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Once upon a time, I was reading American Psycho. For those unfamiliar with the work, it's about a psychopath killer. And I liked the book a lot.
Now the issue: the first person narrator in this lovely piece sometimes spends thousands of words to ramble about albums he likes.
When I read those parts, I found them boring. I skipped through them, I really didn't care.
But the fact that the narrator (in my mind) chose to include them in his tale fleshed his character out for me. I wouldn't want the author to cut even a single line from these parts, even if I personally didn't give a damn about what the protagonist thinks about the bands in question.
So long story short: can bad/boring parts be used as a legitimate stylisic device? Can bad become good in a strange writer's paradox? Or am I just being weird?
And don't say "Whatever works, works." I figured out that much by myself.
Now the issue: the first person narrator in this lovely piece sometimes spends thousands of words to ramble about albums he likes.
When I read those parts, I found them boring. I skipped through them, I really didn't care.
But the fact that the narrator (in my mind) chose to include them in his tale fleshed his character out for me. I wouldn't want the author to cut even a single line from these parts, even if I personally didn't give a damn about what the protagonist thinks about the bands in question.
So long story short: can bad/boring parts be used as a legitimate stylisic device? Can bad become good in a strange writer's paradox? Or am I just being weird?
And don't say "Whatever works, works." I figured out that much by myself.