Wherever the crime novels of P. D. James are discussed by critics, there is a tendency on the one hand to exaggerate her merits and on the other to castigate her as a genre writer who is getting above herself. ███
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This might describe P3 and P4, in which the passage author gives his own opinion on James’s writing, but it doesn’t describe P2. In P2, the author simply presents two opposing opinions: those in support of James’s novels and those that criticize.
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The content of P2 doesn’t contradict anything else in the passage. It’s fully consistent with the previous assertions made in P1: there is a debate over James’s work, with some critics praising her writing and others criticizing her for straying from the conventions of crime novels.
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P2 presents conflicting views, but the passage author doesn’t suggest that any of them are controversial. Some of them simply are positive, others negative.
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Don’t confuse “disagreement” with “dilemma.” A dilemma is a problem that requires a difficult decision to solve. The passage author doesn’t present the disagreement between critics as a problem. He also doesn’t analyze those views—he simply presents them as they are, without offering any of his own commentary. (B) describes this better.