In a message dated 5/20/02 12:42:40 AM,
blumenidiot@21stcentury.net writes:
>but any idiot such as myself can work
>out what the situation is well over a hundred pages
from the climax, while
>he and the other two protagonists can't.
I noticed this too about Death Benefits, but I thought Perry
used this well,
putting the characters in harm's way and drawing out the
suspense. It's like Hitchcock's take on suspense. Show the
bomb under the chair at the beginning of the scene, and then
let the hero enter the room.
And although it's true it's apparent to the reader what the
situation is, it
can be argued if this were a true to life situation, and for
the characters,
it is a true to life situation, one wouldn't automatically
make that assumption, because one doesn't see that sort of
thing everyday.
John Lau
I, too had the whole thing figured out, but it still worked
for me because I kept thinking "that can't possibly be what's
really behind it all." Turned out it was, but I kept turning
the pages as fast as I could.
Craig Larson Trinidad, CO
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