Review: Good message on friendship/easy to read material
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 28, 2011
Okay, okay, okay, I'll start off by saying that this book was purchased for $1.99. I'll get back to this in a moment.While reading this book, it became apparent to me that there was a Book No. 1 in this storyline.  This author did a cursory job of letting you know that some things happened in the prior story to set the stage for the story you are now reading.  Okay, I can deal with that.This is not a prize piece of literary work; as I said, it was easy to read.  Why did I keep reading?  I liked this author's ability to keep you guessing about the "friendship" of two characters.  I also wanted to see "where" the friendship would lead them and if it would break down at the most crucial point in this story.  The storyline keeps you wondering "if" and "when" the main character will be worth his "salt", so to speak.I do have some criticisms of the author's writing.  At first, I thought was reading a book written by a 12-year-old.  That's how basic this writing is in this book.  Since I already assumed a 12-year-old had written this book, the errors didn't surprise me; i.e., "your" when it should be "you're", missing words, such as "of", "is", and "the" where they were needed for proper sentence structure.  My favorite blooper, however, is "heap stinking" missile -- now, that one, I had to go back and re-read at least three times -- I did get a giggle out of that one, though, and wondered if the author had it "right the first time" and spell check screwed it up -- because surely the author KNOWS it is a "heat seeking" missile!When I reached the end of the book, I read about the author.  This is not this author's first book, and the author is not 12 years old -- the author is obviously old enough to have a "son", if the credits at the back of the book are true.H.T. Night, I liked this story and would like to read the next installment, but you really need to employ a good proofreader BEFORE you publish your stories.  A lesson I was taught in college:  "If you don't proofread it, your client will!" Take heed -- readers nowadays have a voice and an outlet for that voice, as is evidenced here at Amazon.com . . .Back to the 1.99 price.  When I pay a low price for a book, I think I do lower my reading standards in the sense that I subconsciously already am thinking, "might not be a great book", or "self-published books can be crap", or "who was editing this book before it was sent to the realm of readership, so does that mean it will be left up to me?"So, having said all of the above, I did enjoy reading "The Werewolf Whisperer."