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More than anything, Wales' writing reminds me of the aphorism: "Explaining a joke is like vivisecting a frog; you might learn something but the frog dies". Wales is constitutionally incapable of choosing to let a trope stand, and constantly chooses to interrogate the conceits of his plot instead of keeping up all the little contrivances that would make that plot satisfying. It's like being on a car journey with an engineer who can't resist disassembling the engine every few minutes: you might get somewhere eventually but you're not going to enjoy the process.
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