Review: the abyss
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 28, 2012
This is a part of a book or the start of a book or some series.  Which is neither good, nor bad, just is.  It may be upsetting to some due to cliffhanger ending type that requires (does one wish to) getting the next installments or the full.There are a number of errors related to punctuation and grammar.  In something this short (several pages) - there should be no errors. It really needs a good edit as this is advertising for full length.  As one encounters numerous errors here, ya have to wonder what a full would be riddled with.  When pacing is tossed off continually for errors, one may not wish to invest in future works.Due to graphic design of cover, I thought this was young adult reading material (perhaps) .  Some of the content may be unsuitable for younger audiences.  That is (again) not good or bad, just is.  I imagine there is a huge sci -fi adult audience to target in any case.Aside from editing issues, there is some issue related to content style.  It was hard to picture the fight scene in any real sense which was a let down.  Since much of it was a single fight scene - a lot was missing visual wise.  The world (there are aliens, etc.) was not developed to get a picture of that either.  Initially, it was (related to squid bit) - but details later failed to do anything imagery wise.  I felt, while reading the fight scene, that the actions were confused and did not convey well.  I just got vague images of girls pulling hair and slamming heads on ground - versus laser bullets richocheting about or images of contact fights one can conjure up if given proper details.  I just kept picturing wonderwoman (cartoon version) holding some villian chick by hair and seeing "pow " in a bubble over the head of one being hit.  If that is image writer meant to convey - they hit the mark.  If they intended a realist life and death struggle in fight mode they may wish to turn on some Lara Croft Tomb Raider type flicks and watch it done (albietly fairly lamely as well) in better form.I have the other two and shall read them after I have read some other things first.  Perhaps this was /is an initial attempt and writer honed skill in future installments.Hey, if you like sci fi and this is free - give it a whirl before buying the full to see if you want to go further.Christine