Side-quests in books
DRAFT (needs work or removal)
praise for super supportive by sleyca
games often have a main quest line, as well as side-quests the side-quests don’t progress the main story line but they provide some satisfaction
the quality of sleyca’s book gives a similar experience there are so many little details for you to uncover and even perspectives of different situations
i frequently go diving through previous chapters
sometimes it starts with a recollection as i’m reading other times i’m just sitting around and i think about the book or maybe i’m browsing through the comments and something strikes me then i’ll go to the index and open all relevant chapters, and as i’m reading another detail will stick out for me so i’ll make a note of that or open it in a new tab
note well: i keep a single file on my phone, and another on my laptop, as well as a pocket-sized notebook, where i write down anything i feel like and separate them by day, so taking notes on super supportive is trivial for me
the richness of sleyca’s writing gives you information even when you go back and re-read a chapter re-reading the same chapter can often be quite enjoyable in itself you gain some enjoyment from the scenes themselves, but then you also uncover little details that you missed the first time
these don’t progress the main story in any way, because that’s what happens when you read the next chapter but you can go digging th
it’s easiest to do this with web novels and physical books you can trivially open chapters in a new tab or window or put bookmarks and notes in between pages
although, for me, a big part of it is wanting to read the next chapter so bad that i go through all the comments, which makes me think more about the book. i personally don’t like overthinking a book, but it doesn’t feel like that to me, and i enjoyed the book as is even as i was devouring the first 100 chapters or so