Review: Can't Get Past the Formatting Issues
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 07 14, 2011
I only made it to Chapter Four before giving up.I'm not talking the occasional spelling or grammatical error here. The book switches between first and third person narrative - in the same paragraph! You can't tell which character is talking or who they're talking to. The same thing with the tenses, mixing present and past - in the same sentence. It was PAINFUL.The truth is, there was some promise here. It's why I stuck around as far as I did. The characters were portrayed as being interested and involved in their own lives, with lots of hobbies. It makes a change from this type of alternate world scenario, where most characters are introduced as lonely, unfulfilled, etc. In other words, just waiting for the rescue. I would have liked to spend more time with this type of character instead, but I just couldn't stand it.I hope MacDonald gets some help from a friend willing to read this and offer instruction and suggestion in BASIC English. If she reformats this book, I would be willing to try again. As is, however, it isn't worth your time.