[stylist] thank you all plus clarification

[Vejas Vasiliauskas]

Hi,
I suppose that by banal I meant that the writing was nothing 
spectacular.  Her story was fairly interesting, but if she had 
written about a subject that was less of an I probably would have 
put it down.  There was not much effort in engaging the reader if 
this makes any sense.
Vejas

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Vejas,
Just wondering what you meant by it being "banal." Perhaps, 
expanding upon
that would be a discussion about style.
Good job,
Donna

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Hi All,
Thank so much for these of you who read this book review and 
comwithed.  To
answer a few questions:
Yes, the site source is in MLA format.
The reason I thought it was strange about the girl who was gay in 
Victorian
England being so open was because I thought most people always 
hid it and
always played happy families by being in a heterosexual 
relationship.  Thank
you so much for educating me on this, Bridgit; I'll probably just 
get rid of
this part.
Yes, I agree that it can't really be her fault about the cultural 
aspect
because she mostly grew up in America and in an English community 
in
Portugal, so this is what she knows.  I guess writing about that 
in the
review makes it unfair.  It would be like if I wanted a chicken 
sandwich but
went to In and Out and judged it for not having the sandwiches.
Could I just ask what you mean by "style?" What about her writing 
should I
be commenting on exactly? I know that in fiction books you can 
criticise the
plot but you can't do that with memoirs.
Thanks,
Vejas

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