Throwing inkpots out of boredom
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queensthiefI'll warn you all in advance that I've come here to whine in a very Gen-like fashion.
As a book blogger, reviewer, and bookstore associate, I get to read all sorts of marvelous books, some of them well before they're released. Most of them are exciting and inventive. They have fun plots, relatable characters, breathtaking world-building (though most of them not all at once), and so on. I read them and get so excited, but find myself coming back to the same problem again and again once I'm finished.
I've gotten too good at guessing.
I'm not as smart as many other readers. I can't often tell you WHY something will turn out the way it does, but I've gotten uncommonly good at taking a stab at what a Big Twist will turn out to be and sticking to it despite the most well-intentioned red herrings. While it's gratifying to be right, I miss being surprised.
From what I can recall, only two authors consistently manage to pull meaty twists over on me: Dame Agatha Christie and our MWT. I've tried for years to stay a step ahead of their characters. I fail miserably every single blasted time, and I love it! I can never ever ever guess the bad guy before Poirot or Ms. Marple and I can never ever ever pin down Gen before he wishes to be pinned.
However, Dame Christie is dead, and MWT isn't due to give us another finished story for another couple years, so I'm stuck with whining until another Gen classic comes out.
Do you guys feel me? Do you know what I'm talking about? Or do you have a secret reserve of super-twisty authors that you've been hiding from me?
As a book blogger, reviewer, and bookstore associate, I get to read all sorts of marvelous books, some of them well before they're released. Most of them are exciting and inventive. They have fun plots, relatable characters, breathtaking world-building (though most of them not all at once), and so on. I read them and get so excited, but find myself coming back to the same problem again and again once I'm finished.
I've gotten too good at guessing.
I'm not as smart as many other readers. I can't often tell you WHY something will turn out the way it does, but I've gotten uncommonly good at taking a stab at what a Big Twist will turn out to be and sticking to it despite the most well-intentioned red herrings. While it's gratifying to be right, I miss being surprised.
From what I can recall, only two authors consistently manage to pull meaty twists over on me: Dame Agatha Christie and our MWT. I've tried for years to stay a step ahead of their characters. I fail miserably every single blasted time, and I love it! I can never ever ever guess the bad guy before Poirot or Ms. Marple and I can never ever ever pin down Gen before he wishes to be pinned.
However, Dame Christie is dead, and MWT isn't due to give us another finished story for another couple years, so I'm stuck with whining until another Gen classic comes out.
Do you guys feel me? Do you know what I'm talking about? Or do you have a secret reserve of super-twisty authors that you've been hiding from me?
