Review: Good characters
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 7, 2012
Even though I had figured out the killer's identity very early, I still enjoyed reading this novel.The only thing that keeps this from being a four-star book is her tendency to have many sentences like this one: "Walking in the shed, Zach, Ethan and Erik were all intently working on the swather, their heads stuck in the machine."  How did they have their heads stuck in the machine while they were walking in the shed?There were other style and grammar errors.  For example: singular antecedent for a plural pronoun and capitalization error ("Okay, you make sure to send someone as a summer farm hand and I'll make sure dad (sic) hires them"); improper word choice--that for who (Zach mentioned they have a new chef that is really talented."); improper word choice--jive for gibe  ("Things just don't jive.")While these problems detract from the over-all experience, it was an interesting read with many high points.  Erik's back story was particularly well written.