Mistral wrote:

Nicola Mody-Nikoloff wrote:

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In her avatar list, Judith mentions a western novel

("Darrow's Law") with

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the two main characters called Darrow and Keating. I

actually read it out of

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curiosity and it was pretty light-weight and forgettable,

but the sheriff

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and his deputy were definitely Avon and Vila.

Either you're being very kind, or I'm simply too demanding. I went to the trouble and expense to order a copy of this from Amazon.co.uk and found it to be *the* most unreadable piece of pro-fic I've ever encountered. Nobody in this book *says* anything - they all snarl, or spit, or expostulate it - and the sentence rhythms are atrocious and grating. I tossed it away in disgust after only a cursory skim. Trying to salvage the expense, I loaned it to my dad, who goes through westerns the way some people go through chocolates, and even he couldn't finish it.

On the upside, after trying to read _Darrow's Law_, I was able to view my own fanfic with a somewhat less jaundiced eye. But consider this a plea for anyone who's interested in reading it to try to borrow it, or get it on interlibrary loan; don't waste your money. It is, IMO, beyond dreadful.

Yep, I was being kind. I hate to bad-mouth someone else's writing (maybe I'm scared of criticism myself), but I do wonder sometimes how some books get published.

Nico

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