Reading a book...
Jun. 23rd, 2020 07:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyMe, about 1/10 of the way through: Ah, got it. The shocking twist is going to be that This Character is actually That Historical Figure.
Author: Shhh! The characters aren't going to figure it out until the last page!
Me: Okay, but...
Author: Here's another little hint! Tee hee, are you clever enough to figure it out?
Me: Yup, I got it!
Author: And another hint!
Me: Um....
Author: And another!
Sigh. I get that the viewpoint characters had absolutely no reason to suddenly jump to the rather bonkers conclusion that their mildly-impoverished friend is secretly the famous and extremely wealthy man who went missing before any of their grandparents were born. I get it. But if it's that obvious to me from the start, either clue them in faster or make your hints a little less obvious. (They didn't have to be that obvious. Telling me that another character we never meet thought this guy might be connected to the mystery in some mysterious way nobody else understands, and then suggesting that this dude uses ever-so-slightly old fashioned language was well more than enough. But no, those clues just kept coming...!)
Author: Shhh! The characters aren't going to figure it out until the last page!
Me: Okay, but...
Author: Here's another little hint! Tee hee, are you clever enough to figure it out?
Me: Yup, I got it!
Author: And another hint!
Me: Um....
Author: And another!
Sigh. I get that the viewpoint characters had absolutely no reason to suddenly jump to the rather bonkers conclusion that their mildly-impoverished friend is secretly the famous and extremely wealthy man who went missing before any of their grandparents were born. I get it. But if it's that obvious to me from the start, either clue them in faster or make your hints a little less obvious. (They didn't have to be that obvious. Telling me that another character we never meet thought this guy might be connected to the mystery in some mysterious way nobody else understands, and then suggesting that this dude uses ever-so-slightly old fashioned language was well more than enough. But no, those clues just kept coming...!)
