That annoyed me so much. Like, yes, realistically, if in that situation, you would assume, “uh-oh, my brain is malfunctioning,” rather than jumping directly to “alternate dimension??!” But you’re not in that situation, you’re reading a fiction book, one that you likely already know is about alternate universes. So…get to the fucking point already.
It would have been one thing if the buildup really was suspenseful and disorienting, and the reveal was a great mindfuck. But it’s not. You know what’s happening right away, so it makes the MC seem dumb when he can’t put the very obvious (to the reader) pieces together.
That annoyed me so much. Like, yes, realistically, if in that situation, you would assume, “uh-oh, my brain is malfunctioning,” rather than jumping directly to “alternate dimension??!” But you’re not in that situation, you’re reading a fiction book, one that you likely already know is about alternate universes. So…get to the fucking point already.
It would have been one thing if the buildup really was suspenseful and disorienting, and the reveal was a great mindfuck. But it’s not. You know what’s happening right away, so it makes the MC seem dumb when he can’t put the very obvious (to the reader) pieces together.