Austenesque Lovers TBR Pile Challenge 2025 discussion

I am seeing (what I think is) a shift in some of the writing style out there?
The is a massive use of the word quiet:
quite calmness
quiet intensity
quiet resolution
quiet regard
quiet concentration
it goes on and on.

At first it was just one writer her and there (mainly on unpub, but then later published to Amazon)

Now it seems to be popping up all over.
My question mainly tends to the English aspect of writing. Is it that commonly used and I've never noticed before? Is it a proper composition and use of the word as an adjective?

I'm confused by it.

Also, when reading a work that had it A LOT in the writing, it seemed to lower the overall energy of the story.

Other words I've been seeing a lot more of recently is Flicker and Shift

Something flickered or shifted in the atmosphere, tension, eyes, emotions...

My first gut instinct was - AI
But really how can you tell anymore, the more sophisticated AI gets?

I suspect AI if it sounds the same as the previous book I suspected of being AI :) Mr. Darcy is enigmatic and everybody takes a lot of walks while navigating the complexities of societal expectations and facing the challenges. The blurb says it's witty and emotional but most of the feelings are tell, not show, and nobody in the book says anything funny, ever. The timeline is vague and it's not entirely clear which canon events took place and which didn't. The plot is a bit random and the next chapter does not always seem to remember what happened in the previous chapter. There is odd repetition and tiny details that make no sense.

But I suppose if it was better AI we might not know... ?

I'd hate to think so many of the new writers were using it. It's a shame

Yeah I don't know but I hope that the book in which Mr. Bennet died and then went to the pub was written by AI... otherwise I think the author needs medical attention.

Katja wrote: "Yeah I don't know but I hope that the book in which Mr. Bennet died and then went to the pub was written by AI... otherwise I think the author needs medical attention."

Hahaha!! Yikes. It's a miracle....