I’m currently reading The Duke and I and the author is constantly using the word “acerbic”. I had never heard of the word before now and had to google the definition. The word has shown up so much that I’m tempted to go through the book and count its appearances lol.
Have you noticed any authors having favorite words that they use page after page?
In The Witcher series, Sapkowski frequently says Geralt “pirouettes” while fighting. Don’t know how that translates from the original polish, but I’m reading them now and noticed this.
“Pivot” would probably be more accurate.
You don’t spend a lot of time in a sword fight spinning in circles.
“Geralt traced a semicircle” how? And with what? How big of a semicircle did he draw?? I need answers!!
I gave up reading the series after the nine thousandth time someone “grinned evilly” at someone else.
Lilac and gooseberries.
It deserves a better written translation. But, then again, I’m not sure how good he actually is as an author. He made some questionable writing choices.