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I enjoyed the Charles Paris books back in the day.
I'm going to think about this some more, but here's my seat of the pants take on it. I think it's undeniably a trope. As you say, without it, no cozy. But I don't think it's necessarily bad writing, or at least not that bad. I think people like to be asked their opinion. It always amazes me how bystanders will answer reporter's questions at a news site, for example, when my own reaction would be to run like the wind, or as windlike as I can manage in my dotage. Or how people are willing to answer polls and so forth. So while it's a little clunky (or maybe a lot clunky), I don't think it goes against basic human nature.
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