9. Each chapter ends with a tease.

[John]

9. Each chapter ends with a tease. Why do you think the author did that? Does it work for you?

[John]

The teases reminded me of a book report my daughter wrote in grade school along the lines of "this is the story about a boy with a dog and a red bike and if you would like to know more you should read the book." I thought it was hilarious, but her teacher was not amused.

They do create a bit of a push to start the next chapter immediately, and I found them humorous at times.

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For me I found them slightly annoying, leave it at the cliffhanger no need for a further push

[Patrick]

It was probably a storytelling technique which might have been prevalent at the time. Sometimes it lead to a new "story", sometimes to the conclusion of the current action. Not sure it was always useful or wanted.

[Eadie]

I found that they encouraged you to read the next chapter. I liked the idea and found it interesting. They did seem to end the chapters rather abruptly though.

[Anna]

It reminded me of serial stories. Here is the story this week about these characters but next week is even more exciting. I think it is a fun story telling technique.

[Pip]

I quite enjoyed the authorial asides, not only at chapter endings, but sometimes in the middle, along the lines of "we will leave so-and-so here as we don't know what happened next and move on to what another character is doing."