Bonus points if the author first mentions a specific trait, physical build, or whatever else halfway through the novel and totally fucks up my mental image.
I don’t expect a biology model description for each character, but write me something brief and evocative of how they should look, you fucking dork author. I don’t even know how tall she should be, her hair colour, anything. Why are you like this, author?
It’s a modern (like within the last 100 years trend) convention, right?
Victorian authors make it very clear exactly what everyone looks like. And if the character is anything but English, they do so very racistly.
Angloids