Reviewing with River

Do you look at the plot, the characters, and the way that the author puts words together?

Good question.
I know immediately when 'review' mode kicks in and when I have left the land of being a reader.

A spelling or grammar glitch is often the switch. Plot and character development become idols examined next ready to fall. Is this a babbling stream of consciousness display rippling before my eyes or something given more labor before being birthed.

Often these fractured mirrors of reality glint of some interest worth exploring if only to give a word or two of feedback on what might most be improved. Reading for pleasure as a reviewer has its own rewards apart from becoming immersed in a well-told story.

Do you like stories that have a lot of action or a lot of character development?

I can be charmed by both. Usually the longer the tale the more character development becomes a source of interest. If I bond then all is well. If not, fast forwarding to the ending becomes a quick means of release from this fleeting relationship.

Do you like authors to use a lot of complicated words, or very simple words?

As you might guess from my answers, I love the flavor of a well-turned word. Speaking rarely offers such pleasure on the tongue.

If there is not a word well crafted and uniquely put in place worth echoing in my mind I have not met my best good read.

Action passages in short, guttural rapid fire certainly have their place. There is an art in making them so. The peaceful, luring pause of setting and plot development in more descriptive phrasing only makes such action more profound.