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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
I agree with this because I've read many a book where a clever detail is hidden (or more than one) in the mundane. Although hiding them in boring description can mean they are missed by the reader anyway (I can be a skimmer. I admit it. If an author gets too carried away with description, I'm going to miss a few things unless the author is also funny or just robust enough to keep me paying attention.)
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But the intention is to make the reader miss the important bit, and then have the aha! moment later and realize that the author actually played fair and hid the clue in plain sight. I love it when an author pulls off that kind of trickery.