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Originally Posted by JDK1962
I didn't say there was anything wrong with it. Life doesn't have a judge and jury, and while there are a few moral absolutes in the world, I'm pretty sure none of them cover writing quality. I'm simply saying that *I* am not interested in reading what someone is churning out for money. My experience has been that, unless people have a story they really want to tell, or a character they want to write about, they fall back on formula. I, personally, have no interest in formula. It's a red flag for me.
And by the by, maybe it's just me, but I *want* an author who's willing to show some imagination and confound/challenge the expectations of their readers. I understand there are readers who like genre and conventions and a pleasant ride from point A to point Z, but *I* am not one of them. Nothing irritates me quite as much as an ending you can see 200 pages off...and then the writer *writes* it.
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Nothing wrong with your viewpoint, and that is what the thread is about, what turns you off.
Me I like challenging and different books and read as many as I can. But after something that stretches my brain, I want to read something fun or relaxing like a good kick ass adventure/mystery/thriller story, like Robert B. Parker, Rex Stout, Robert K. Tanenbaum etc. Sure I know the ending before I even start the book, but not too many books that I don't. Still I enjoy the ride in a way quite different from a book that keeps you on edge wondering if the good guys will prevail
Where do you find all of these books, with totally unexpected endings?
I read a book a year or so ago where the ending was unexpected in that most of the characters were killed in a snowstorm and all the little subplots as well as the main plot within the book were never resolved. It was indeed unexpected and kind of outraged me because I was enjoying the book till the last ten pages when the author got tired of thinking it seems. Not an Indie book either.
The moral or point of the book seemed to be always carry a flashlight.
Helen