Tracy M. (tracymar) reviewed Very amateur Quinn on 6/25/2009 + 408 more book reviews

I've read about five Julia Quinn novels and enjoyed them all - both as entertaining reads and because of her writing craft. But this book is an exception. If I had known she had written it just after graduating from college, I might have thought twice about reading it. The writing style is very amateur (she obviously hadn't learned much about novel writing), much of the dialogue unnecessary and trite, and the characters stereotypical. It's embarrassing.........and disillusioning to know that novels this poorly written are published. But at least she learned from her early attempts and went on to become a much better writer.

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