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Originally Posted by photon
I don't feel like that's it for me, when I'm engaged it's fine, I just don't get engaged in the novel.. like I don't care what happens next or feel connection to the characters as much.
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That's probably a maturity thing there. Realizing that the characters aren't real, and nothing actually "happens" to them at all. When I'm reading, often I'm acutely aware of wondering not "how will the character get out of this one?" but "how will the author twist this one to keep the story moving?" I respect an ingenious twist... Especially one where all the groundwork was subtly laid for hundreds of pages before. The storytelling is more important than the story. And it's a lot harder to master.
I just read a Grisham book last week and it was... not masterful. In the final chapters, all the mysteries were explained but there was no moment of "I can't believe I missed that!" It was just a mechanical, dry explanation of something he never made me think about in the first place.