Elanna’s Reviews > The Thirteenth Tale > Status Update

Oh, how irksome to be reminded every other paragraph that the protagonist is a bibliophile woman, socially awkward, with a loving bookworm father and a mysterious wealthy old intellectual choosing her for some mysterious bookish task just because she is oh so special...
How many novels have I started that have this exact plot?
How many strong-willed, dying old ladies or old gentlemen do live in England, pray explain?