Do you like figurative speech description?

[Jtolj]

I am okay with basic and necessary description (and love description that works right), but I dislike the overuse of figurative speech and description, when books go on for a paragraph describing the physical aspects of the characters and the setting in between story and dialouge. Most of the time it is or seems as just a short story that was increased to novel form to make money (cough Fahrenheit 451 cough The Great Gatsby cough)

It is almost as if it were style to substance.

[cuppajoe_9]

It's kind of ironic that you thing The Great Gatsby was written just for money.

[Virgil]

I am okay with basic and necessary description (and love description that works right), but I dislike the overuse of figurative speech and description, when books go on for a paragraph describing the physical aspects of the characters and the setting in between story and dialouge. Most of the time it is or seems as just a short story that was increased to novel form to make money (cough Fahrenheit 451 cough The Great Gatsby cough)

It is almost as if it were style to substance.

Can you copy over an example? I too by the way think The Great Gatsby to be a great novel.

[Shannanigan]

heehee, I tend to do that when I write...I just enjoy picking things apart, some people like to read that, others don't, it's a matter of what you like. I kind of like it, at least, if I'm just reading for pleasure, because rambling of that sort tends to flow with how my mind sounds at the time...what I mean is, if I actually have TIME for pleasure reading, and have actually been able to go out and FIND a book to read, my mind is probably so randomized and babbling itself that any book that does the same would suit my mood...

that's just weird old me, though :)

[PeterL]

I find excessive, flowery, and figurative descriptions annoying. An occasional piece of flowery language is fine (maybe two items in 300 pages), but more leads me to wonder whether the author had anything to say or was just caught up in putting words on paper.