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Garbage-Away t1_j1qig2k wrote

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Haha it has been a complaint of mine for years. Get a fantastic opening cruddy middle where you slog through just to get to a better than average end. But obviously, it’s a formula. Otherwise we wouldn’t have it in every friggin novel.

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[deleted] OP t1_j1qinh1 wrote

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Garbage-Away t1_j1qitpr wrote

Precisely! For a while there I thought it was just me. But then I realized 12 authors 15 books couldn’t just be me.

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[deleted] OP t1_j1qixrq wrote

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Garbage-Away t1_j1qjmvw wrote

Haha. I’ve always thought, that the crap you have to slog through was added by the publisher just to make the page count. And the author..who has spent his check already..just has to let it go and endure…hahah.

Look at some of the old piers Anthony novels. Solid front to back. Not until like book 5-6 does the “center slog” start. That’s just one example off the top of my head

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