Vicki Hendricks says:
>>Surprise endings
generally ruin most novels and stories, in my opinion. The
writer is so concerned with plotting, in order to make his
ending work, that he skimps on character development and
human psychology and emotion, what literature is all
about<<
Surprise endings ruin many but not most fiction as far as I'm
concerneed, just so long as the writer does not skimp on
character, pshychology and emotion.
Vicki continuted (my repetition for clairty)
>>what literature is all about, as
opposed to a cheap thrill that you can't enjoy a second time
because you know the ending.<<
The spoiler is out so I'll continue assuming we are talking
about THE CONFESSION:
For me, THE CONFESSION was a better read for me not to have
perceived the killer until the very end. I did not like him
very much, but I did not think him as the killer but as some
shmuck who was getting into the vortex of injustice.
For me, it made a better book. Unlike Vicki's protage in
MIAMI PURITY, who I liked and felt sorry for but kept
reading, I'm not sure I would have enjoyed THE CONFESSION as
much as if I had known the ending all along. It seems to me
that Domenic went out of his way to keep the ending
ambivalentt, and thus made it a better book.
I'll ask, but I'm not sure Domenic wants to tell us--did you
plan it that way?
Jack
http://www.jackbludis.com
Shamus nominee for "Shadow of the Dahlia" Amazon.com / BN.com
/ MysteryLovesCompany.com
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