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Old 07-18-2013, 11:03 AM   #94
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Originally Posted by Sil_liS View Post
Clearly they couldn't because her writing doesn't show maturity.
That is a totally subjective judgement. There is no way to quantify "maturity" in writing, other than I guess the sentence structure. But Mo Willem's 4th 'Pidgeon" book for toddlers will seem less mature by that measure than any debut aimed at adult audiences.

You also claimed that any reviewer ought to be able to tell by the writing "stile" whether it is an author's first book or whether they have "experience". I'm unclear how that would be possible.

Care to elaborate on the specific methods and procedures involved of how your average book reviewer would determine with certainty, from the text alone, whether it is a debut or not? I'd be fascinated.
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