Review: pretty low standards
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2014
The author seemingly feels the need to translate nearly every statement made by a well-educated ("scientist") character into "English," essentially repeating a dumbed-down version each time. She does this repeatedly despite a reasonable, maybe ninth grade-level vocabulary in the original statements. This not only makes the other adult characters who apparently need translation seem like idiots, but also implies that the reader is likewise language-impaired. I found this irritating (and frequent) enough to discard the books within the first few chapters. If that hadn't been enough, a cheap and unnecessary political reference was a cherry on the anti-intellectual, anti-science tone. Poor grammar, lack of punctuation, and strangely inconsistent formatting would make for a bad read even if the content had been better.