Feb 03, 2010 16:20
I've just started reading a lightweight crime novel wth a historical setting.
At the top of page two the heroine's 'deep emerald eyes' are mentioned.
When she took off her hat at the bottom of the page 'a mane of vivid auburn hair tumbled down'.
If this were fanfic I'd be screaming 'Mary Sue!' and hitting the back-button.
The author gets no points for scene setting, either. Everything about the opening scene suggests that it takes place in the countryside. Later there are hints that we are in fact in London - but nowhere is it specifically stated.