Review: Just average...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2013
I will agree that this story was original and somewhat entertaining, but unlike the other 4 reviewers, I think it falls well short of 5 stars.  The authors biography states that she is a freelance editor, but there were many instances of misused words (life instead of live, down instead of town, etc), repeated words in a sentence, and other grammar issues.  These didn't detract from the story in my opinion but I think it worth mentioning for those that are sticklers for those issues (see below for update).Some spoilers follow to illustrate why I disagree with the high reviews.  The entire story is basically a quest with various encounters along the way, but at the end of the book, there doesn't appear to be any closure or any real resolution to the conflict.  At the beginning of the story, the protagonist is jailed for a crime he didn't commit.  We never learn who framed him or why he was framed, or why the saviour didn't just tell the crowd who he was to get the protagonist released (he had that authority).  We don't really find out what is going on in the town of Chubblewooble.  The protagonist starts out pretty witty and likable, but then I thought he turned whiney and self-absorbed.  There aren't any heroic or admirable characters (except for maybe Youngster) in the whole book.  For those that care, there also isn't a love interest.  Like another reviewer stated, no one is safe in this book, which just started to become depressing to me.  I'm not sure if this is the beginning of a series, if so we may get better character development out of the protagonist, but there didn't appear to be much growth in this even if he seems nicer by the end.I'm not sorry I read this, but it definitely wasn't a 5 star book.Review edited on Jan 1: it appears that there was an update that fixed the editing issues. I have no desire to go back and read the book again to verify if that is true, so I will believe those that say those issues have been resolved.