Review: Thank God this was free
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2012
I've enjoyed other Devlin books, but this one read like someone was holding a gun to her head and would shoot if she typed fewer than 50 words per minute. Come to think of it, that would have been a far more entertaining story than this mess.Where to start? There were sentence-level mistakes that indicated a lack of proofreading (your/you're, the "creek" of the stairs, etc.) but I can generally forgive those if the characters are engaging. Dylan and Emmy weren't just not engaging, they were actively off-putting. He's broody and dull, she's chunky and grateful, and I think they hook up because no one else wants to be around them. They start having sex five seconds after they meet and every hour after that, including in the wreckage of a car crash. (In the book's most stomach-churning scene, he's not even conscious for it!)Other problems abound. The stupidity of the dialog is matched only by its sheer volume. I kept thinking that only the sweet release of death would make Emmy shut the hell up, but no. Her conversation was just as inane after death as before. (I guess that was a spoiler, but honestly you won't care.) Oh, and there's an English guy who says things like what ho, I say, old chap and other things dumb people think English people say. And some dead dogs. Are you turned on yet?This is the laziest book I've ever read. The fact that it exists is either an indictment of the entire publishing industry or the proud culmination of the digital age, in which every awful idea anyone has is instantly available for worldwide consumption.Gosh, I can't wait for part two!