Who else
If someone doesn’t know, they would think that you, Shen Jiarui, are the author of “The Mystery of Roger Affair”.
Some people in the circle secretly criticized this, but they had to admit that what this guy said before about Chu Kuang was not wrong.
As expected, he is the number one Chu fan.
Of course, not all reviews are good. As Alan Rogers' most controversial work, the reviews are polarized, but there are indeed some dislikes.
"The narrative technique is too lame. For the sake of the shocking effect at the end, the excitement of the case was sacrificed. It feels like missing the point."
"It's obviously a trick to fool the readers, but many people still feel happy being fooled. It's really clever, but I don't like this kind of reasoning."
"I also don't like this style of writing, but I also admit that this is indeed a new type of mystery writing technique. I can only pray that my favorite writers don't follow suit and learn bad things."
"A reasoning cannot be evaluated entirely on the basis of being unpredictable... This is an evil way of writing. I still prefer a reasoning that unravels the mystery, rather than playing word games with the author."
"The ending is indeed shocking, but am I the only one who feels that the first and middle parts are boring?"
"Although it's really great, I can't accept this narrative style. I have a subtle feeling that although it's wonderful, I am being fooled. It feels a bit bad."
"… "
There is a price to pay for playing tricks on your readers!
Because not everyone can accept this kind of teasing.
Moreover, there are different types of reasoning, and narrative reasoning is precisely the "poison point" for some mystery fans.
When Agatha Christie released "The Mysterious Case of Roger Affair", she was also met with many doubts, saying that the book was unfair to readers and that the emergence of new things would inevitably face controversy.
at this time.
Not only some readers but also writers feel that they have been poisoned!
Yes, some mystery writers felt that they had been fooled after reading "The Mystery of Roger Affair" and they cursed Chu Kuang directly after reading it.
Most people who swear just swear a few words and that's it.
But there are some writers who are born with the desire to vent, such as Leng Guang, a famous mystery writer from Qi Province.
Leng Guang directly sprayed on the tribe:
"People have been recommending The Mystery of Roger Affair to me since last night. I read it with great anticipation, but after finishing it, I was extremely disappointed. I just want to say, this is a foul!"
It might be an exaggeration to say that he was criticizing him, as the wording was relatively mild, but Leng Guang was indeed very dissatisfied.
Leng Guang, a mystery writer, is known for his outspokenness, and he also published a set of "Five Major Rules of Reasoning".
This rule is very popular in the circle.
Rule number one: Detectives may not use supernatural means to solve crimes.
Rule 2: When committing a crime, you may not use poisons that have not yet been invented or devices that require a profound scientific explanation.
Rule 3: The detective may not solve the case based on clues that have not been given to the reader in the novel.
Rule 4: A detective must not be a criminal.
Rule 5: Detectives may not rely on their intuition to solve cases
The first few points are not controversial and are basically accepted by the industry because they will indeed make the work lose its interest.
But some people ignore the rule that detectives must not become criminals.
In the mystery world, there are some unorthodox works that use detectives as criminals.
So Leng Guang proposed the "Five Principles of Reasoning", but the circle removed the fifth one, and it became the "Four Principles of Reasoning".
This made Leng Guang angry and scolded many people in the circle:
How could you remove the last rule of my reasoning code without my permission
Although the detective in "The Mystery of Roger Affair" is not the criminal, the "I" in the first-person perspective is the criminal, which is somewhat similar to the situation where the detective himself is the murderer.
So this is totally unacceptable to Leng Guang!
However, Leng Guang's criticism did not cause much response, because Leng Guang was a well-known troll in the reasoning world, and everyone knew it.
People won’t dislike cold light too much.
Although this guy likes to criticize, he also has some true feelings.
In fact, there are many mystery writers, including those on Earth, who dislike the narrative mystery writing style and have publicly complained about it, such as Quinn, who is only slightly less famous than A-Po (Quinn is a pen name shared by two people).
Of course Quinn didn't dare to complain about the old lady, but he didn't like this way of writing.
But everything has two sides.
For example, the famous Keigo Higashino.
He wrote a work called "Malice", which is a typical narrative trick, paying tribute to his grandmother across time. It can be seen that Keigo Higashino approves of this creative technique.
This is not an isolated case.
In the same era, there was also a mystery writer who was recognized by everyone, "The Mystery of Roger Affair". This person is a landmark figure among Chu Province's mystery writers, Carter!
Carter is much more famous than Leng Guang.
He commented on "The Mystery of Roger Affair" on his blog, with many praises:
"It's a brilliant idea to use words to perform a trick. When I read the fifth to last chapter of the novel, I guessed the murderer, but this did not offset the shock I felt after reading the ending. This is really a genius idea! Chu Kuang has created a new type of reasoning! I am a little itchy and want to create in this way once. Unfortunately, I have not read Chu Kuang's other works before, but now I really want to say to Chu Kuang, welcome to join the reasoning circle, and I look forward to your creation of better works in the future!"
The speeches of the big guys are very influential.
Some of Carter's readers, even if they didn't like "The Mystery of Roger," after seeing their idol say this, their hearts gradually tilted towards Chu Kuang:
"Think about it carefully. There's nothing wrong with what Mr. Carter said. This is a new type of reasoning."
"I've seen many people say this style is disgusting. Look at the big picture of Mr. Carter. You have to look at new things from multiple angles!"
"Mr. Carter has a broad vision, because this type of story will trigger countless subsequent works to imitate it, which is actually a good thing for the future development of reasoning."
"I didn't expect that Mr. Carter also likes this book. Hehe, my idol and I have the same taste."
"… "
Leng Guang left a message in the comment section in a bad mood: "I beg to differ."
Carter replied “^_^”.
By the way, after Leng Guang published the five laws of reasoning, Carter took the lead in deleting the fifth law.
At that time, Carter praised Leng Guang's five laws, saying that Xiao Guangguang was awesome, and then he turned around and removed the fifth one, making it the four laws that are widely circulated in the reasoning world...
Leng Guang almost cried out of anger at that time.
He originally liked Carter very much, but this incident directly turned him from a fan of Leng Guang to a hater.
Today, when I saw Carter praising "The Mysterious Case of Roger Affair", Leng Guang almost had a myocardial infarction.
As some controversy emerged, the official Weibo account of Silver Blue Library also took action, directly adding an important note to this storm of reasoning:
"Chu Kuang pioneered the narrative mystery with his masterpiece "The Mystery of Roger". The so-called narrative mystery is a narrative trick. This is the highlight of mystery novels. There may be more innovative works in the future, but no one can cover up the brilliance of Chu Kuang's work!"
Of course we will give our own authors lots of praise!
The Silver Blue Library was also eager to set the tone and make it an established fact:
Chu Kuang founded a new school of reasoning with his narrative tricks!
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