15 points the following question refers to "kaavya viswanathan: unconscious copycat or plagiarist? " : when nankani first read viswanathan's book, she was impressed that such a young person could write an entire novel. was surprised at the similarities to mccafferty's voice and tone. decided not to read the novel until she had read other reviews of it. suspected right away that parts of it might have been plagiarized.