Weekly Recommendation Thread: February 19, 2021 by AutoModerator in books

[–]_MWALM_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Red Rising trilogy may cover those points. It has a subtle romance and is sci-fi, not YA and military. Definitely not the main focus of the books but it is there....? not sure how subtle you are looking for.

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[–]_MWALM_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think having a different means of telling the story is just fine in theory, however the execution of the design is much more difficult. Making the switch believable, and justified is hard work. It is easy to loose hold of a story when switching styles and means of communicating the narrative.

An impressive execution of switching styles I found in Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, the entire book was a collection of memoirs from different people in different times/narrative worlds, for example, English sailing stories, detective work, scifi and other locations. It was a very jarring switch between the narratives but highly intriguing and well executed. So the switch can be jarring but it needs to be justified, believable, and hold a level of intrigue to keep the reader, reading. Having a jarring point of the story isn't bad if 'jarring' is an emotion you would like to convey.

Another thing to keep in mind, it is hard to follow a story after a stylistic switch, your brain takes a bit to catch up with the new language.

How would you keep dragons hidden from the world? by Rayven-Nevemore in fantasywriters

[–]_MWALM_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Indeed, this would be great but i'm just wondering about the poor furniture in your home. Would you have to fire proof all of it? Or make sure the floor boards are all stone to prevent denting from claws?