Quote:
Originally Posted by BeccaPrice
I tried to read one book (mercifully I've forgotten the name) that took place in
Ann Arbor (Michigan) - I had to stop reading it, it got so many things wrong about the geography of the town. If the author had just pretended it was an un-named Big College Town in the Midwest Somewhere, that would have been much better.
|
Fortunately the book I read wasn't THAT bad. I wondered if maybe the author had actually visited the area, then gone home and written the book later on, having forgotten a few details. But you would think that in this day and age, he/she could have checked some of the specifics via MapQuest, Google, etc.
For me, having the names of actual local restaurants, etc. pop up in the book jerked me out of the story in the same way as when a TV show does one of those in-show product promotions - like when a TV character gets a new car and tells the other characters some of its features and it sounds like a commercial.
I guess I should stick to books not set in my town so I won't know if the restaurants are real or if the geography is correct - blissful ignorance
