ELIZABETH'S EVIL TWIN PLAYS WITH LOADED WORDS

Let's play a game.

Reviewer One: Mazie Meets Mason is an overwritten, formulaic, sentimental romance.

Reviewer Two: Mazie Meets Mason is a lush, archetypal, emotional story of love.

Guess which reviewer liked the book?

Easy, huh. Reviewer number two.

But they both described the book in the same way.

OVERWRITTEN/LUSH

FORMULAIC/ARCHETYPAL

SENTIMENTAL/EMOTIONAL

Guns aren't the only thing that can be loaded. Words can be, too.

SO LET'S HAVE SOME FUN.

Let's set up words that say "I hated it" next to "I loved it."

plodding/detailed

overplotted/intricate

bodice ripper/romance

turgid/layered

purple prose/lyrical writing

unbelievable/imaginative

silly/entertaining

stupid/charming

tear-jerker/moving

lurid/sexy

graphic/really sexy

childish/cute

slow/thoroughly developed

slapstick/drawing room comedy

Okay, it's your turn to match loaded words.


AND SHARE THEM WITH US!


And the next time you read a review--or a newspaper article--look at how the author LOADED it.

You'll never look at things quite the same. ;-)



*exit evil twin sister*