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Rant: My book club told me to skip the prologue and I regret it
Last month, Sarah from our group swore up and down that prologues are always filler and to just start at chapter one. I followed her advice on this mystery novel set in Portland, and spent the first 40 pages totally lost on who the victim was and why anyone cared. Turns out the prologue had the single clue that explained the whole motive. Has anyone else ever gotten bad book advice that backfired this badly?
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gray611d ago
Told my buddy to skip the lore in a fantasy series and he never forgave me.
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margaret9911d ago
Did your buddy end up missing any major plot points, @gray6?
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margaret9910d ago
Oh boy, I once skipped a foreword and ended up wondering why medieval knights kept talking about their moms.
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