Review: Oh my - really?
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
OK, I need to keep this short as the book has already taken to much of my time. I write this to keep others from wasting theirs. While this is not the worst book I've ever read it certainly will get an honorable mention.First, the plot: Two brothers hate each other. One is bad and one is good. Power crystals, that should have been good have been contaminated and make people who use them bad. Unless you are the good brother. Then you get a pure one. Can you see where this is going? Along the way go back in time 1000 years but don't really accomplish anything. Bring year 1983 earthlings with no special skills back with you where all of a sudden they are skilled spaceship bridge personnel. Oops, one of them that you met yesterday is your true love and she is already "with your child." Hey a few days can make all the difference. And on it goes. We even get a north south civil war based on something that is never really explained.Now, the writing:Plot development. See above.Character development:Uh, um . . . two brothers hate each other and uh, I think, um well some earthlings from terra firma (yes you read it right) go from being waitresses and drunks to startship bridge personnel. Hey, a few days can change people you know? Essentially, there is no character development.Dialog:Wooden, boring, stilted, annoying, vapid, verbose  - I can do this all day.General writing:Aside from the constant grammatical and syntax errors (ex substituting her when she is appropriate, etc) misuse of words and what we might kindly assume are typos, the writing fails to do anything to build the world the author is trying to represent. How is this even possible? I finished the book and I still have no idea what the planet is like, the star ship is like, the people with him are really like and on and on.Now, if I can just go back in time to get my hours of reading this nonsense back I would.Fortunately for the author there are plenty of readers to whom literate writing is unimportant and he is clearly reaching this audience.