Review: Could be Better
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2014
This is the first book I read by this author.  Unfortunately it was only okay for me.  The story has merit, and I can see sparks of the great writing that makes this author so successful, but this story has a bunch of holes.  It's underdeveloped, in my opinion.  Towards the end some MAJOR plot details are disclosed, but they were mentioned casually, in a way that made me think I must have missed it earlier.  I actually went back and looked to see if this was the first time the details were mentioned, and in each case it was.  Interestingly, there's another book preview at the end of this story, and that little preview is better than Man Made.  I don't believe slapping the word "novella" on a book is a good enough excuse to half-do the story.