Review: Job posting: New Editor desperately required
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 2, 2013
First of all, I certainly agree with the majority of reviewers with respect to the story arc & this author's fabulous creativity. But I fear that for most individuals, the spelling and grammatical errors in this book will mar their voyage through this author's twisted imagination.  The poor editing ruins the quality of the overall product. I recall reading that this author actually had an editor therefore my advice to Mr. Cusie would be to review his editor's qualifications to see if they were fraudulent and then fire him/her.Now I'm not the type who fusses over a couple of typos here or there especially since these also happen in publishing house books. However, this book has more that it's share of editing problems and I think that a review score should take this into consideration. If I am to rely on reviewers to help me choose a book, then I would like to believe that 5* review means that I would be receiving a decently edited book. Sadly, this novel's poor editing drags this potential 4-4.5* book down to a 3-3. 5*. Even a word processing spelling & gramatical checker would have corrected a good chunk of the editing problems in the novel.Having paid for the book, as a reader, I feel that I was misled by some reviewers into thinking that I was going to sit down to enjoy a great 5 star read when in fact, the opposite was true.So if you dislike very poor editing despite a fairly great storyline, then this is definetly NOT the book for you.  If you don't care about spelling or grammar and other editing errors at all, then you will most likely love the book.  If you are like me and can tolerate a fair amount of editing problems then you should like the book despite all the errors but your enjoyment factor may depend on the price you paid for the book.At least, you have now been duly warned and can make an informed decision.  If you are unsure of your grammatical tolerance level, then download the 'sample' and test the waters.  I will be keeping an eye out for Mr.Cusie's future novels and hope that he reads reviews and will have hired a better editor.Perhaps given the influx of self-publishing, Amazon should consider the influence of editing errors on review scores.  In the past with most books coming from publishing houses, there was little concern about editing issues. Now with advent of self-publishing, novels with poor grammar, spelling, and editing appear to be the norm. I would propose  a two- tier review system that would seperate content from editing.This would improve the review process for author, reviewer and potential book purchaser. Using this book as an example, the author would benefit since he would have lost points for editing but kept 4 stars for his creative storyline. For the reviewer, it would help keep editing issues seperate from the story arc. The potential purchaser gains because he/she is able to make better decisions based on the clarified review.  This is a win-win-win scenario and would perhaps improve the reliability of reviews. Amazon and others should consider this type of an idea.