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Mike A. asked this question about The Giver of Stars:
According to today's Buzzfeed https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tomiobaro/jojo-moyes-the-giver-of-stars-kim-richardson-bookwoman-of it sounds very much like this book represents a significant plagiarism. Who has read both Book Woman, by Kim Michele Richardson which came out first and Mrs. Moyes' book, and what is your take on this controversy?
Kathryn Read them both (because I'm fascinated with the Packhorse Librarian program). Maybe because I was so looking forward to "Book Woman" and felt so let d…moreRead them both (because I'm fascinated with the Packhorse Librarian program). Maybe because I was so looking forward to "Book Woman" and felt so let down by the writing, my hopes for "Giver of Stars" were lower to start with - but I liked "Giver of Stars" better. I found Cussy to be so perfect it made my teeth hurt and some of the conversations she had with her father were obviously done for exposition rather than real conversations. If every time two books had the same historical touchstone people claimed plagiarism, we'd have a lot fewer historical novels to choose from.(less)
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