There is such a thing as something being too clever for its own good.
Abandoned at page 100. I felt no engagement with the mystery here, no sense that the information being fed to me (excruciatingly slowly) was leading anywhere. Skimming the final chapters, I felt as if the solution to the mystery had been parachuted in, that it was as arbitrary as it was exploitative.
Abandoned at page 100. I felt no engagement with the mystery here, no sense that the information being fed to me (excruciatingly slowly) was leading anywhere. Skimming the final chapters, I felt as if the solution to the mystery had been parachuted in, that it was as arbitrary as it was exploitative.