![]() And when the two have their first intimate moment together, our protagonist predictably progresses from doubt to clairty. A moment later, he presses her on a question that she explicitly told him she did not want to talk about. One moment, the protagonist is sensitive to his ladyfriend's mood, not probing into something that he senses - without words - she does not want to discuss. The characters are flat, ridiculous caricatures. ![]() But I'm not convinced that it would have done much good. Do you remember your school days, when you were first learning to write fiction? An omniscient, third-person narrator explained all your characters' thoughts, vices, virtues and motivations? But eventually you learned that it was better to let them speak for themselves through their own words and actions? Evidently the author missed that lesson. ![]()
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