Lawrence, the anti-Nabokov

He uses many short, simple sentences, as well as relatively simple vocabulary. He usually starts with the subject then moves on to the verb/adjective. We have lots of adjectives actually. But he doesn't tend to list them like other authors we've read. He also starts off with independent clauses in many of his sentences. I noticed a lot of pattern 12 to describe situations, and a decent use of prepositional phrases. He especially uses the word "but", which goes with the story line of this family looks perfectly normal on the outside but obviously they are not. There really wasn't much imagery nor description. After reading Nabokov his style seems plain, boring, and unimaginative. He does possess the clarity Orwell wrote about, but in my opinion this style doesn't work for Lawrence when it comes to fiction. Where is the imagery? Where are the metaphors? This is far too bland, it needs spice.