Quote Originally Posted by Locky View Post
All I've been reading at the moment are academic essays. I like reading them, however my one gripe with a lot of them are how... uninteresting they are. They lack pizazz. I'm not entirely reading it for entertainment but it being entertaining helps me understand, and appreciate the content and arguments being made. I hate reading something that drivels on and on without really making a point too. I like my academic texts to be succinct and enjoyable - they must have tone.
The sad part is that not all academics are actually good writers. Do not get me wrong, they get syntax and everything but are otherwise poor writers. Some write in such dense and obscure manners that it is really hard to understand even when the case is that you are actually interested in the material. Then some authors are just more interesting/easier to grasp in their native tongue. :/

As for the question at hand: both.