Reading 1001 discussion

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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."