Review: Good book, atrocious editing!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2013
Let me begin by saying that this was a great book and I'm glad that I read it. If not for the atrocious quality of the editing, I probably would have finished it within a day or two, instead of a week.If you're one of those people who can't read a book with a lot of spelling and grammatical errors, I would NOT recommend you read this book. For the most part, I was able to ascertain what the author meant, but there were a few places that I still don't have a clue what he was talking about.One of the things that really got under my skin was that every single time he referred to someone as being "alone in the car," he said "along in the car." Seriously! Not even close to the same thing. The first time I came across that, I had to read it a few times to figure out what the heck he meant. I figured it was a typo the first time, but then it came up again. Then again. And again. Not the same thing.For the most part, given the context, you can figure out the basic gist of the typos. There was at least one (I couldn't say off the top of my head what it was) that I just couldn't figure out and gave up.Now, if you are the type who can live with grammatical errors and is willing to try to overlook them, give the book a shot. It was a good story. But I warn you, the typos and grammatical mistakes make for a tough read. As much as I wanted to keep reading sometimes, I just couldn't do it. Sometimes you will get bogged down in the errors and have to stop.But the story is worth trying to overlook the mistakes.Personally, I would like to see an update hit with the mistakes fixed, so that I can read this again without them. I'd like to be able to enjoy it just a little more. I'd even be willing to give the book 2 more stars if not for the mistakes.