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Goblinmonger

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5. So I started today.
Tue Nov 3, 2015, 03:42 PM
Nov 2015

According to my Kindle, I am 7% through the book. Here is my honest reaction as an English teacher to this point:

*I thought the description and attempts at the vernacular of the time were a tad heavy handed in the first several pages. To the point I almost wanted to stop, but I didn't. It gets less obtrusive as the novel goes along, but there are still moments.
*Your dialogue writing is wonderful. Best part of the novel at this point.
*Though I realize I'm only at 7% of the novel, I'm looking for the conflict to start developing pretty quickly. I kind of like the characters (though YoYo seems a bit too trope-ish) and am ready for the good parts to start.

I'll finish this one. I'm pretty sure I'm going to like it (hope my first point didn't come off too harshly). And I don't say that lightly. I have WAY too many things I want to read, and if I'm not sucked in by 10% of the novel, then I'm out and moving on to something else. So you have me hooked.

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