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"He shakes his head, then strokes his beard."
Wait a second. This guy, one of the main suspects, has been on page how many times — let's just say a lot, because the MC lives in the same house as him — and now, 3/4 of the way through, we're being told for the first time that he has a beard?
Not to mention, it's 1952? And he's a businessman, in fact basically a CEO? Uhhhhh.... I'm gonna say no. What a weird glitch.
— Apr 10, 2023 03:58PM
Wait a second. This guy, one of the main suspects, has been on page how many times — let's just say a lot, because the MC lives in the same house as him — and now, 3/4 of the way through, we're being told for the first time that he has a beard?
Not to mention, it's 1952? And he's a businessman, in fact basically a CEO? Uhhhhh.... I'm gonna say no. What a weird glitch.
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Don't know what I'm going to do now. DNF? Skip ahead? Wait a few days (can't wait too long, it's a library book) then push myself to continue? There's a reason why I don't read books about queer characters in the 1950s, but I went against my usual judgement in order to give this a chance. I'm invested enough in the mystery now that I don't really want to DNF... but I don't know if I can bear to keep reading, either.
— Apr 09, 2023 08:47PM
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Apr 10, 2023 05:00PM
lol, I'm not up on facial hair in the 50s, but authors leaving description way too late always annoys me. like, you didn't describe them the first or second time they appeared, you surrendered all right to do so. I pay so little attention to description though that sometimes when something shows up late I didn't notice before I have to use the search to check, assuming I can be bothered. idk if that happened here or I just missed it. :)
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"like, you didn't describe them the first or second time they appeared, you surrendered all right to do so."👉🏼 EXACTLY. 👈🏼
Beards were very much Not The Thing in that era. If he'd been an artist or poet or beatnik (although '52 is maybe still too early for that?) or some other type of flagrant nonconformist, maybe. But a businessman? Especially one who wants/needs to appear as conventional as possible? Nah.
