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?
I’ve run across this before. If the book is good, I’ll ignore it.
But if I’m not enjoying the story? It tends to annoy me. And each time it happens, it becomes sort of like a multiplier to the other problems I’m having with the story.
Usually resulting in a DNF.