Review: More of Book One
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 6, 2012
Book Two of "The Event" doesn't build on the happenings in book one. Rather it's book one moved to Russia and China, giving those countries backstories. Halfway thru the book, I started thinking of it as the middle movie in a trilogy:  it doesn't move the plot along, just puts more players into action.  It's not a *bad* novel, but it's not a *good novel either. There are a lot more flaws in it:  incorrect words ("their" instead of "they're"), poor punctuation, titles and names that change without warning, etc.One of the more unnecessary things in the book is the author's inclusion of phrases in Russian and Chinese script. He does immediately translate them, but it's jarring to the reader and, by the third time seeing them, it's annoying. Also, at roughly 85% of the novel (on a Kindle), there are major formatting flaws for several screens, making that portion utterly unreadable.The overall feel to me is of a novel that was rushed into publication, complete with errors that would not be caught by using only spell-check.It's ok if you want to read, but honestly, I think you'll get more enjoyment by using your own imagination trying to figure out what might have happened in other countries.