Jean-paul’s review of To Refrain from Embracing > Likes and Comments
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Love this because Zola is one my favourite authors and I’ve been called Zolaesque (one of my best compliments) because of how I use naturalism, specifically heredity and environment to explain my character’s motives and traits while also pushing against the determinism Zola believed that hereditary and environment created (more so in Shirts and Skins since I had more time - 40 years - to play with). I also tried to lean into what we have discovered since Zola’s time: DNA (and how complicated it is with things like addiction) and epigenetics. A lovely review. Thanks for taking the time to write one!
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Jul 04, 2025 09:28AM
Love this because Zola is one my favourite authors and I’ve been called Zolaesque (one of my best compliments) because of how I use naturalism, specifically heredity and environment to explain my character’s motives and traits while also pushing against the determinism Zola believed that hereditary and environment created (more so in Shirts and Skins since I had more time - 40 years - to play with). I also tried to lean into what we have discovered since Zola’s time: DNA (and how complicated it is with things like addiction) and epigenetics. A lovely review. Thanks for taking the time to write one!
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