Paint a Picture

I agree with what everyone has said.

I think the pictures are a great help to the reader. It allows the author to be more free with what he writes but still lets the reader understand. The reader can also paint a better picture in their head and then compare it to the real painting to see if they understood what they read. Pictures are also good if you are trying to clear something up in the reading and reading it over and over just isn't helping. The reader could rely too much on the picture for help to understand but I think that once they see the picture and understand it they will be able to discuss it and go into more detail with it.