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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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[–] pink_mfd@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I also felt like wretch/wretched were overused in Frankenstein

[–] WhoIsBobMurray@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Exactly what I thought. That, and everyone good in that book is incessantly "benevolent."

[–] Glittering-Listen-33@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

YES! Still a masterpiece. But, oh yes!

[–] violetfrfx@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I actually love how much wretch is used, it’s such an important word in the context of the book. Ties together the whole theme