Review: Too, Too Painful
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 26, 2012
The story and characters had potential even though both the hero and heroine were fairly one-dimensional. The clumsy writing and complete lack of editing, however, made reading this novel an exercise in stubbornness on my part. There were awkward or nonsensical sentences, misused homonyms (vise/vice, bear/bare, born/borne) and worst of all, "almost right" words. This latter problem is a real bug-a-boo of mine. A writer trying to find "better" words resorts to a thesaurus. A word is chosen that seems to be right, but in context isn't. Sometimes the results are hilarious, but usually they're just wince-worthy. Finally, there were the words and phrases right out of today's usage which surely don't belong in 1835.Some random examples:"It was mind-blowing conversing in truths . . ."""Anton here is a thespian arts adorer . . .""It [marriage] is really a stacked bargain . . .""Not to witless gamblers, successful men rarely were." (This is a complete sentence.)"She had another thing coming if she thought she could get one over on him.""She had gotten a note that morning suggesting they meet up . . .""less hassle""not going to be a fun day""When the invite to Celeste Bueford soiree had eventuated . . . ""To place a kick into his groan [I assume groin] from which he moaned . . . ""She was not going to be admonished of cow-tailed for doing her bit." ("Cowed," perhaps?)I'm sorry to say, the errors grew thicker as the book went on. It was as though the writer wanted to be done with it.I'd pass, if I were you.