She’s an extremely economical writer, basically everything that happens in her books is relevant to the mystery. But it takes real skill to be able to pare down your writing to the bare essentials and still be able to write a compelling story.
Agreed! She's not a good writer in the novelistic sense, but she's an extremely effective storyteller and she's just so great at doing exactly what she does, which is write a whodunit. The people who think she's not a good writer want her to be writing a fundamentally different kind of book.
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Date: 2025-03-26 01:42 pm (UTC)She’s an extremely economical writer, basically everything that happens in her books is relevant to the mystery. But it takes real skill to be able to pare down your writing to the bare essentials and still be able to write a compelling story.
Agreed! She's not a good writer in the novelistic sense, but she's an extremely effective storyteller and she's just so great at doing exactly what she does, which is write a whodunit. The people who think she's not a good writer want her to be writing a fundamentally different kind of book.
Enjoy your rereading adventure!