Review: Disappointing in length and content
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2013
There was a good story here, but it seems to have missed the boat a bit. To me, the Wittys' had a great story to tell, but I felt like it was glossed over. It may be that it was written as a newspaper article and that is the reason it was so short, but I got the impression that the author had added to the article before publishing it as this book.Also, the writing was very choppy in places. It gave me a "just the facts, ma'am" feeling from it - rather like reading an obit instead of a story of two people's lives together in a taxing business. To have been a compilation of several 2 hr sessions, this is a very short account. I do realize that the author and interviewees wished to respect the privacy of the Wittys' clients, but it seems like so much is missing of the story. So much that could have been told without breaching confidentiality. I think that would have enlivened the story and given us greater appreciation for the Wittys and their work.I'm also surprised that of the 937 pages on my cloud reader, only 480(51%) were text or pictures that relate to the story and several of the pictures seem to have been used several times. The 457 pages (49%) were made up of advertisements for other things the author has written and page after page of very small print disclaimers.I'm glad I didn't pay for the book as I wouldn't have been happy with it. I didn't notice the normal formatting, spelling and grammar errors that seem to be so common to Kindle published works. That was very refreshing. Good job on that!