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On the other hand, I love the clarity behind this system being for things released by serial publication. Like the idea that if you read the book, you aren’t a
by Closi 6y ago
On the other hand, I love the clarity behind this system being for things released by serial publication.
Like the idea that if you read the book, you aren’t actually reading it as intended.
- sswezey 6y agoExactly, its like binge watching a television show instead of piecemeal. You don't have the cliffhangers since you don't have to wait a week or a year to find out what happens next. A key tool to build suspense is rendered useless. On the other hand, splitting a book that wasn't meant to be serial can make certain sections feel meaningless - they aren't meant to be taken separately. A perfect example is the movie adaptation of the Hobbit: you had two movies that felt unresolved and one movie that just dropped you in right before the climax of the book.
- hombre_fatal 6y agoThat's a good point. Though this service admits that it doesn't know the actual episode boundaries used in the original publications, so it's just chunking the books into chapters which might not necessarily fall on cliffhanger boundaries.