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Do you ever read books that have one-word reviews that say things like "Flawless," "Courageous," "Evocative," "Life-Affirming," "Magical," and "Luminous"? What do these words actually say about the book? What does it mean that they've chosen only one word from a review? Is it possible that the rest of the quote would have said, "This book is far from flawless," or "After his last disaster it would take a particularly courageous reader to pick up this one"?
What about the longer review which states that the book is 'set in the historical West but contemporary in it's themes'? Is the appropriate translation here that the characters can be expected to act nothing like people actually would have in that time period?
What about the longer review which states that the book is 'set in the historical West but contemporary in it's themes'? Is the appropriate translation here that the characters can be expected to act nothing like people actually would have in that time period?