![]() ![]() ![]() If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. Remove everything that has no relevance to the story. ![]() To use the nice, simple definition from wikipedia, Chekhov's gun is a dramatic principle that every memorable element in a fictional story must be necessary and irreplaceable, and any that are not should be removed. I don't know Mary Calmes' educational background, but I think it's safe to say she missed the day her Lit professor lectured on the concept of Chekhov's Gun. And by "hot mess," I am specifically referring to this: I liked this book, despite the fact that it is one hot mess. Original Review written about 16 months ago: ETA: Scroll down to find an update to my original review and the reason I changed my star rating from a 3 to a 4 ![]()
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