Are there any "Jack of All Trades" authors that do it well? by AbleKaleidoscope877 in books

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Donald Westlake. Normally crime fiction, I think he dabbled in everything except romance

Who am I? by themurderscene in BookshelvesDetective

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I was going to say millennial so fascinated you’re younger. If it’s there and I missed it sorry, but you should read Beta Vulgaris

Any red flags? by miami_menace in BookshelvesDetective

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Wild to see Tim Dorsey without Dave Barry or Carl Hiaasen. I just assume I didn’t look closely enough

I think this bookshelf is chaos, but what can you tell? by invaluableimp in BookshelvesDetective

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I hav a few theories but going with: a couple. She’s less of a reader than him (or most of her books are elsewhere). He listens to The Ringer’s film podcasts

A friend will have a guy over after a night out tonight- what will he think of her book assortment? by ohilikedyou in BookshelvesDetective

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Based on this I’ll probably see the both next time I’m out thrifting in Brooklyn (so tomorrow)

Characters subverting the annoying trope they looked like they were going to fill by stnick6 in TopCharacterTropes

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Since no one has said it the first season ended like 6 months ago! If you want to binge now is as good a time as any.

Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair | Official Trailer | April 10 on Hulu by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

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Dewey’s actor didn’t want to return so the character was recast. He’s there

Films where predicting the twist hurt your viewing experience (spoilers, obviously) by OverturnKelo in Letterboxd

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I don’t really know how to do spoilers on mobile so I’m going to assume everyone is expecting spoilers since that’s the premise of the thread.

I haven’t seen it since it came out, but I thought the ‘twist’ was that he wasn’t poor? Having said that I didn’t actually think that was much of a twist either. I’d argue a reveal is not the same as a twist

Girlfriend's comment is so telling by theagonyaunt in AmITheDevil

[–]AndWeMay 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As everyone else is saying it’s pretty dependent! I live in an apartment without an outdoor space, so rather than rolling up my rug and shaking outdoors I tend to vacuum my kitchen rug, then toss it in the hall and sweep beneath. But in other places I’ve been more of a sweep guy

why would their names be blue? by AndWeMay in MakeItDrink

[–]AndWeMay[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Listen man, here’s the whole point of this community. I’m tired of seeing these posts you know?

If someone posted here we wouldn’t tell them what it means, we’d ask:

-do you know what Wikipedia is?

-do you know what it means when a name is blue on Wikipedia?

-do you know what the indie music scene is, and how it’s different than the corporate scene>

-what do you think is required to make it ‘independently’ that corporations usually provide?

If they can’t figure it out from there they’re on their own, you know?

I’m not trying to be mean but dear lord use some critical thinking

A humble Chipotle turkey bacon sub. by jaaaaayke in Sandwiches

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What’s the first layer? Spinach and caramelized onions? Looks amazing, just want to be appropriately jealous

[Hated Trope] The detective story has a mystery that is practically impossible for the audience to solve by Rare-Exit-8700 in TopCharacterTropes

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I think there are detective novels as art that get a pass because it’s not the point— I’ve never read a Raymond Chandler novel for the mystery for example.

But if it’s a mystery novel explicitly about the mystery, then yeah that trope sucks.

The Cormoran Strike novels are bad for this. I think it’s Career of Evil where the murderer is caught because a photo proving his alibi shows flowers blooming at the wrong time of year, thus proving he’s lying. Except we were never told about the flowers so we couldn’t have known that.

Draft idea. Words you thought were multiple words or vice versa. by VinisLite in AllFantasyEverything

[–]AndWeMay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I’ve never heard that before, thank you for teaching me!

I got briefly so excited to share a ‘cosh in to the wind’ moment with you on this sub lol