Review: The Nameless War
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2011
I've finished chapter one, and so far, it's pretty standard space opera fare. There is nothing wrong with that at all, I was specifically looking for some space opera, as I rather enjoy it. But I'm going to pause reading this in the meanwhile. Not sure if I will pick it up again, or abandon it.I've given the book three stars as an encouragement to the author, but the main issue that needs to be addressed is with editing. Trivial mistakes, such as "it's" vs. "its", "they're" vs. "their", should not have passed a second draft. Those two are pretty typical, but other apostrophe usage, missing commas, mismatched or mis-styled quotes, and other common errors, should be addressed.In the first chapter I've read, I found myself mentally editing as I read, underlining sections, to the point of distraction, that I lost track of the story.I've seen Kindle books be re-issued after a round of editing, and have recently experienced notification of an author who issued a new version of the book, seemingly in direct response to feedback from reviews. All I need to do is agree to download, and it will replace the existing content with the newly released edition. This might be a good option for this author.