The language of reviews
Some extracts from 2 reviews in "Envoi" issue 151 (2008). June Hall reviewing June English Jan Fortune-Wood reviewing Nigel McLoughlin "dares" "daring" "brims with energy" "brimming with energy" "authentic" "authenticity" "sharp eye for detail" "attention to detail" "vivid" "vividly" "ironic", "irony" "irony" "sentimental" "sentimental" "exploration" "explored" "juxtaposition" "juxtapose" There's a vocabulary for puffs and one for reviews, but these two pieces share so many words that it surely can't be coincidence. In addition the pieces include some other standard review features June Hall reviewing June English Jan Fortune-Wood reviewing Nigel McLoughlin clichés "chronicling", "evocative", "challenging" "within the themes that both weave an...