Review: Pick a bride as a future investment?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2013
Poor Jack wasted time and money sifting thru 9 seminars until he found the perfect investment.....er. prospective bride to heavily insure as part of his 5 year plan to "get rich".I couldn't tell if this book was written by a financial planner or a mystery writer.The first third of the story is a sluggish start with easy too much detailed description of Jack, Donna,  the Anderson's,their weekly dinners,the choice of wines us " di ya di da. The story line gets lost in blather before it picks up the thread we need to follow the mystery of the crime element.Jack and Donna are living large on what appears to be two modest incomes.Jack is essentially a travelling salesman for a distributor of commercial toilet supplies while his wife is counselor at the local college yet they live in a$ 900,000 home.hmmmm?The neighbors are a couple of pretentious slobs. That treat their 17 year old son like a P.O.W.  No wonder he seeks frequent counseling from Donna.Jack has a police detective for a workout partner and friend but he still believes himself to be the smartest guy in the room and continues on with his "get rich quick" scheme.Along the way Jack incurs several "hiccups" but he always has a contingency "plan B" to fall back on.Now for the critique. I am in agreement with the reviewers pointing out the need for proof reading and editing.Aside from the Jr.High School grammatical errors the worst blunder that could have been easily caught and corrected was the mix up of the family names of Anderson and Garner on page 126 of my KFHD. If I had turned that in at Cardinal Glennon High it would have meant a  ruler rap on the knuckles from Sister Mary Fullbottom. This horrifying mistake cost the Swirsky Brothers a Star.Next the intricate details of the plan were revealed twice as if the authors were so proud of the plan and were so sure the average readers only possessed the IQ of an Obama voter. OK guys we got it the first time...no need to splain it again at the end.As for the ending...that cost you another Star guys. It was so lame it needed crutches instead of a period. I guess it was supposed to leave us with " food for thought" but their was nothing their to CHOW down on.Sorry,  but this was a pretty average free book. Giving 3 stars.