Ahahaha. I have now read all the Hugo novellas and novelettes I'm going to read this year (oops, except one: stupid Journeyman was apparently not given in epub format, boooo), which is: not that many of them. I... finished none of the novellas. The novelettes are the best of a bad situation, though that's not saying very much.
ETA: hee to the flashbacks. But yes. It can be done so well! But a lot of times authors use it (and, I mean, I've done this and been called out for it, no judgment except the judgment of this is why you have a beta which, uh, I've been saying a LOT while reading the Hugo nominees this year) to cram in backstory which ought to be otherwise clear if the author is doing the job correctly.
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Date: 2015-06-26 05:05 am (UTC)ETA: hee to the flashbacks. But yes. It can be done so well! But a lot of times authors use it (and, I mean, I've done this and been called out for it, no judgment except the judgment of this is why you have a beta which, uh, I've been saying a LOT while reading the Hugo nominees this year) to cram in backstory which ought to be otherwise clear if the author is doing the job correctly.