What We See When We Read by Mendelsund, Peter 4 stars

[Sue]

An interesting book!

As an avid reader it was a fun exploration into how our brains consume words on a page and turn them into stories and images. Each book is performed by the reader in their own minds. We are both the performer and the audience.

I realized as I was reading through the examples that (unlike the author) I rarely try to actively picture people in stories. Instead I think of them as actions and character. But the author makes the point that generally characters aren't fully physically described. Usually a characteristic or two stand in for the whole. And often attributes of personality fill out the rest of the picture of the character.

This was a fun, not too deep read.