Review: Grammar kills otherwise enjoyable book!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2014
I really wish someone were reading the customer reviews, which they apparently are not! There, their, and they're are not interchangeable. Neither are who's and whose, or your and you're. In addition, adding an "s" to the end of a word generally makes it plural. Adding  " 's " makes it possessive. Again, not interchangeable! Forgive me for believing that an author should know how to use the tools of his/her craft; the misuse in this book was appalling.As far as content goes, I'd call it a nice try. The author's portrayal of the deep south was accurate and not limited to the timeframe of the book (about 1935 to 1945). Still, somehow it was too easy to surmount difficulties. Rachel's recovery was too smooth, Ben's advances at work and school were too easy, Tom's and Ben's admission to Oak Ridge and the Manhattan Project were way too simple, etc. Somehow, it all felt like  a dream of how it might have been rather than how it really was......