Ugh, I hope not. The closer a story gets to “actually, everyone knew everything all the time, it was all just acting all along and the audience was being lied to and otherwise misled constantly” the more pointless such a story becomes in retrospect. The tricks and maneuvers that impressed you at the time, the emotional reactions that used to engage you (like Dumbledore’s surprise at seeing Quirrel before the Mirror) all turn out meaningless.
(Can you tell I didn’t like Ender’s Shadow all that much?)
Ugh, I hope not. The closer a story gets to “actually, everyone knew everything all the time, it was all just acting all along and the audience was being lied to and otherwise misled constantly” the more pointless such a story becomes in retrospect. The tricks and maneuvers that impressed you at the time, the emotional reactions that used to engage you (like Dumbledore’s surprise at seeing Quirrel before the Mirror) all turn out meaningless.
(Can you tell I didn’t like Ender’s Shadow all that much?)