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Booking Through Thursday: Mystery or Love story?

Booking Through Thursday asks: All things being equal, which would you prefer–a mystery? Or a love story?

Mystery, hands down. With love stories the only real mystery is whether or not Character A will end up with Character B. Sure, there are some bits in between that often lead the reader to believe the outcome will be one way or another, but I feel that love stories have a limited scope in things that could happen. Mysteries, on the other hand, are full of questions. Who? What? Why? Who was killed? Why were they killed? How is the protagonist going to figure things out? Often a single answer will lead to more questions being asked and makes the book more compelling to read.

Thursday, December 8th, 2011 at 8:39 am.
Filed under: throughthursday.

2 Responses to “Booking Through Thursday: Mystery or Love story?”

  1. mary Ann Langan Says:
    December 8th, 2011 at 10:36 am

    Mysteries, I agree are more interesting.
    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/12/book…

  2. carabossesbakeshop Says:
    December 8th, 2011 at 10:45 am

    I agree. Mysteries can be much more interesting.

    Here's mine: http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2011/12/boo…

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