Review: Poorly edited, a disappointment
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2014
Blood Tithe by Glenn Soucy was quite a disappointment after seeing all the great reviews he’d received. It almost seems like people gave him good reviews but did not read the book. From my point of view the book was immaturely written and contained so many errors it would be impossible to mention them all here, though I will point out a few.At one point in the book Jeremy’s sister was two years older than he was. A little later it Jeremy is turning nine and Alice is thirteen; now his sister is four years older than he is. Then, a bit later, Jeremy is not quite fourteen and Alice is almost sixteen…back to two years apart. This should never have happened if the book had been edited.• Part of one line read: totally shocked as my armed (should be arm) looked like an old man’s.• I was upset that I had to walk, but grudged (maybe-trudged) along to the couch• My dad was in shocked (shock).• You’re (Your) face is pretty dirty.• See, you’re (your) powers are coming back.• I didn’t know what was going on next store (door).• Two enlarged photos of my parents during happier times (I wonder where they came from; their house burned down and their grandparents are already dead. This needs explained.)• Is that was (what) this is all about?• Mister Davis, where were you on the night (day) of July third? (It was daytime when the car exploded)---(this same day/night mistake was made again.This is only a small portion of errors (It was impossible not to notice them, they stood out like a sore thumb).All in all, the story-line was decent, but the writing was way under par.I give this book 2  stars.