Decoding book reviews and Publishers blurbs
Enchanting – there’s a dog in it
Heart warming – a dog and a child in it
Heart rending – they die
Thoughtful – tedious
Haunting – set in the past
Exotic – set abroad
Prize winning – set in India
Perceptive – set in NW3
Epic – editor cowed by writer’s reputation
From the pen of a master – same old, same old
In the tradition of – shamelessly derivative
Provocative – irritating
Spare and taut – under researched
Richly detailed – over researched
To everything there is a meaning – As usual the Navy has a phrase for it “You can slide farther on bulls**t than you can on gravel. – In the Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy they would say “So long and thanks for all the fish”!
