#reading a story.

After protagonist escaped from being chased around, she told no one about it, and insisted nothing happened. She couldn't trust anyone, but I'm annoyed in fictional stories that protagonists always stubbornly not seek for help.

That Jodie Foster movie Panic Room (2002) comes to mind. There was one scene that frustrated me so much, granted that had she sought for help, the movie would be shorter.

(2/2)

Finished reading that book. I do not like the info-dump ending. Or the character that was introduced near the end, then forgotten at the end.

Currently #reading a story on a haunted house.

Someone in it said, "It's complicated".

When was the last time these two simple words help in convincing someone to stop questioning?

Just finished reading my fourth novel of 2026. (Based on my Mastodon history, the second book was so bad that I didn't even toot about it.)

The scenes involving the space elevator reminded me of Tom Cruise and his many life threatening stunts, if a movie was ever adapted, surely he would want to star in it.

Reading a mystery thriller.

A: mind the broken one [step of a stairs].
B: they all look broken.
A: then mind all of them.

Reminded me of a certain strategy game, where the tutorial npc said: I have marked on your mini-map where to place the trap.

(And then most of the map lit up)

Then the player character: you marked everywhere.

NPC: there are so many of them, you can't possibly miss them.