But an entire book is much harder to digest than a plot summary.

FORBES: Your Brain Was Made For Visual Modeling

Shane Carruth's 2004 film "Primer, " for example, is so complex and methodical that fanatical bloggers have posted flow charts containing thousands of words of plot summary.

WSJ: The Four Rules of Time-Travel Movies

There is a supporting role for Mycroft, a possible appearance by Moriarty (Watson isn't sure) and a plot of such dazzling complexity that diagrammatic summary wouldn't do it justice.

WSJ: Book Review: The House of Silk

There is no plot as such and what story there is resists any kind of summary.

ECONOMIST: New fiction