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This thread was inspired by a friend of mine who said that she could not get into 1984.

A lot of people don't like this book because they say that not much really happens. I personally loved this book.

I find that action isn't really that exciting to read, and so I don't understand why people don't like a book because the character isn't fighting zombies or blowing things up. Sure, there wasn't a lot of action in 1984, but I liked it because it made me think, I suppose.

So, what makes a book good in your eyes?

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Hydra150

Paper.

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Pagan_Poetry

^ What? 1984 was brilliant. Back when I hated reading, it got me back into reading in high school. Absolutely gripping.

Pacing makes a book good. If a book calls for an in depth, 4 page description of an area, then so be it. If it doesn't, it will kill the book.
If a book calls for that kind of description and it isn't offered, same thing. Book will suck.
Of course many other things affect if a book is good or not, but, just like movies, if a book is aware of how it should be paced, then it is well made.

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Joshua Garcia

And some letters. And maybe a number or two.

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jakesmellspoo

werds and gewd speelig.

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Hydra150

A good writer.
And the appropriate avenues of publication.

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jakesmellspoo

pitchers.

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Addonexus408

I think author has a lot to do with it. I love everything i have read by Steinbeck, Hemingway, and Hinton because the style of the individuals portrayed in their writing.

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Pagan_Poetry

Don't forget McCarthy. His style is just so unorthodox at times. Love it.
And Joyce. Joyce was a truly masterful writer.

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crazysam23_Atax

For me, a well-developed and complex plot makes a good book.

There's way too many books that build up & up and then climax with something that amounts to "the good guy won" (and doesn't really have that good of a detailed description of the final battle, so to speak); this is especially true of the fantasy genre. However, those books that really grip are books that have a very complex and detailed plot throughout, including the ending. Tolkien is a great example of an author who understood this.

For the record, I found 1984 to be one of the best books I've ever read.

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Addonexus408

No Country For Old Men was amazing, and ive been meaning to get my hands on a copy of Ulysses

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mystical_1

I enjoy a good antagonist that you'd love to reach into the book to punch in the stomach, and tension building is an art form. Tension keeps you reading.

Also, extensive research about a subject before the book is written. One of my favorite authors, Ken Roberts would research for several years before writing a single word. Even Louis L'Amour who writes westerns would actually go to the locations he would write about first. It matters.

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bradulator

It has to not be written by Jack Kerouac.

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K'Nuckles

Good plot, character development, writing...

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Pagan_Poetry

Do it do it do it.
It's so fucking long but you'll really feel like you've found something special just as soon as you start reading.

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Mr.-Bungle

The perks of being a wallflower.

For me, it's felling a sense of relation to a character and "Charlie" has been the closest I've ever been to that.

StewieSwan

One thing I really enjoy (and this pertains to any kind of storytelling) is having a villain you can be sympathetic towards. Torn loyalties make great drama. None of that 'take over the world!' bullshit.

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Pagan_Poetry

This applies to movies too.

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