Review: Good story, needs editing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 28, 2013
I am in the process of reading everything by these two guys, and just finished this season of whitespace. Since I want to see one of the authors embarrass himself on youtube, I am leaving this review quite promptly :) While I didn't like this story (so far) as much as I did Yesterday's Gone, I still enjoyed it and will be purchasing season 2 as soon as I'm done here. I like that, even though this will be dated in a year or two, it is current as far as the way people talk, technology, devices, TV shows etc. So rarely are books happening RIGHT NOW with people who watch/talk/own things the same as me. So that part's cool. Also, the story is different from what I normally read, but I am liking it so far. Don't see a need to rehash the plot here, but know that it is really intriguing and I'm glad I didn't read it in serial version.Now the not-so-good: I don't know if this was one of their earlier works (I'd have to check) or what, but there were a lot of errors, and that really annoys me. It is very common nowadays with all the self-publishing going on, but books still need a GOOD editor. There were quite a few wrong words used ("break" for "brake"), typos, and missing words. I'm sure editors can be expensive, especially for new-ish authors, but surely everyone knows someone with good editing skills. I didn't deduct a star just for this reason, but overall it factored into my rating along with how much I enjoyed the story.Bottom line: Interesting story and I definitely want to know what happens next, but not sure if it was worth the purchase price for me personally. If you have prime and can borrow, I would try that first but I don't regret plunking down the money too much because these guys have a lot of potential and need to pay the bills too lol.