Tag: thrillers

The Willing Suspension of Disbelief

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The willing suspension of disbelief was Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s description of the interaction between readers and writing. In general, readers have to suspend their knowledge that they’re reading fiction. They have to enter into a kind of agreement with the writer to withhold any innate skepticism and allow the author to make her case. It’s […]

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The Criminal Mastermind

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For some reason, I’ve been reading a lot of serial killer novels lately, even though I’m not a huge serial killer fan. As I’ve said elsewhere, I find them less interesting than other types of villains. But the thrillers I’ve been reading over the past couple of months all feature serial killers with various levels […]

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