John Updike is known as one of the greatest writers of his time. In his book The Witches of Eastwick, he uses long descriptions with bold adjectives, varying sentence structures, and strong imagery to bring the reader into the story.
Updike is known for his lengthy descriptions throughout his stories, and The Witches of Eastwick is no stranger to this. Many times, Updike goes on for pages describing different environments, emotions of characters, descriptions of appearances, and many other things. He often goes into such detail, giving the reader of the feeling that they are in the book, experiencing what is going on first hand.
However, his descriptions are often so verbose, the reader, including myself, finds him or herself getting lost in the descriptions. Many times while I was reading the book, I often got bored with the descriptions, and there was not enough interaction going on between the characters. While his descriptions are beautifully written, well thought out, and add to the story, I personally think they should be shorter, or at least broken up more in order to keep the attention of the readers.
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