[stylist] Discrepancies in novels

[justin williams]

Oh, so you have also read books like that.  I really don't like that.

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
Pollpeter
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Subject: [stylist] Discrepancies in novels

There's a book series about a medical examiner who helps solve crimes.
The main character is Kay Scarpetta. The author, Patricia Cornwall or
something like that, has intentional discrepancies throughout the series. In
each book, details from past books would change including ages of characters
and details about their lives and the crimes that happened. I'm not sure why
she has done this, and though my husband and I initially enjoyed reading
them, the constant changing of details was distracting to the reading
process.

Bridgit
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:36:20 -0500
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Discrepancies in Harry Potter
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Many books somehow get past the editors with glaring discrepancies.
Once I
was reading a book where a brunette all of a sudden had black hair.  I may
not catch grammatical errors, but inconsistent details don't usually get

past me and I find them so annoying that I have to stop reading till I get
my brain past the irritation.
Barbara


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