Monday, May 8, 2006

A Compelling Article

Ben McIntyre explains "reviewese" — the complicated language used by book reviewers and what it is that they are really trying to say.

Sample a few:

Compelling — I managed to finish it.
Writing reminiscent of — Probably plagiarised.

Read: Last Word.

2 comments:

infinitesadness said...

Ah, you're blogging again! Looks like you've managed some free time....

Anonymous said...

Finally...............i was getting tired of reading, and re-reading your old write-ups.