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Analysis Of Cozy Novels

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Cozy novels are like romance novels the protagonist is almost always female, and never a professional crime-solver. The character always want something—a fortune, a lover, or even respect—so bad that they would kill for it, give up a chance at happiness to get it, until finally the chase itself means more to them than what they're chasing. Hardboiled are usually male protagonists who are tough, independent, often solitary figure and are professionally involved in solving crime, a fair amount of violence, and a generally cynical outlook. The world is dark and corrupt and nothing Our Hero can do will change that, but he is nevertheless compelled to try, even though he knows that he is ultimately doomed to fail. He doesn’t usually have many friends,

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