I would not find it to be too critical to care about good word choice, though I would disagree with using uncommon words as a major problem and it somehow making the writing fake.

For me it is far more often a problem that the author clearly didn’t use a thesaurus and use words with the wrong connotations and ends up using a word which somewhat similar meaning to the concept they are trying to express and therefore could express themselves better by using a different word.

Languages don’t have true synonyms and good writing uses the right word even if the word isn’t the most commonly used synonym in the english language.

For disgorge the first one is probably one of the most commonly used constructions and the second one also seems fine. What are the connotations of the second as disgorge has connotations of violent movement, lack of control and general negative associations?

The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James

I read for who the marketing department find are good fits for the book as it can be informative about what kind of book it is.

I find them worth reading the general conceit of the books are that there exists a forest in modern day England which you can sometimes enter which exists somewhat outside of time and where a number of mythical figures can manifest primarily from Celtic and Greek myth and I would certainly try and see if it is something for you if you are interested in mythology