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Fiction

Curmudgeoness

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3. LOL, "I forgot to tell you....."

Reply to raccoon (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 07:25 PM

Mar 2014

I have to admit that I have not read any books in this style, or I don't remember reading any. So maybe it doesn't work well. So, are you saying that there are no clues along the way, or that most people ignore them because they never expect the story teller to be the culprit?

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I don't like a mystery where the story is told in first person, SPOILERS [View all] raccoon Mar 2014 OP

What's the problem? Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #1

The problem is that sort of story ought to be told in third person. raccoon Mar 2014 #2

LOL, "I forgot to tell you....." Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #3

I don't think there were any in the Barnes novel I just finished. raccoon Mar 2014 #4

Spoiler alert! SheilaT Mar 2014 #5

They are more interesting getting old in mke Mar 2014 #6