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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…
— Feb 14, 2026 06:13AM
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…
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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.
— Feb 12, 2026 08:35AM
4. The details about her childhood are … wrong. No school bus is likely in that era. The description of her school is very unlikely. A few moments research of pre-Vatican II Catholicism in Australia would have paid dividends.