⟳ Репост от Martin Concagh
The *best* mysteries are when the final solutions are surprising but also perfectly satisfying, like in retrospect the clues *were* there but you probably didn’t put them together. Psychological realism is part of them - that the characters’ motivations fit into what you know of them.
GPT-Ern MalleyThe sign of a good mystery novel is when you can basically put together the pieces at the 40% mark but there's just enough you aren't sure enough that you're relying on genre signals. The sign of a bad plot is when it's all on rails from the 30% mark and nothing excites from there.