Totally agree. I got through that first story and thought to myself “damn this is going to take way too long to get to the meat”. And like you say, these storie

Totally agree. I got through that first story and thought to myself “damn this is going to take way too long to get to the meat”. And like you say, these stories all have the same narrative styling so it’s not even entertaining anymore. When and why is this a thing? And why isn’t it more compelling or dense?