No, that stinks pretty good all by its lonesome. I think a restaurant that had no windows would be more worth commenting about: I’ve been in damn few restaurants that didn’t have windows. It would have been a lot easier to set the scene with just a few words:
The restaurant was one of those cramped office lunch places with no cutlery or condiments on the table, just a holder for plastic cutlery and packets of condiments by the do it yourself drink dispenser.
The restaurant was an Italian place with red checkered tablecloths that concealed tomato sauce stains easily.
The restaurant was a faux-homey diner with fake cross-stitched homilies sitting on every table.
See how those set the scene so much better than “The restaurant had a window.”? Hell you could extend it to “The restaurant had a windown, a door, a floor, walls and a ceiling” and still know virtually nothing about the place.
I just have to disagree. I can absolutely imagine reading a story in which the sentence “The restaurant had a window” appears, and the restaurant is otherwise undescribed, and the story is nevertheless a good one without any particularly bad writing in it. The easiest way for me to imagine this is to impart some sense of irony or sarcasm to the sentence, but I don’t think that’s even really necessary.
Like I said, I’d have to see it in context.
Anyway, setting the scene is overrated. I generally skip that stuff.
Ditto with Eragon. I read the whole thing (at least the first book) and it had some real howlers, but I can’t be motivated to read through all the hundreds of pages to look for it. My Dad thought I’d really like it when he gave it to me which is why I read the whole thing.
I actually did like the Eragon movie however. As a book, it makes a great movie.
Mission Earth? You know I believe I may have actually repressed the memory of it. I withdraw my earlier submission. You were all right. Mine was bush league next to Hubbard.
It’s realistic - for a sex offender. I’d assume your friend thinks it’s realistic because she recognises Grey for what he really is - a rapist with good PR. As a portrayal of BDSM it is inaccurate, bigoted crap.
I generally skip that stuff.