Review: Does no one use a proofreader anymore?
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2013
Overall, the story was interesting. HOWEVER, this book is in dire need of an editor to trim things down (just because a story *can* be over 800 pages long does not mean it *needs* to be over 800 pages long) and at least two proofreaders (one to correct the spelling/grammar errors and misused words, and another to catch all the *missing words*. I would have given it 4 stars, but one star removed for basic spelling/grammar issues, and another star removed for just randomly leaving out words in sentences.The biggest issue is the sheer amount of missing words in the Kindle edition. As a reader one cannot know whether this was due to the author just not writing the words down or whether it was a printing/typesetting error by whomever put the text into the printed version. The following is by no means a comprehensive list. There are many more errors in the book than these. If things like this will not bother you or confuse you, then you might be able to get through it. I should have heeded the other reviews that commented on the same issues.If the author/publisher can fix these issues in the current book and make sure these issues are addressed in the upcoming books in the series, then the series does have the promise of being a fun entry into the YA/super-hero genre.Examples (missing words in all caps):location 4327 - "We have it, even IF it isn't reigned in.."5856 - "was the knowledge that THAT was only a sixth of..."7632 - "inform Mrs. Shaw of WHAT she has forgotten"8155 - "Roy will tell me all about WHAT he's been UP TO at length tomorrow"8302 - "and in it there will BE tons of things..."8867 - "adjusted the angle THAT Hershel's shirt..."(there are many more examples)Then there's words that have been used that are just flat out wrong (correct words in all caps):822 - "word" is not the same as "Word" (because it's in reference to a brand-name piece of software)2288 - "must" does not mean MUCH2531 - "That" does not mean THEY4060 - "growing" does not mean GREW (present tense vs. past tense)5776 - "to" does not mean YOU5928 - "imagine" does not mean IMAGE8869 - "delivery" is not the same as DELIVER9376 - "peaked" is not the same as PIQUED11349 - "verdant orange" um, what? I do not think this means what you think it means. This would be like saying GREEN-ORANGE11435 - there is no piece of clothing called a "t-short", but there is a T-SHIRT11951 - "sliver" does not mean SILVER12188 - "clam" does not mean CALM12307 - "stuck" does not mean STRUCK12795 - "particularly" is not the same as PARTICULAR(again, many more examples of this throughout the book)