This novel, Sword in the Darkness, seemed very tawdry to me when compared to what my fellow students were trying to achieve; which is why, I suppose, I never brought any of it to class for a critique.
跟我的同学想要写的那些东西相比,我觉得这本叫《暗中之剑》的小说太俗气,太花哨;我想这就是为什么我从来没有将其中任何一部分拿去班上请大家批评的原因。