Question What do you enjoy the most when you´re reading a novel?

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What do you enjoy the most when reading a novel?

  1. the action scenes

    16 vote(s)
    16.7%
  2. the romantic scenes

    19 vote(s)
    19.8%
  3. the cultivation scenes

    9 vote(s)
    9.4%
  4. the explanations of how the world is in the novel

    8 vote(s)
    8.3%
  5. the mind games of the protagonists/other persons

    17 vote(s)
    17.7%
  6. the R-15 / R-18 scenes

    8 vote(s)
    8.3%
  7. the adventurous/exploration scenes

    12 vote(s)
    12.5%
  8. pretty much everything the same if it´s written well

    29 vote(s)
    30.2%
  9. my own thoughts about how the novel continues (while not actually reading the novel)

    10 vote(s)
    10.4%
  10. the reading itself

    11 vote(s)
    11.5%
  11. the relief of boredom

    17 vote(s)
    17.7%
  12. the comedy scenes

    19 vote(s)
    19.8%
  13. when you finally get to know the plan/plot that was built up

    11 vote(s)
    11.5%
  14. reading about OP evil MCs

    6 vote(s)
    6.3%
  15. the face-slapping scenes

    20 vote(s)
    20.8%
  16. the heartwarming scenes

    2 vote(s)
    2.1%
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  1. DiabolicGod

    DiabolicGod Well-known lazy Member

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    As written above my question stands
    If you have an idea for another choice in the poll comment below and I´ll add it :)
     
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  2. jackateonetoo

    jackateonetoo Wet Dog

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    What about comedy?
     
  3. Rreelentless

    Rreelentless Captain Sheriff Admiral Colonel Major General

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    different novels do different things for me so i would honestly tick of all them if i could
     
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  4. Raizhee

    Raizhee who

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    I enjoy the most when the mc is plain evil and just makes everyone be his little bit*ch .
    The mc being in a max badass mode i guess
     
  5. DiabolicGod

    DiabolicGod Well-known lazy Member

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    edited

    does that count as action or do I have to make additional choice "OP evil characters"
    EDIT: does that mean yes? @mrniceguy
     
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  6. SoulZer0

    SoulZer0 Heaven Refining

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    When you're starting to understand what the MC has been doing so that the battlefields can be advantageous for him. Basically, "everything is according to keikaku".
     
  7. Raizhee

    Raizhee who

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    Please make the " op evil characters " into a poll choice so i can chose an option that i like .
    Thanks
     
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    Sheenius Well-Known Member

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    best things are the loot examinations :D *or looting in general
     
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    Opjohnaexe Well-Known Member

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    To me it's quite simple, if the story and the subject matter has been written in a well done way, that's basically what I care about. Though I do prefer stories which have deeper worldbuilding over others that don't and stories which don't just portray one aspect of humanity, but multiple.
    This is oftentimes somthing that's lacking, when you have interresting characters in a story they are usually of the same type (and by type I mean moral compas / priorities). Which I find a bit sad, as a more diverse cast (while I do realise that writing such a cast is much more difficult, and much more prone to the author making mistakes) is more colourful and lively, and interact with one another in a far more interresting way.

    And I also pretty much demand that the author remains true to the characters, for example if a story is dragging out, you don't just make the main character do something which is thoroughly against everything he / she / or it believes in, you take things to their logical conclusion.
     
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  10. akki

    akki [Ani's C☕ffee-mate #3] [Shady Merchant]

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    I like re-reading that face slapping moment you have in novels. Like in ISSTH~
    when Meng Hao reveals he's Grandmaster Pill Cauldron
     
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  11. Nyamsus

    Nyamsus Life is full of shit and we live in it

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    My answer:
    -cultivation scene, not meditating but about the state of cultivation. Rather than usual cultivate 10 layer(less or more) then it still the same after that (but harder), I more prefer when the state seem quite mythical like ISSTH,TMW or KOG
    -the world and the journey. It depend on the story, it either about MC going from there to there with what happen in between (LMS) or the progression and change happen at the place where MC live (RTW) *not stagnant*
     
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    Raobihr Well-Known Member

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    I enjoy it when a story feels real, The characters and societies make sense based on the rules of that universe. So being written well is a must.
     
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    Mister Div ? ¿ Founder of The Anti loli Alliance!!!

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    your missing betrayal i enjoy storys that have that element in it and i dont know why
     
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    Oddly enough, what I love the most is when action novels do slice of life chapters.
     
  15. DiabolicGod

    DiabolicGod Well-known lazy Member

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    does that count as "when you finally get to know the plan/plot that was built up"?
     
  16. Fossil

    Fossil 「Spooky」「Scary」「Skeleton」

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    The most accurate for me would be that I particularly enjoy reading about character interaction.
     
  17. Havisu

    Havisu Night Lurker

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    Different novels have different things that make me interested in them, so as someone here has said, i would tick all of them if i could.

    For example, i read MT for its adventure, magics and life fulfilment, chinese novel for adventure and cultivation, while konosuba for comedy.

    Its depend on what readers wanted to see in the novel i guess.
     
  18. OverlyFriendly

    OverlyFriendly I should do something about

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    I just read and enjoy it~
    Some moments are better than others too~
    Nothing really to pick apart
     
  19. DiabolicGod

    DiabolicGod Well-known lazy Member

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    how would you put that as an answer of the poll without including several other choices? otherwise I can´t add it
     
  20. Nyamsus

    Nyamsus Life is full of shit and we live in it

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    Slice of is a pain in the ***, especially when one or some of the scene greatly reflect or make you remember something that you didn't want to or you want but can't.
     
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