It is a problem when the reader knows something that the narrator doesn’t know. It makes sense that the character doesn’t know it but, the longer that knowledge gap persists, the more it makes the reader feel separated from the story.
I do think Blake Crouch drags it out a little too long in Dark Matter. Although the last 100-pages make up for the first 100-pages shortcomings.
It is a problem when the reader knows something that the narrator doesn’t know. It makes sense that the character doesn’t know it but, the longer that knowledge gap persists, the more it makes the reader feel separated from the story.
I do think Blake Crouch drags it out a little too long in Dark Matter. Although the last 100-pages make up for the first 100-pages shortcomings.