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Avery
is 6% done
The rhythm is fucking grating. I need this author to PUT DOWN THE COMMAS. I mean look at this; “Francis Beady, a stationer, was gone already, buried in quicklime a week ago, but the wife, Margaret, ignored grief with an iron will.” It’s a slog to read, esp because the prose is overly flowery which makes it extra frustrating. I’m already being hypnotized by how repetitive the prose is and I also gotta hear
— 23 hours, 3 min ago
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Avery
is 6% done
I’m so mad I need to write more. I picked up this book for a historical fiction novel about a woman in medicine. NOT to hear about a random man I don’t give a fuck about get annoyed by this girl and a housekeeper. Good lord I’m so mad I’ve booked this and the sequel 😭 going from The Help to this is jarring and in a VERY BAD WAY
— 22 hours, 57 min ago
Avery
is 6% done
(I’m not finished) and now I gotta hear about how “Fetid odors lingered in the streets, insinuating their way into the house.” THATS NOT WHAT INSINUATING MEANS. ALSO WHY ARE WE SPELLING IT ODOR, THIS IS SET IN BRITAIN. Anyways the thing that might irk me most is the male POV. I can excuse it for the prologue but I’ve read 40 pages of this fucking book and about 6 of them have been from Nora’s perspective.
— 22 hours, 59 min ago
