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Subverting expectations is easy, and many who do it think they're clever. The trick is to remember that if you're taking away the gift your readers expect, you have to give them something much better. That's hard.

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Isaac Carlson

@isaacleecarlson

Dec 11, 2019

@BrentWeeks You have got to be the best author that I have ever read that effectively subverted my expectations. Even though every time you did it maddened me to no end.

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Or else you get The Last Jedi.

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I don't know if I want to risk the internet slap fight that surrounds that flick by agreeing with you wholeheartedly. But I agree with you wholeheartedly. There are a bunch of things that movie does well. Story is not one of them.

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You have to knows the rules before you can break them, and why you should break them.

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A lesson to be learned from the last season of Game of Thrones

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@ReallyRadley

Dec 15, 2019

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I expected a good trilogy…then I expected the last book of a really good series a year earlier. ;-P But I *got* a truly great series that I've recommended and gifted to friends and family. Thanks,

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Mark Harrison

@mark__harrison_

Dec 18, 2019

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Every chapter with Dazen and Orholam was absolute gold. Thank you for some fantastic writing that made me reflect just as much it entertained me.