Review: Great story - Bad writing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 24, 2014
I loved the story, but didn't care for the oh so incredibly bitchy/moody main character - eh, but I know some people are just like that so that means nothing. So, the story gets a 4-5 star rating from me. HOWEVER, the writing is quite another matter. Apparently Waller laid all his bets on the grammar/spell checker and never bothered to read through it carefully before publishing. There were tons of homonyms, some even within the same paragraph - incomplete sentences so incomplete as to be merely a collection of nonsensical words - and blatant punctuation mistakes, not just goofs, things like missing periods, of all things. I was very disappointed in the quality of care that went into publishing this very awesome story. That said, writing would have received a 1-2 star rating. So, if you do read this book, you'll like it, it's very clear, but be sure to put your internal editor away behind a locked door first.