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[sheikah]

So, I'm reading The Mayfair Moon by JA Redmerski, which eibbil_libbie graciously let me borrow and while I like it so far, I have one huge beef.

The first part of the book is set in Athens, GA, but the way this author describes the town, it sounds more like a place in south GA than Athens. And it bugs me. Not enough to make me quit reading, mind, but idk, could you have googled it?

The setting moved, now, and I'm starting to get into the book a little more so it was just a minor gripe.

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[othersideofthis]

I always get thrown off by stuff like this, too. Any time I read something set in Chicago that wasn't written either by someone who lives here or who has done their research, I cringe and get kind of thrown out of the book.

I also read a book which was set in the area where I grew up and I spent a significant amount of time Googling places names and locations because nothing about the story felt like "home".

[sheikah]

IDK, I always ask people if I know someone in the area. Like, if I was writing something in Chicago I would ask someone who lived there about it. I've been there several times for work but, you know, work trip isn't the same as living there.