so it goes

When does a book have too many characters?

When at the front or back there is a list of names, seperated by family or region or whatever. If you need a list, then it's too much and I will not read it. 🤣

When does a book have too many characters?

When does a book have too many characters?

The one that I've seen break books most often is just having way too many point-of-view characters (ala Wheel of Time or Game of Thrones). Like, at some point, the plotline proliferation that results from giving us so many different points of view just shatters and narrative cohesion, because there are only two options for the book's progression: either give us a small amount of every plotline, thereby ensuring that time barely passes and events don't move forward, or give us a focus on only one or two plotlines while ignoring the rest, in which case we're left wondering about what's been left hanging, and was it really that important if we can go such a stretch without checking in on it?

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When does a book have too many characters?

When does a book have too many characters?

i cannot think of an example of too many characters coz i usually dnf those 😅 but there we go

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Frog.

Kelly Link, 21st April 2026

When does a book have too many characters?

When does a book have too many characters?

Do you think you’d have any withdrawal symptoms if you suddenly had to stop reading books? What might they be?

Do you think you’d have any withdrawal symptoms if you suddenly had to stop reading books? What might they be?