Review: a good read spoiled!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2013
A real page turner but it really shows that poor proof-reading can totally spoil a book.For example (and it is only one of many) the continued use of the verb "punch" when there are many others that could have been substituted really annoys the reader (well me at least).The use of celebrity names (Spike Milligan, Stanley Baldwin, Harry Secombe) also lends it a poor impression.All of that could easily have been dealt with and detracts from the overall good impression. three stars might have been four (or even five) without that.An undoubted talent but an author who needs to be more demanding of his own use of language to avoid annoying the reader unnecessarily.