/lit/ - Literature

Just finished reading pic related....holy fuck is this dudes prose bad. Tomas literally says "to my mind" once per paragraph, and im not exaggerating that.
Also, is it just me, or does it seem like the author just watched the first 2 seasons of Peaky Blinders, and said "yeah, im just gonna do exactly that, but with swords instead of guns"? Tomas Piety's story is plot point for plot point Thomas Shelby's, he didnt even bother to change the first name:
>Leader of crime family (calls himself a business man) goes away to war
>Aunt is supposed to watch over operation, loses it all
>he comes home with brother who now has PTSD and is a liability
>Decides to reclaim crime empire but bigger than before, starting with his old pub
> Is contacted by secret agent of the crown, classy woman who pretends to be his barmaid
>becomes attracted to secret agent
>agent pushes him to do things for the crown that he has to pass off as being for the gang
>he begins to style himself as legitimate business man while upper class knows he's actually a thug

It's so blatant you can't even tell if i was just describing the book, or peaky blinders