Mark wrote: Why must a character change? (Yes, I know it's
one of the textbook traits of the novel.)
My thoughts:
I believe Ed McBain once said that in a crime novel the
characters don't change, the situation changes (i.e. the
crime is solved, the guilty are punished).
Personally this is what I prefer because it seems more
realistic to me. In real life how many people really change?
particularly in the week or month which most novels
occur.
Do series leads really change? Have Burke, Spenser or even
Skip Langdon changed?
I wish Lehane's lead character would chnage. He whines too
much.
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