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Title: couldn't finish it
Review: Maybe it's just me but when I catch a word being misused in the first three pages, I'm not too keen on reading much further...but I did read on for a few chapters only to find another wrong word. One has one's interest "piqued", not peaked, one "wends" one's way somewhere, not "winds"....Another problem with reading a novel set in the area in which the reader lives, you are frequently distracted by things that someone in another area might not catch. The surnames given to most of the characters in Alexandria were of French origin. Alexandria is not in south Louisiana where those names are common. It appeared to me that some editor decided the names needed a little cajun flavoring...BAM! as Emeril would say. Too picky? Should I be blaming the editors? Maybe but that's the problem I have..I see those errors and my attention starts to wander...It's possible I wouldn't have liked it anyway but we'll never know.
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