Review: In Desperate Need of Professional Editing
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
Lack of editing can ruin a book for me. When I have to try to puzzle out what the author meant to say, it interrupts the flow and it's annoying. Life in a Rut is full of odd word choices, clumsy phrasing, and missing words. A few fun examples:Stiletto-healed (not that great shoes can't be a tonic...)Break lightsI peak overReoccurring event (common, but a non-existent word; recurring has always been correct)Warmness (um, you mean warmth?)Overdue itCross another notch off your list (huh?)*SPOILER ALERT* In addition to everything else, I hated the ending. After Jack's misunderstanding of the situation with Sarah's ex, she goes over to his house. This is after many phone messages, all of which he ignores. He's very cold to her, he has nothing to say to her. She does major groveling, with lots of tears, even falls to her knees in front of him. He lets her do all this. THEN he finally tells her that he was coming over to get back together with her. Very magnanimous of him considering that it was HIM that misread the situation in the first place and then refused to let her explain. What a jerk.