Review: (Mostly) Awesome!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 31, 2013
I would give this book a 4.5 if I could, but since I can't I always like to round up. Well done, Phillip! When publishers talk about "high concept" they don't mean smoke some weed and start typing. They mean, find an unusual unique hook. Is unique even possible anymore? Well, for me, Red Written WAS unique. Never read a novel before where everyone's sins are written in red (get it? Red Written) on their bodies. Of course society goes into complete collapse and chaos ensues. I could not put it down. This guy can write. Yes a few typos but we get those in traditionally pubbed novels as well. So I loved it to death until****SEMI-SPOILER ALERT****the end. I thought the character's actions moved his arc too fast, too far. The author, who I tweeted with, explained why the book ended as it did. As my writing teacher used to say "You cannot stand by the shelf in the bookstore and explain your ending to every person who buys your book." Can you tell that was before Twitter and GoodReads? Would love to discuss further!