Review: Good story, style could use a little work
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2013
The story was exciting enough that I wanted to keep reading. The style made me think the writer was new to the task.Part of it was the fact that the plot was laid out much like a computer game, only five levels, but still each level seemed to get a little (or a lot) more difficult. Nothing wrong with that, except, again, the telling of each level was a little stiff. I was almost convinced that the stiffness was intentional because the main character was a hardened special forces type, and that might be how he would tell the story.Another problem I had was grammar and spelling. Sure, I read the book, understood it as written and even enjoyed it. But, when a writer publishes a book consistently using "their" for "there" and many other misspelling and misuses, it's irritating. It tells me the author is in such a hurry to make a few bucks that they don't care if their work is full of errors. That means they don't care enough about us readers to take a little more time to actually proofread the material.Spellcheck is not the be-all and end-all of good grammar and spelling.