Review: The Art of Dialogue
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2013
I really really really wanted to like this book. Like... REALLY. But I could NOT get past the wooden dialogue. No one talks like that. NO ONE. I mean... there are no contractions. Instead of, "I think I'm going to head out." the character says, "I think I am going to leave now." Or instead of "Oh, you're going to love this," it's "I do think you will love this!"Just... wooden. And unrealistic. I can get past a lot of things - comma splices, misspellings (as long as they aren't rampant) - but I can't get past grammatically correct dialogue. It's totally a pet peeve of mine.Honestly, if you can look beyond that, it's a great story. And I just hate giving a poor review to a story that takes a horrible situation and deals with it so gracefully. But for me, it wasn't that great... but that's just me. I gave it a shot and I don't regret it. And honestly, I'd love to read it again once it's been looked over by an editor.If you think you can, I do recommend it. It just didn't work for me.