There is a particular irritation that has become increasingly difficult to ignore: the sense that contemporary novels no longer trust their readers. Everything is spelled out. Emotions are named before they are felt. Subtext is replaced with text. You do not infer; you are told.
This frustration
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There is a particular irritation that has become increasingly difficult to ignore: the sense that contemporary novels no longer trust their readers. Everything is spelled out. Emotions are named before they are felt. Subtext is replaced with text. You do not infer; you are told.
This frustration
... Read full article.