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Do you ever notice an author using a word over and over again? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by PastaConsumer@alien.top to c/books@metacritics.zone

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I’m currently reading The Duke and I and the author is constantly using the word “acerbic”. I had never heard of the word before now and had to google the definition. The word has shown up so much that I’m tempted to go through the book and count its appearances lol.

Have you noticed any authors having favorite words that they use page after page?

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[–] critter2482@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“Preternatural” can you guess which book/books this repeated word is from…?

[–] Accomplished_Neckhat@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gotta be Anne Rice

[–] critter2482@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Ding ding ding, we have a winner! That word was the splinter that just dug into me every time I read it in her books. Otherwise, very good books IMO.

[–] ScribeVallincourt@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Did you prefer Soulless?