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This book has an habit of going stretches where it is passably historical to enable a reasonable amount of immersion in its world before it says or does something that shatters the illusion with something irritatingly contemporary or just not temporal to its time period, to my great annoyance.
— Jul 13, 2025 05:32PM
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Grace
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The context and cultural details are vague enough that I don't actually know what historical era this book is intended to be based out of, only that its "historical." But whether it is Victorian, Regency or even Georgian is anyone's guess.
It's kind of irritating. Especially when modern vocabulary slips into the dialogue.
— Jul 09, 2025 01:07AM
It's kind of irritating. Especially when modern vocabulary slips into the dialogue.
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is on page 15 of 289
"I take that back, you are not insane, you’re beyond demented."
-eye twitch-
I don't purport to be an expert on Regency-era speech or vocabulary but I'm reasonably certain "insane" and "beyond demented" are distinctly modern anachronisms and not words uttered in polite conversation.
This was a free ebook. And makes me appreciate the historical fiction I pay for more.
— Jul 03, 2025 07:19PM
-eye twitch-
I don't purport to be an expert on Regency-era speech or vocabulary but I'm reasonably certain "insane" and "beyond demented" are distinctly modern anachronisms and not words uttered in polite conversation.
This was a free ebook. And makes me appreciate the historical fiction I pay for more.
