10 Responses to “Seven Deadly Words of Book Reviewing”

1. Cheryl says:
   March 26, 2008 at 8:45 pm

   I’m kind of fond of crepuscular myself.

   Of course being retired I can now point the finger at the hapless hacks. I think the following words should be banned from reviews: “good”, “bad”, “enjoyable”, “interesting”, “plot”, “character” and, of course, “author”.

2. Kater says:
   March 26, 2008 at 11:02 pm

   I think maybe I should be taking irony supplements, because I honestly can’t tell if you’re serious or not.

3. Nathan Ballingrud says:
   March 26, 2008 at 11:44 pm

   I quite like Thorgock. He once saved my life by smiting a hobgoblin with his double-bladed axe.

4. Spencer says:
   March 27, 2008 at 7:53 am

   I would not be surprised if John Clute has used all of these words in the same review.

5. Jeff VanderMeer says:
   March 27, 2008 at 8:39 am

   In this novel, the crepuscular bovine, slime-aided by the gravid ovoid performs the barnacular purpose of steiniventing the so-called “Thorgock” of the plot. Fluvid and grottitated as it may be, it, in the end is merely mandibular.

6. matt says:
   March 27, 2008 at 9:12 am

   I, too, can attest to Thorgock’s virtues. It is delicious and stays crispy in milk.

7. alex@scribophile says:
   March 27, 2008 at 6:33 pm

   I’m of the opinion that all of these words should be cycled into the general vocabulary as fast as possible :)

8. J M McDermott says:
   March 27, 2008 at 7:25 pm

   I’ve seen “Fever Dream” quite a bit lately, but that one crosses both book reviews and movie reviews.

   And, I’m a bit tired of it in both places.

9. Larry says:
   March 28, 2008 at 12:46 am

   One of these days, I’m going to dare to use “intrepid” and “copacetic” in the same sentence in a review, or maybe I’ll just go even further and use “smegma” to describe a smelly, nasty book that has no appeal to me.

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