Review: Grammar horrible and plot disjointed
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2011
You have to admit that "Memoirs of a Vending Machine" is an interesting title, and to be fair, the story is definitely interesting to some degree.  Unfortunately, it was riddled with so many errors that it was difficult to finish.Story - The story starts out with an American named Mike landing in Japan in order to accept the job of teaching English to Japanese people.  From then on, though, the plot takes off in so many directions that it's hard to interpret what the main story is about.  Mike deals with finding out about his job, getting lost in Japan, and meeting some other friendly Americans; and since all three things are pretty much not related at all, Mike flows from one incident to the next with no true explanation on why he is doing what he is doing.  Also, the Japanese vending machines play such a small, insignificant role in it all that the title choice seems a bit odd.Writing Style - This is where everything falls utterly to pieces, I'm afraid.  There are just an uncountable number of typos in the story, making the story seem very, very amateur.  Also, there is really nothing in the writing style that makes you want to keep reading.  I didn't really feel any emotion for Mike at all, nor did I feel any connection to his situation.  It all just came off as a bit too lazy, almost as if the author didn't really try his best at making a perfect story.Overall - Despite the fact that I really don't like this story nor do I recommend it, I'm not going to boldly say that nobody will like this book.  Some will enjoy learning the Japanese culture taught in this book, and others will definitely have a slight emotional connection with Mike.  However, there is still the fact that typos litter nearly every paragraph of this book, and to be brutally honest, the paragraphs aren't even separated correctly.  Most people will not like this Kindle download, and that is why I highly recommend that you give this one a skip.