Fair play to Kathryn Green - she is prompt. After asking for a full, she sent a rejection that was not form, but not particularly informative. I would say that she read, or rather skimmed, the opening couple of pages, based on her comments.
She described the heroine as feisty. The very first line of the novel has the female protagonist wearing red to her husband's funeral - not subtle, and Kathryn Green could not miss it. Her next comment, about the set-up of the story, indicated that she had not read much further, or her questions would have been explained. The premise is laid out, again without subtlety, but if a literary agent is not captivated by the writer's voice, why bother to keep going?
As for speedy response time, there are a couple of partials that were requested early in December. Having not heard further, I presume that I will eventually get rejections on those as well. From past experience, I have noticed that a literary agent will respond fairly quickly when they like something, and drag their feet for things that they don't. After all, if one is going to take a pass, what's the rush?
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