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Paper Roses

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7. I am disturbed when I read a book where so many of the characters names are too seminar.

Thu Feb 9, 2023, 03:59 PM

Feb 2023

Too many of the characters names begin with the same letter. It it tends to confuse me. I find that I frequently have to go back and find the characters so that I remember their place in the story.
Ben, Bob, Jane and Joan, you get my idea. With millions of names available, it would certainly be easy to give the characters names that are not similar.

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