Genre Specifics
Apr. 23rd, 2010 09:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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moonshadowed and I had this morning, as she put down the romance novel she was reading
Tracy: It wasn't very good. It was like the author couldn't decide if the heroine was in the modern times or the 40's or 50's. She was all "I'm a career woman, but I like keeping house and kids".
Me: Bad characterization?
Tracy: Even for a romance novel. I mean, even the ones with the Greek billionaires are better.
Me: Did you hear what you said?
Tracy: What?
Me: Billionaires. Plural.
Tracy: Well yeah. Greek billionaires, Italian billionaires. Sometimes Arab Shieks...
Me: Ruritarian billionaires.
Tracy: Now you're being silly.
moonshadowed and I had this morning, as she put down the romance novel she was readingTracy: It wasn't very good. It was like the author couldn't decide if the heroine was in the modern times or the 40's or 50's. She was all "I'm a career woman, but I like keeping house and kids".
Me: Bad characterization?
Tracy: Even for a romance novel. I mean, even the ones with the Greek billionaires are better.
Me: Did you hear what you said?
Tracy: What?
Me: Billionaires. Plural.
Tracy: Well yeah. Greek billionaires, Italian billionaires. Sometimes Arab Shieks...
Me: Ruritarian billionaires.
Tracy: Now you're being silly.
