hi friends! i remember seeing a post recently about how different readers visualize books while reading, and it got me thinking.

i'm pretty sure i fall into the category of those with aphantasia, as i have an extremely difficult time visualizing things in my mind as i read. i get the gist of what an author is describing, but i don't SEE it. i just have the idea/concept of it!

i'm wondering for those who of you who have the same "issue" if you will, are there any books in particular that you feel did a great job in being descriptive, making it easier to "picture" or immerse yourself? (could be the author wrote beautifully about the environment, or maybe described scents or textures so well you felt it was REAL.)

and if you're the opposite and have hyperphantasia, what are some books that really made you feel as though you had a picture book in your hands rather than pages full of words?

My fellow bloodthirsty readers, please help me. I recently read All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and I've been itching to read more books like it, but when I browse on the Similar Books tab on Storygraph, the recommendations are mostly for other sci-fi war books, which I like and I'm also interested in! But the reason why I'm looking for similar books is not for the sci-fi aspect, but because I'm interested in something more specific: I'm looking for other action books with MASSIVE weapons used.

For context: The FMC of All You Need is Kill has a massive 2 meter long battle axe that she uses to kill aliens with, and I'm positively dying to read more books like that. It doesn’t have to be sci-fi, it doesn’t have to have aliens, and it doesn't have to be an axe. It could be a gun, a bat, a sword; it honestly doesn't matter, as long as it's a weapon, it's huge, and the character aura farms + kills with it, I'll be happy like it's my birthday.

I also know that All You Need is Kill has a manga version as well, and trust me I will be reading that, but I'm interested in finding other stories that might be longer and have a higher amount of detailed fight scenes. Also, if the female representation is good and they're not just victims and props for the story, that would be the cherry on top for me, but I understand the genre so I won't ask for too much lol.

Tl;dr: Huge weapons please 🤲🏻. I'm begging.