gmwzio t1_jeeatw1 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:01 PM

Reply to comment by TrogdorMcfuzz in What crime / thriller book has the most frustrating ending in your opinion? by FormerFruit

YES. I spent so much time thinking about how maybe the mystery was solved if you read between the lines and I was just too stupid to figure it out. I also spent a long time on google trying to figure out if the answer comes out in a later book in the series, but nope each book is a standalone. I couldn’t continue the series I was so frustrated.

friarparkfairie t1_jeejtv1 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:17 PM

No but that’s what’s so good about them! In real life there would never be a connection between what happened to Rob and his friends and the current case - we only expect a connection because most mystery novels have that absurd “the two cases 20 years apart have the same culprit!” that really makes little sense sometimes.

gmwzio t1_jeffwu3 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 4:53 PM

Sure! And I’m glad you like them. But I don’t read fictional mysteries to make me feel like I’m in the real world. I’ve got enough of the real world as it is.

FieryBush t1_jeeltoo wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:32 PM

What??? I'm almost done with the second one right now with plans to read the rest, but that's mainly because I assumed the big mystery in book 1 would be solved eventually 😭