Review: Choppy Writing and Foul Language for Kids
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 28, 2012
As avid readers of the series, as well as eagerly awaiting the continuing saga of the I Am Number Four money train, my family couldn't wait to read this one.  My kids loved it, but as a parent and as a reader, I have to say this one was fairly disappointing.  To top it off, about 40% of the Kindle version is a rehash of the first novel, with this story ending at the 61% mark on my Kindle.The writing in this prequel is very choppy and even though this is not that long it just dragged on and on and on - it's almost as if someone different wrote this than whoever wrote the first two novels.  If this is an indication of what is to come with the release of the full-length novel in August, I'd be willing to bet this is the beginning of the end.For parents, I'd caution you to let your younger kids read this - while there was always a bad word or two in the novels, this short story has several f-bombs and other words I really don't want my kids to read.  The damage is done, as I let them read it before I did based upon prior experiences with the franchise.  Lesson learned.With the Kindle pricing at $3.99, this felt like wasting money on bad writing and not much of a story.