From a Twitter post by Kathy Lette about what book blurbs are really saying:
Enchanting
There’s a dog in it
Heart-warming
A dog and a child
Thoughtful
Mind-numbingly tedious
Haunting
Set in the past
Exotic
Set abroad
Epic
Editor cowed by author’s reputation
From the pen of a master
Same old same old
In the tradition of
Shamelessly derivative
Spare and taut
Under researched
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