Review: Good story that needs editing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2014
This was a pretty good story, but, unless you enjoy reading crazy person-type treatises, it soon wanders off into a place that is just plain boring.  Twice during the story, the author launches (or has the villian launch) into a long, wandering "journal" that basically explains the whole mystery and bores you to death at the same time.  I get it that the book is called "The Journal", but I think a good editor would have helped the author trim the darn thing down, or break it into smaller pieces so you had a reason to keep on reading.  I finished it in the hopes that it would have some sort of double cross or mix up, but it was pretty straight forward and other than a pretty unbelievable escape scenario, it was predictable.  I hope the author continues to work on his craft.  He has the right ideas, but needs a strong editor to put them into fighting form.