Review: Inferior writing
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
Now that I'm more than halfway through the book and know more -- much more -- than I ever wanted to know about homosexuality among males, I'm giving up on Mr. Wickard.  The writing is atrocious.  Sentences that are, in the whole, prosaic, suddenly have a high-flown word which, for the most part, doesn't make any sense at all in the context.  And the sentences!.  And the punctuation!  Here's an example from page 227:  "Earl lounged on white rattan furniture; the cushions made exclusively  in Nice, France on the veranda outside his master bedroom, overlooking his olympic size pool."  I visited Nice, France, but I never knew it was on Earl's veranda.  And this is only one example.  His using language inappropriately is one reason why a 5-star rating has flown away with his misplaced efforts.  He needs to follow this maxim:  Say what you mean and mean what you say.  And don't salivate over male sexuality.