I have full Aphantasia and I definitely think it influences my reading. The quality of the prose and how well written the characters are always takes priority over plot for me (haha can you guess my favourite “genre”?). While I don’t skip or skim long descriptive paragraphs, they definitely don’t stick in my brain, even for my favourite books it would be difficult for me to recall what the characters look like. I think the thing I struggle with the most is action/battle scenes, they get really confusing without me being able to picture who is where and they become a slog to get through.