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[my_daroga]

*Last night, Mr. Daroga accidentally called Mr. Darcy "Orson." No, I have no idea, either. But it reminded us how unlikely it is that we will ever have a pet worthy of the name. It seems to me that the creature would have to have a certain quality to earn it--if not a certain bulk, which given our stern feeding/exercise regimen seems unlikely.

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[my_daroga]

Thank you for the feedback. Obviously there's always a tension between the things you mention: do I lean further towards objective analysis or opinion? What am I trying to convey to the reader? I confess I don't have a plan, and I just write. But to get better, I need to start thinking about that.

As I told Stef above, it's partially a matter of reviews being what people sell to newspapers (though no one's buying mine) and analysis taking more time. I can whip out a review in 45 minutes. But laziness is not a reason not to change! And maybe that means keeping up with the reviews, if people are reading them, but taking some time to do some longer-form essays on the more nitty-gritty things I see.

Your comments and examples are very useful. It's funny you say that about Great Expectations, because I loved it and spent the next several days thinking of nothing else, and reading the review now I feel like that's in there at least in my statement of fact. But it didn't come through, which is interesting and instructive.

You are going to LOL at my favorite shoes, by the way.