Review: Good concept, bad writing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2014
The author has some good ideas but seriously needs an editor. At the very least, he needs some grammar and spell checking. Words are misused or spelled oddly, grammar is botched, and the construction of the book is seriously flawed. I read it anyway, but wouldn't re-read it. There are bits and pieces that remind me of other writers: a scene with a painting is reminiscent of Stephen King's "Rose Madder", and a nano-inspired woman has shades of Michael Crichton's "Prey". The protagonist, Ben, is an aimless widower who drinks and spends much of his time getting paid to do sleep experiments. His latest assignment plunges him into a strange world in which he isn't sure what is real and what isn't. When I wasn't being distracted by the errors, I found the story interesting. Unfortunately, the writing is barely at high school level and the distractions won out. There's also a major anomaly in the epilogue that made me want to toss the book at the wall, but it was a Kindle so I simply deleted it from my collection.