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Miriamgreen
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This is going to be a slug. The writing is unremarkable, rather pedestrian, and even with the sop of the pretense of biophilia, it does not get to the finish line. From the first introduction of the Duke, and now the first interview in his presence, what comes to mine is the hologram projected over the heads of Dorothy, the tin man, and the cowardly lion of the Wizard of Oz. That disembodied long face…
— Oct 02, 2026 05:45AM
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Miriamgreen
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A useful fact.
Jane Austen could not make Mr. Darcy duke because authors were not allowed to use the actual English nobility in their works fiction. That is why in the gossip columns they would say the D*** of M was with…
Our reality today seeks out Hollywood, celebrity, gossip, people in extremist, people doing strange and weird things, and that’s what we live on
— Oct 03, 2026 07:14PM
Jane Austen could not make Mr. Darcy duke because authors were not allowed to use the actual English nobility in their works fiction. That is why in the gossip columns they would say the D*** of M was with…
Our reality today seeks out Hollywood, celebrity, gossip, people in extremist, people doing strange and weird things, and that’s what we live on
Miriamgreen
is on page 217 of 256
This plot started with pride and prejudice, and an error in describing that unparalleled work of Regency fiction. And now the main characters in this disjointed and very unsatisfactory narrative are comparing themselves to Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. Sacrilege. But for a fifth grader? In this period of time they are mature enough to read the original.
— Oct 03, 2026 07:11PM
Miriamgreen
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Finally we get the simplistic Gouey ending after the stiff cliffhanger when she leaves. On this page he comes back. And I am glad he came back because I cannot take too much more of this
— Oct 03, 2026 07:07PM
Miriamgreen
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He whipped his clothes off quickly, and she was so overcome with her pleasure, she could barely take in his rapid movements.
And the reader is O so lucky that it was quickly, and we didn’t have to suffer long
— Oct 03, 2026 04:23PM
And the reader is O so lucky that it was quickly, and we didn’t have to suffer long
Miriamgreen
is on page 141 of 256
Chapter 17
Standing before the crackling fire, she abandoned reason and gave away the passion.
Need I say more? Fifth grade
— Oct 03, 2026 04:17PM
Standing before the crackling fire, she abandoned reason and gave away the passion.
Need I say more? Fifth grade
Miriamgreen
is on page 137 of 256
Oh, if only she could be a strong as these flowers. What would she dare?
That’s a sample
— Oct 03, 2026 02:48PM
That’s a sample
Miriamgreen
is on page 136 of 256
The more I read the lower the grade level. We have gone from high school, to middle school, to grade school. Now it is a sixth grade level. Maybe not even that. Sentence structure nonexistent. Fatuous, a narrative of fatuity
— Oct 03, 2026 02:47PM
Miriamgreen
is on page 85 of 256
The book club is formed. They shake hands on it. Boring boring boring
— Oct 02, 2026 09:53PM
Miriamgreen
is on page 83 of 256
The Duke said shall we form a book club?
That has to be a sincerely stupid line even though the author modifies it with the Duke teasing her, can you imagine a Duke saying that?
— Oct 02, 2026 09:52PM
That has to be a sincerely stupid line even though the author modifies it with the Duke teasing her, can you imagine a Duke saying that?
Miriamgreen
is on page 83 of 256
The dialogue between them sounds like conversations of a boy and a girl in high school looking to seduce one another
— Oct 02, 2026 09:48PM