Oh, I get your point. I've seen a comment recently about how she is portrayed as a little girl and people wanting to know her age. I guess it may also be about her being a woman in those times and surrounded by men. I guess the word would be "conservative" and the author is trying to portray her that way by using giggle and chuckled instead of laughing.kdstrack wrote: ↑30 Oct 2019, 21:40Some of the descriptions were: Sarah "giggled" (loc. 1008); wineglasses and shiny silverware made Sarah feel nervously out of her depth (1291) Really??; Sarah chuckled (2365); bringing Sarah to giggles (3208). It just seemed that the "giggles" and "chuckling" portrayed her as childish. Why didn't she "laugh?"briellejee wrote: ↑30 Oct 2019, 20:58What do you mean "immature way"? I've seen people saying they like the portrayal of Sarah so I'm curious of your own perspective.kdstrack wrote: ↑30 Oct 2019, 20:31 I enjoyed the book and rated it a 3 out of 4. The numerous characters were confusing at first. I liked Sarah's participation, but disliked how she was frequently described in an immature way. This author has a compelling writing style that keeps readers intrigued in the story.
Overall rating and opinion of "Skills of the Warramunga" by Greg Kater.
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Re: Overall rating and opinion of "Skills of the Warramunga" by Greg Kater.
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Thank you! I ended up researching it after I commented and you are right! So odd lolWashboard wrote: ↑30 Oct 2019, 14:20My understanding is that Australian English writing allows for the different punctuation than American English.Kro92813 wrote: ↑04 Oct 2019, 21:35 Man I seem to be the odd ball with this one! I've only read the first chapter so far and have found so many punctuation errors already. He also enjoys long run-on sentences, which is making it especially difficult for me to get into! I also don't understand why he isn't using quotations around the dialogue.
I really hope this one gets better. I'm going to try and look past these things for the sake of the book, but for those reasons above I cannot rate it 4 stars.
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This reminds me a little of Rambo!Jbcitygirl wrote: ↑03 Oct 2019, 00:46 I can imagine a certain skill set is collected when going through a war. Being wrongfully kidnapped and then kept captive in the middle of an unknown and quite dangerous jungle is an amazing start to a book. I’m intrigued to find out how this all plays out.
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