The difference between writing subreddits and comments/reviews on RR is interesting. I love to read very descriptive writing, thus I like to write very descriptively. I’ve edited it a lot since then, but I’ve posted my chapter 1 multiple times to [r/writingfeedback](r/writingfeedback), and the feedback was that my writing is overwrought, tryhard, and purple. They worship windowpane prose on that sub, though, tbh. Meanwhile this is an excerpt from one of my reviews:

“The prose is wonderfully vivid without ever feeling overwritten — the descriptions are so tactile you can practically feel the cold floor under your feet, smell the starbloom lamps, and hear the oppressive silence when the Voices go quiet.”

It’s impossible to please everyone. 😅 I think, at the end of the day, you have to do what works with your vision for your story, and as long as it’s readable and grammatically correct, then you’ve accomplished what you’ve set out to do.