E.G S Holmes
2006-11-22 04:01:59 · 15 answers · asked by sproggmajor 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Because they enjoy a good plot and want to find out who did it before they are told. A good mental chew-over without the nagginess of puzzle solving crosswords or sudoku etc. I like all, but reading who-dunnits is more fun, long-distance wise.
2006-11-22 04:09:23 · answer #1 · answered by kiteeze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It gives readers the opportunity to play at being a detective; the actual crime is rarely their focus. Most crime fiction falls under the "whodunit" genre. Whodunits are basically a mentally stimulating puzzle where the reader must find the correct clues and discard the red herrings to arrive at a perfect solution.
2006-11-22 12:24:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People want to know if they are smart enough to figure things out before the literary detectives. Often crime novels get your brain cranking more than lots of other literature on the market, because it requires some degree of active participation, putting together clues and solving a puzzle.
2006-11-22 12:11:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This would be just a guess. If someone else has done a great crime it allows for the lessor crimes in our own nature to come just a little closer to the surface to see if there really has been such a crime committed.
2006-11-22 12:09:24 · answer #4 · answered by Conway 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend Greg's answer to why he reads disturbing true-crime stories:
"I just wish I knew what it is that makes people do incomprehensible things."
He was mostly talking about the rapists and murderers, I guess. I think that that's a lot of the reason that people read those stories: when someone gets hurt, people want to know why.
2006-11-22 12:09:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crime Fiction are the best genre of books to read. My fav anyway!
2006-11-22 12:09:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In addition to enjoying trying to figure out the solution to the crime.... No one is trying to kill me and I am not suspected of a crime, so it just shows me how much worse things could be....
Also, it's comforting to be safe in my own house reading about dangerous things elsewhere.
2006-11-22 16:12:11 · answer #7 · answered by Ms. Switch 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They read them for the same reasons that they watch crime shows on TV for entertainment.
2006-11-22 13:37:51 · answer #8 · answered by rebelettekusmc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unlike life they are neat, self contained, have an understandable plot, solvable puzzles, and most important of all for our psyches, the bad guy gets caught and punished.
Our lives aren't like this, so the escape into an idealised fanatasy is very compelling.
2006-11-22 12:19:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
For the same reason people have to slow down and look when there is a auto accident.
2006-11-22 12:06:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋