Review: Spoilt by poor editing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 17, 2013
I started reading 'The Doom Murders' with above average enthusiasm. It's a pleasant change to have a crime story set on 'our side of the pond' and Brian O'Hare's offering promised just that.Unfortunately the editing is very poor - so poor that I admit to having given up very early on. By editing, I mean:Grammar and punctuation issuesNeedless repetition of key words within close proximity to each otherExtra spaces and broken linesEventually there were so many of the above that I just had to give up with the book - a great pity.I didn't read enough of the plot to pass serious judgment on it but, from the little I did read, it did seem excessively linear. Anyway, I've given 'The Doom Murders' the benefit of the doubt with my 3 stars. The system doesn't allow it but two-and-a-bit would be more appropriate, I feel.Brian, please get an editor to go over your book - it deserves the effort.