No worries; I was admittedly a bit grumpy the day I read this post and was probably inadvertently taking it out in the commenting. My apologies.

Also, despite my actually having a preference for fiction that is really upfront about things (figuring plot twists out is confusing and frustrating to me and just not my purpose for reading at all; I read to get to know characters and feel like I'm hanging out with them, not for plot), I also find this to be bad writing. It's clunky and slow and annoying.