Review: Reads Like a Rough Draft
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2014
This book reads like the first draft of a story, not a completed or edited finished product. It seemed to me like this writer had ideas, blurted them out in a document, then never went back to proofread or add detail to flesh out the story. The characters are flat and the events are fast paced with little detail to suck you into their world. I found myself wondering how these two characters fell into insta-love? There is no lead up, no romance, and barely any interaction between them leading up to their vows of undying, eternal love. As the reader, I just didn't buy it.I am pretty sure this could have been a good book if the writer had taken any time to actually write the story! The writing is lazy and juvenile, with glaring errors left and right. No one over the age of 10 could possibly enjoy such sloppy execution and total disregard for causality. Please, get an editor, or at least have a friend proofread it before you post live to Amazon.I suppose I sound harsh but I love to try out new writers here on Amazon for 99 cents. I have found some real gems written by people who take their craft seriously and want to provide a good product. I then go on to buy other books by those writers and I am willing to pay more for them. Books like this where there were obvious shortcuts taken make me more wary to take chances on others and I know from reading reviews, plenty of other readers feel the same way. Basically, books like this give other self-published, reasonably priced books on Amazon a bad name. Even though it is just 99 cents, the cost adds up over time and no one likes to waste their money. It angers me when writers can't even take the time to put together a book that is legible when so many others are doing the right thing and putting their all into what they do. It has nothing to do with the subject matter of the book-I expect not to love every single plot line that comes out. It is the slapped together, unprofessional execution that I am talking about. It makes me feel like I have been fleeced by someone who just wants to make a buck with the least amount of effort.