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So far: not well researched and REALLY lazily written.
1. Elsie doesn’t sound like a Boomer or member of the Silent Generation. She sounds like a millennial.

2. Hepworth has never spent any time with a grumpy old person. (A watered-down knockoff of Elizabeth Hunter would have done the trick). Elsie sounds like … nothing very much.

3. The “paramedic” scene with Ishaan’s body is fractally wrong (ie wrong…

From the reviews and synopses I’m pretty certain I can predict the plot with 90% accuracy. This isn’t necessarily fatal; let’s see if the writing is good enough to carry the reader along for the ride.

Jury is still out. Parts of the Analects are piercing and profound; other parts are trivial minutiae from Confucius’ own day.

It’s ok, but I get worried about any story that uses a Deus ex machina.