Not inherently weak, just overexposed. Like child abuse fiction and films. GGK considers a pun, a double entendre, and decides discretion is the better part. Hmm, expected twists. Well, setting the twist up can be a kind of foreplay.
Studies indicate audiences WANT the movie ruined.
No surprises, we want to know what we're getting for our money. Juliet, problemthere is the NEED to do the last-minute twist, the twist is awaited. I'll wait, go ahead. By the second or third draft, I feel like I know the terrain. You know more than anyone about your book, so are ultimate insider, but you discover things en route that make you the outsider looking in.