I have a serious question for my bookish friends. Here's the situation: I've just finished a book for review. The story is a crime drama along the lines of (WHEN WILL THIS END) Gone Girl. One thing seems to be the situation, then there's a twist that changes the story completely. Whatever. (Can you tell I'm getting very tired of these stories--lol) Anyway, in the last 4--yes 4--pages of the book, the story changes again. Changes genre. A crime drama becomes a supernatural story.
So.
Does this seem right to you? The story is well written otherwise, in fact, some of his wording and pacing reminds me strongly of Mr. King. I think I could accept this twist in a short story, but in a novel it makes me want to do an Annie Wilkes ("It's a cockadoodie cheat!"). I owe a review on it soon, and I'm stumped as to what I'm going to say.
What say you? Fair or not fair story development?
So.
Does this seem right to you? The story is well written otherwise, in fact, some of his wording and pacing reminds me strongly of Mr. King. I think I could accept this twist in a short story, but in a novel it makes me want to do an Annie Wilkes ("It's a cockadoodie cheat!"). I owe a review on it soon, and I'm stumped as to what I'm going to say.
What say you? Fair or not fair story development?