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But to a large extent the appeal of Poirot and Miss Marple is the levity they add.
by JackFr 4y ago
But to a large extent the appeal of Poirot and Miss Marple is the levity they add.
- baud147258 4y agoI found that Father Brown from G.K. Chesterton also added a lot of levity > the reader deserves a fighting chance to solve the mystery without the author’s use of cheap tricks. though I found he frequently didn't leave much (any?) chance for the reader to solve the mystery, though for me the mystery and its solution was never really the focus of the stories anyway.
- mikepurvis 4y agoNot the GP, but I think there's a difference between a leading character who is inherently humorous or says humorous things vs the narrator doing it. And in cases where the narrative is first person from the perspective of someone in the story (mostly famously The Murder of Roger Ackroyd), it should remain relatively flat and observational rather than being puffed up with a lot of that character's thoughts, opinions, or personality.