[Frotag]

I'm usually the opposite. Mystery feels like the characters, the narrator, etc are all being intentionally obscure, for no reason other than to pad page count and incite drama.

I prefer stories that are either about evoking feelings (adventure, romance, slice of life) or about exploring ideas / what-ifs (scifi, fantasy). And ideally stories at the extremes of this spectrum. Maybe I've read too many but ones in the middle tend to be too cliched to hook me.

[tines]

It could definitely be my systems-oriented writing. May I ask what your profession is? I’m a software engineer.

[Frotag]

Same, code monkey. But mostly fromt end these days.