue Review, and this week's topic is:
Action/adventure vs. romance (if the story has only one):
This is a hard one for me, but since I generally prefer character-driven stories over plot-driven ones, I'm going to go with romance. I'd say that in general, romance tends to be more about character development and action/adventure tends to be more about plot (of course there are many exceptions to this rule, and most books contain at least a little of both). However, I prefer a romance that is realistic and based on the way two people relate to each other rather than looks/some sort of paranormal-based attraction/reincarnation/etc. I also don't think every romance has to have a happy ending, and I prefer if things aren't tied up in a neat little bow. As far as action goes, I don't really enjoy reading action scenes just for their own sake--if I'm invested in an action sequence, it's because the author has made me care about the characters involved.
Yeah, I agree. If I don't care about the characters, I won't really care about the story, the plot & the action, actually about anything (it has happened before), so yeah, I'm all about adventure, but only when I love the characters (actually that counts for every type of book I read) & the storyline is great :)
ReplyDeleteI do read lots of romance, I prefer reading how the characters fall in love, I'm not a fan of insta-love & meant to be ;) although even that depends of the authors writing style.
Lol sorry I sometimes forget myself when I comment :)
I'm with you--I'm all about the characters!
DeleteI'm not a big fan of books that are romance only, but I like books with romance mixed in as long as it's realistic. I need to care about the characters, too. It's perfect if there's both action and romance, imo, lol. :D
ReplyDeleteYeah, actually, I'm not a huge fan of romance only, either...I like my books to have a nice mix of elements!
DeleteIf the book is all about the romance I tend to feel like the story is flat and doesn't have a lot of depth.
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