Review: Beautifully written ramblings
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2014
This book has left me confused.Firstly, it is beautifully crafted. The writer is obviously in love with words and enjoys playing with the ebb and flow of sounds. The writing is a song that lilts its way around the ideas and thoughts. And that is such a wondrous thing that one can't help but want to love this book. Especially when confronted with the typical eBook where simple editing and correct presentation is such an unusual happenstance.On the other hand, the book left me confused. Frankly, I didn't see the point. The story is cute and a mix of ups and downs. However, I couldn't tell if the purpose was to showcase the writer's poetry in a form that might actually sell, entertain young people, entertain with humour, or motivate and educate adults. Certainly the book description states that motivation and education is the purpose. And the lessons are definitely there as the story is built around lessons. However, the lessons are generally of the folk platitude kind. The humour is on the level of puns (you better be able to at least tolerate puns to read this book). And the story is appropriate to a short story for middle school rather than novella length. If I was the editor, I would be suggesting to the author to decide who he is writinng for, and what he is writing for them first. Then write that book. And then make the book description appeal to that audience.So to summarize ... gorgeous writing, beautiful use of language, puns in plenitude,  purpose unclear.