04-21-2024, 10:39 PM | #2626 | |
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Mystery is any who did it (a crime) Murder sure tops the list in my book. |
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04-22-2024, 04:36 AM | #2627 |
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Also it's not gritty...
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04-22-2024, 08:51 AM | #2628 |
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Miss Marple qualifies. So does 'Murder, she wrote', for instance. Midsomer Murders and Death in Paradise don't, because the sleuths there aren't amateurs (although they do fit the other qualifications).
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04-22-2024, 09:08 AM | #2629 |
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04-22-2024, 10:31 AM | #2630 |
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Gritty and Noir are sort of distant cousins and can be quite different. Certainly Noir can be a big distance from Cosy, but it's a more a style than indication of content.
It's weird all these cosy (murder) mysteries with contemporary fantasy witches and such. |
04-25-2024, 10:35 PM | #2631 |
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This crap, all from the under $5 section on Kobo. I'm very unlikely to click through if I don't get an idea what the damn book is about. Last edited by ownedbycats; 04-25-2024 at 10:37 PM. |
04-26-2024, 12:52 AM | #2632 |
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Is it really all that hard to click on read more?
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04-26-2024, 07:01 AM | #2633 |
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04-26-2024, 07:16 AM | #2634 | |
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FIRST Impressions. Have you ever seen one start out with NYT Worst ever selling book Author IMHO The First 2 Paragraphs are what you need to get me interested enough to look for more. Don't waste it with nonsense puffery. |
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04-26-2024, 07:20 AM | #2635 |
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04-26-2024, 08:26 AM | #2636 |
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If you can't tell me what the book is about, in the first few sentences, then I likely won't like it and will not waste my time.
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04-26-2024, 10:16 AM | #2637 |
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I’m right with you. I will read more only if the first blurb catches my interest.
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04-26-2024, 10:50 AM | #2638 |
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Agreed. I suspect they do it for the same reason salesmen were once told to get the customer to say "yes" to a few innocuous questions as a way to prime them to say "yes" to the big question. I'll bet if you click on "Read more" you will be more likely to take the next step and click on "Buy now."
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