Marathon viewing of series is creating a new breed of television aficionados, some say, people with a sharper eye for narrative twists, suspense techniques and character development.

Then, after several narrative twists, the Italian holiday abruptly ends and the writer seems to embark on a different book.

The aspects of Martin's work that have endeared him to fans are abundant here - rich world building, narrative twists and turns, and gritty depictions of the human struggle for power.

The story lines, worked over by a roomful of Ivy League graduates, land softly with just that right little narrative twist.

Instead of deepening the material, however, the narrative twists feel like purely formal interventions, intended to keep the film moving toward its foregone, heavily moralistic conclusion.

If the surprises in these films resemble Hitchock's narrative twists, they have an implacable moral resonance that is much deeper than the merrily capricious turns orchestrated by Hitchcock.

The narrative twists in time again to present Juan before Christmas, and his lover, a woman named Tell who travels around the world with him.

Sight & Sound said "the film's dramatic narrative twist is clumsily rendered.

The narrative twists and turns through brilliantly detailed graphics, and puzzles you must solve along the way help develop your reasoning skills and spatial awareness.

But the songs themselves prove to be a distinctive body of work, full of signature melodic moves (for example, a frequently recurring three-note rising half-step turn) and unpredictable narrative twists.