Review: Burdened by lack of skill
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 12 11, 2013
Wow.  What a struggle.  I always wanted to play a musical instrument.  But, I knew I couldn't just sit down at a piano and start stabbing at the keys with my fingers.  More than desire was required.And more than desire is required to write a book and then expect it to be read by more than just your friends.I tried to read enough of this novel to give a fair review.  By the time I gave up and put my red pencil down I knew that this writer needed to have acknowledged more than her husband at the beginning of the book.  She should have been able to thank her high school English teacher, her Creative Writing Professor, her writers group, and those who mentored her along the way.This wasn't a book, but the skeleton of a book. With a few bones missing. Each sentence had to be corrected mentally as I tried to find the story. I needed to move words around, omit some, and add others. Then fit in punctuation and some descriptive adjectives.Even doing this I had no idea who this woman was and why she and everyone around her was so boring and colorless.I wish this author luck.  I hope that she will take some writing classes, and, before publishing a book, find a good editor.