That's a top tier nickel's worth of good advice. Thank you once more.
In this particular case, the question did not spawn from my own writing (not that I am immune in any way from certain insecurities), but instead from the writings of one Ms. Agatha Christie.
Since becoming a writer myself, I have pondered books I've read and wondered at the thinking of the author. The book I'm referring to in this case is And The There Were None.
I enjoyed the book immensely right up til the end. I won't spoil how it goes but Christie did not write the book in such a way that the reader could solve the mystery on their own.
In essence, she lied. This isn't necessarily a untrustworthy narrator as it is in third person omniscient, but a clear case of the author lying to the reader. I didn't like it (I have been so disgusted I haven't read it since) but I thought there may be a place for such untrustworthyness so I thought I'd come to the expert and bug you.
When was the last time you read Doyle/Sherlock Holmes? Because you can't solve his, either. Unless you know where in London to find particular yellow mud or have been to India and know the ins and outs of the local fauna.
Hell, the first Holmes story is about the secret behaviors of the Dove and Chicken Clan. Yanno....coos and clucks?
In the meantime, I'll re-read it real quick and see if I can provide better advice in this specific case. Also....pull up Hulu and watch Season 9, episode 1 of Family Guy.
Its been a decade or more. (Please reference the earlier mention of disgust).
Fair point about Sherlock which makes me wonder now what my deal was with ATTWN. Maybe it’s because Sherlock is a different POV. It’s from Watson’s view, not third person. Watson may be an uninformed narrator but not a purposefully deceitful one.
I was right. The gramophone recording is what gives it away, clear as day. I'm happy to go into more detail in private, or, you can read it again.
I highly, HIGHLY recommend reading it again, either way. I suspect that past you didn't know what a word meant, and therefore, felt cheated. I also suspect that if I tell you the sentence that gives it away, you'll smack yourself in the forehead.
The recording set it up to be one of two people, and when my guess was NOT the second person killed, then I knew that was the proper killer.
I'm a little over halfway through the book, and seven remain. If my suspicions are right....it was spelled out very clearly in both the nursery rhyme as well as the victory recording, and in the personal remarks of one certain character.
I'll let you know later whether I've made an accurate judgement of the character in my thoughts.
This is really good! And super helpful. Certainly agree with the above comment, too. Thank you so much, Haly! ❤️🙏❄️☃️🖖🕵️♀️
That's LITERALLY what I'm here for! I'm always so happy when my advice is helpful.
That's a top tier nickel's worth of good advice. Thank you once more.
In this particular case, the question did not spawn from my own writing (not that I am immune in any way from certain insecurities), but instead from the writings of one Ms. Agatha Christie.
Since becoming a writer myself, I have pondered books I've read and wondered at the thinking of the author. The book I'm referring to in this case is And The There Were None.
I enjoyed the book immensely right up til the end. I won't spoil how it goes but Christie did not write the book in such a way that the reader could solve the mystery on their own.
In essence, she lied. This isn't necessarily a untrustworthy narrator as it is in third person omniscient, but a clear case of the author lying to the reader. I didn't like it (I have been so disgusted I haven't read it since) but I thought there may be a place for such untrustworthyness so I thought I'd come to the expert and bug you.
When was the last time you read it?
And....
When was the last time you read Doyle/Sherlock Holmes? Because you can't solve his, either. Unless you know where in London to find particular yellow mud or have been to India and know the ins and outs of the local fauna.
Hell, the first Holmes story is about the secret behaviors of the Dove and Chicken Clan. Yanno....coos and clucks?
In the meantime, I'll re-read it real quick and see if I can provide better advice in this specific case. Also....pull up Hulu and watch Season 9, episode 1 of Family Guy.
Its been a decade or more. (Please reference the earlier mention of disgust).
Fair point about Sherlock which makes me wonder now what my deal was with ATTWN. Maybe it’s because Sherlock is a different POV. It’s from Watson’s view, not third person. Watson may be an uninformed narrator but not a purposefully deceitful one.
Righto, Family guy.
I was right. The gramophone recording is what gives it away, clear as day. I'm happy to go into more detail in private, or, you can read it again.
I highly, HIGHLY recommend reading it again, either way. I suspect that past you didn't know what a word meant, and therefore, felt cheated. I also suspect that if I tell you the sentence that gives it away, you'll smack yourself in the forehead.
The recording set it up to be one of two people, and when my guess was NOT the second person killed, then I knew that was the proper killer.
I'm a little over halfway through the book, and seven remain. If my suspicions are right....it was spelled out very clearly in both the nursery rhyme as well as the victory recording, and in the personal remarks of one certain character.
I'll let you know later whether I've made an accurate judgement of the character in my thoughts.