And it's not a plot hole if the action moves the characters deeper into the story, and does not contravene any of the Rules Of The Book that have been lain down by the authors.
What it sounds like is a reader who is over-thinking the set-up, or who has fallen out of the story. I do this with movies all the time -- when I start asking questions like, "But even if he gets away this time, how can he possibly supposed that They (They) won't be waiting for him in New York, Chicago, Paris, Istanbul, Hong Kong?" -- it's because I've fallen out of Story World and have begun applying Real World rules to the story.
And this? Is why the same book can and has been dinged and praised as "brilliant!" "boring!" "stunning!" "illiterate!"
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And it's not a plot hole if the action moves the characters deeper into the story, and does not contravene any of the Rules Of The Book that have been lain down by the authors.
What it sounds like is a reader who is over-thinking the set-up, or who has fallen out of the story. I do this with movies all the time -- when I start asking questions like, "But even if he gets away this time, how can he possibly supposed that They (They) won't be waiting for him in New York, Chicago, Paris, Istanbul, Hong Kong?" -- it's because I've fallen out of Story World and have begun applying Real World rules to the story.
And this? Is why the same book can and has been dinged and praised as "brilliant!" "boring!" "stunning!" "illiterate!"