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

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

In the book "The Omen Machine", Terry Goodkind used the word "prophecy" over 250 times in 500 pages

It was distracting, irritating, and effective ruined any enjoyment I might have gotten because I was literally cringing and editing for the next one