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james_davis_nicollFor me to decide whether or not I like a song during its opening chord. I would like to be able to reassure writers I am not similarly judgmental about written material.
That said, the inclusion of a prologue automatically bumps down how good a book can be two categories because it says right off the writer is undisciplined and is going to waste my time.
On an unrelated note, I think more novels need to have the subtitle "A novel" because sometimes I become confused and think I am reading a grapefruit.
That said, the inclusion of a prologue automatically bumps down how good a book can be two categories because it says right off the writer is undisciplined and is going to waste my time.
On an unrelated note, I think more novels need to have the subtitle "A novel" because sometimes I become confused and think I am reading a grapefruit.
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Date: 2013-04-21 02:43 am (UTC)Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy: A Brick.
[I'm reading it right now, so it's on my mind.]
Frances Hardinge, A Face Like Glass: A Psychedelic Drug.
And so on.