Angie’s Reviews > Extensis Vitae > Status Update

"Whatever past training he had received was apparently so ingrained, that he noticed all the details without any conscious effort."
This feels like lazy writing to me. Please don't tell me this; go ahead and describe all the things he notices, or have him mention something in a tense conversation later, but don't just tell me this is what happened. I want to experience the reading of the book as if I'm in it.