definitely "how" is critical. i tend to feel that if i see it's a device or gimmick at all, i don't like it. i prefer the author's hand to be more invisible than that.
if a twist ending or a "spoiled" death is organic to the story (as it is in American Beauty where the whole point is a reflective meditation on one's life), then that's all good.
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Date: 2006-11-21 01:16 am (UTC)if a twist ending or a "spoiled" death is organic to the story (as it is in American Beauty where the whole point is a reflective meditation on one's life), then that's all good.
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