Review: Have now given it five stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2012
First off, I would like to point out that there are a lot of things to love about this book. Although the premise has been visited by other authors in some shape or form previously, I felt this author did a good job of twisting his own tale when he wrote this book. I liked the main character well enough and could understand early in the story where the author was going, without being able to guess the ending. I never felt during reading this book like I was lost or that the book stopped making sense. I did wish to see a little more vibrant descriptions at times, which I thought would have taken the book from ordinary to extraordinary.I found this author had a unique storytelling ability and I was curious enough to see where he was headed with this book, so I managed to finish it up quickly and I was satisfied with the ending. I was impressed that the end of this book didn't feel rushed or too abrupt, as I hate when that happens.What made me decide to leave this book a four star rather than a five, was the errors. There are a lot of them and some of them are truly egregious. These are all things that a good proofreader could have caught before this book was published. The author used the wrong form of a word for example "The sound of footfalls scrapping across the cavern floor" or missed a word completely making me go back and read the sentence again and again until it made sense, or used the wrong verb tense. If these issues were fixed, I think with a couple of minor rewrites, this book might deserve a full five stars. As it was, it was a unique and entertaining read that needed a bit of polishing.****Further comments and adjustment of stars****After speaking with this very pleasant author, I have discovered that the version I downloaded a while back has since been edited again, removing the errors that were previously stated in my original review. I would like to now give this book the other star it deserves. I love when an author is concerned enough about the quality of their work that they will actively try to improve it once the book has already been published. Great book worthy of a read.