Review: OK, but...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 23, 2013
This author has excellent potential.  I have read some of his other books, and all so far have suffered [in my view] from similar problems.  They badly need a competent editor to remove extraneous material and sort out word use at variance with the subject under discussion.One thing that really grated, was the overuse and misuse of some words, one notable example being "evaluate."  I got to dread finding it.  As an example, I would recommend he use "Mary considered whether or not she should change her plans" not "Mary evaluated whether or not to change her plans."  There were many worse examples, but that is one I remember.  It reminded me of NCO's I met in the army - they latched onto a word and used it wherever and whenever they could, applicable or not.Moving along.The actual story theme is good, which is why I gave it 3 stars.  A shame it was a bit jerky moving from one principal subject to another and as mentioned, the belabouring of some words.Quite readable, but could have been better.My pen fingers were twitching.  I really wanted to edit this book.......