Sentence examples for lacks narrative from inspiring English sources

Real life lacks narrative tension; that's why people go to the movies.

This progression from saving the world to protecting the union clearly lacks narrative coherence.

Which makes it all the more frustrating that "Discretion" lacks narrative urgency.

Though dramatic events occur in the opera, the story itself is a recollection and lacks narrative tension.

While Peter Chelsom's screwball sex comedy lacks narrative coherence, it gets good mileage from a superior cast.

Feinstein's unconditional endorsement of the conventional wisdom causes problems; the book lacks narrative tension and presents little in the way of new interpretations.

But the earliest operas lacked narrative drive; after a while, the recitatives tended to exhaust the ears.

It was twice the length of Mariani's and, for all the magnificence of its scholarship, lacked narrative verve.

Ultimately, while Roeg made full use of the desolate beauty of both his leading man and the New Mexico location, the disjointed editing meant The Man Who Fell to Earth could be criticised for lacking narrative drive.

Many of the close-ups lacked narrative clarity, while a vast spectacle made up of too many component parts was short of epic heft.

Reviews don't place this in the same league as the Sherlock books, but as The Telegraph explained, "this is a work in progress; a compendium of ideas, lacking narrative drive".