Review: Worth the Money!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2011
I was fortunate enough to read this book, and while I'd like to give it 5 stars, I can't.  Don't get me wrong, the book is good, but IMO, not worth the full 5 stars.Personally, I was offended in the first sentence alone when the author used the word "retarded."  I almost deleted it then, but literally forced myself to read on.  I don't like that term; never have.  If this book had been written 30 years ago, OK, that was a "socially acceptable" term, but today, to be politically correct, I'm fairly certain we don't refer to Mentally Deficient individuals as "retarded."  I was offended by the use of that word throughout the book.I can't fault the author for the Kindle formatting, and I found some of the formatting to be lacking.  Beyond that, there were a couple of instances where a word or phrase might not have been used in the right context, almost as though this wasn't proofread by a professional.I felt a little cheated because I don't believe the characters were fleshed out like they could have been.  I didn't get the sense of "knowing" these people, and it's not like this was a short story where there wasn't time to flesh them out or give them more depth.  The book didn't get "gripping" until I was at least 60% to 75% into it, so it dragged a little bit.  There wasn't an explanation how we could go from someone thinking an individual was an a** to all of a sudden wanting to have a relationship with them.  It kind of left me wondering what happened, when, and did I miss something.The locales are richly described, and that was enjoyable.  The storyline/plot was a good one, but it was more than a little convoluted, and I don't feel it was completely explained how everything came to pass.All in all, it's a book worth reading, and I give it a 4 star review.  It's worth the money...please remember, that this is just my interpretation and my opinion only and isn't meant to be the gospel.  Thank you for reading my review (Pattie).