[ SECRET POST #4978 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4978 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

"Cozy mysteries" where the mystery being solved is a murder really bother me too. Nine times out of ten the protag is, like, a woman who owns a cat and runs a bakery or craft shop, and to me that's 1. the least interesting part of the story, and 2. not stuff that meshes well with the inherent violence and trauma or murder. Like, dude. Somebody's dead. Their family is grieving. Stop that cutesy quirky stuff.

[(Anonymous)]

Nobody is dead. They're fictional characters. Preferring stories that focus on the emotional realism of loss and grief, or whatever, is just a preference.

[(Anonymous)]

+1

[(Anonymous)]

See, I like that kind of stuff. I don't care about the fictional dead person's family. I want to see some old lady argue with the detective because she's a curtain twitcher who knows everything. Or I have a couple of books by Juliet Blackwell where the woman solving the mystery is a witch, so you get to deal with that kind of stuff as well as a murder mystery.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm going to assume you're not a fan of the "cozy Catastrophe" sub genre, like, say, Day of the Triffids, where it's not ONE person who died, but most of humanity and it's still considered "cozy" because it's not full on Mad Max.

[(Anonymous)]

Right, because what grieving families would really prefer is the CSI/SVU approach, where the camera lingers over every drop of blood and brain matter, and the investigators enthusiastically focus in on the psycho-sexual dysfunctions of the murderer. Much better than the vicar popping by and saying 'Oh, by the way, it was Cousin Mary, don't fret, the constabulary awaits her at the train station ♥'

[(Anonymous)]

Definitely! And if they can fetishize rape or violence against women in every single episode, so much the better!