Review: Why would anyone do that?
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 08 16, 2013
Do Not Buy This!  This Is Not A Book!  It's the equivalent of one or two chapters.  I understand how series work, and I understand how serialize novels work.  This "book" was written by someone who does not know how either of these things work.It's very disheartening to see a story with such potential be treated this way.  You would think an author would care enough about their storytelling and enough about their readers to give a little bit of respect to them.  Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be the case.There is a difference between a cliffhanger ending and an abrupt cutoff.  What we have here is an abrupt cutoff with jagged edges.There are quite a few book series that have had big success in the market over the past few years.  Unfortunately, this leads new authors to believe that to sell their stories they must write them as a series, even when they don't have the material to support that format.  This book is a prime example of that.  The story is interesting, the characters are pretty well developed and the plot moves at a good pace.  Then, when you get to the point that you think things could get interesting, it abruptly ends.  I assume this "book" is going to be a part of a LONG series.  It cuts off so abruptly, and in such bad form that I actually checked to see if I had only downloaded the sample by mistake.Sometimes people have really good story ideas, and really bad marketing ideas.  This is one of those times.  This author probably thought their work wouldn't sell unless it was a series, or felt like it would be a good idea to chop up this ONE BOOK into tiny little pieces to try and make more money.  After all, if people are paying for every "microchapter" wouldn't that bring in more money?  As far as I could tell, there is a good idea for a story under this mess.  It is just too bad that the cutoff will leave such a terrible taste in your mouth.  If there is only enough content for one book, then just publish one book.  Chopping it up into tiny little slivers and hoping people will pay for every little part is bad practice.  I have read plenty of serialized fiction, and have loved the experience.  It's too bad that either the lack of skill, lack of respect for the audience or the blatant money grab got in the way of what could have been a very good stand alone novel.