[HPforGrownups] Re: GOF as Mystery Novel

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 9412

At 09:25 PM 1/16/01 +0000, Amy wrote:
>I think GoF works pretty well as a mystery.  We aren't privy to all
>the clues, but we do see a lot of them if we're sharp enough, and
>Crouch spells them out at the end...

I don't think most mysteries were meant to be figured out by the
reader... Going back to A. Christie, who could ever figure out the
elaborate solution to _Evil Under the Sun_?

>BTW, spoilers re: HP are par for the course, but spoilers re: Agatha
>Christie are out of bounds!  Next thing you know people will be
>giving away the end of The Mousetrap!

Or _Murder on the Orient Express_.  :)

                                       -- Dave


"I love reading mysteries, but I can never figure them out."

                                  -- Lieutenent Columbo