# Movies you've seen recently (Part 2)

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**Created:** [August 27, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288 "2024-08-27T05:10:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 31, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/3262 "2025-08-31T13:38:25Z")

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I didn’t see the movie, but really disliked the book. I started a whole thread about it and how I felt the mystery solution was cheap.

> [@How important is it that a mystery book solution be solvable by the reader?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-it-that-a-mystery-book-solution-be-solvable-by-the-reader/938050):
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> I am reading the Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman and I will not spoil\* the book, but I am very near the end and instead of the “solution” being something that a series of clues indicated, it appears to be something that was not figure-out-able by the reader along the way. I mean, outside wild guesses, the solution/resolution appears to be something that no reader would make a reasonable guess at even if the reader wrote down every name and detail that came out. It got me thinking. Is this…

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