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It's nothing ... it's like Clement and Laurent. The one thing striking about it is the unconventional gender. That makes it seem a little lame to me. Generally speaking - I feel like that about names I don't happen to like used unconventionally, and when I don't know anyone personally named with them. I think it's lame to title that book that way, too. SFW if she was called Vincent? Vincent is conventionally a guy name, and there's nothing interesting about it beyond that. That's what is the most irritating thing to me about it. It's like it's clickbait, to call a gal Vincent (or a guy Vincenza) - it's just a manipulative gimmick to draw attention to something that has no particular meaning. In fact it seems to be the *reduction* of meaningfulness, that makes it attention-grabbing - because the name Vincent conventionally carries the information "guy," and the "girl named" it negates that meaning. Making it extra shallow.

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- mirfak

This message was edited 6/27/2021, 9:13 PM