Review: Readability 3*;1* for marketing included
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 27, 2012
With Open Eyes ISBN 9781466820685, Johanasen Publishing LLLP, e-book by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen is a novella that appears to have been written to advertise their latest novel Close Your Eyes.The plot is about Janet going to her old friend Kendra when she discovers the man in her life missing from his blood-spattered kitchen. Kendra is a once blind person whose sight was restored by miraculous treatment, and who, because of the blind years, has tremendous powers of observation and deduction. Kendra helps to solve the problem. The short story is followed by a prologue and two chapters of a new offering the authors wish to advertise.This `novella' appears to be considerably shorter than the usual expected 40,000 plus or minus word length and seems to follow the present day trend of presenting `half a book' in order to advertise a forthcoming offering. Granted, it is a wonderful marketing tool, but as a consumer, I feel that I have been `short-changed', regardless of price. The actual price of the book is unimportant, the principle involved, is another thing. Specifically, it does not seem quite fair for a reader to purchase a book, even a `novella' and find that he/she is paying for the author's marketing. Reviewed by John H. Manhold, award winning fiction/non-fiction author.