Oh interesting... so there was something that made them want to read more, even if they weren't into it with any kind of connection... Hmmn, I'm trying to think of a book that grabbed me without moving me - and ooh, actually, The Naked Civil Servant is probably a good example - I was absolutely interested to find out what happened to Crisp, but his writing didn't move me at all...
Maybe I just don't have enough interest in crime books these days to be that interested in how-they-did-it, whereas how someone survived a particular period of their life does...
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Date: Tuesday, 16 February 2010 09:32 pm (UTC)Maybe I just don't have enough interest in crime books these days to be that interested in how-they-did-it, whereas how someone survived a particular period of their life does...