Review: Poorly written
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 10 26, 2013
I only made it maybe about a fifth of the way through the book and I was skimming at that point. I'd say the book could be considered a good try for a first time author but I could not get past it's deficiencies. The primary issue was that I found the writing style to be very unnatural. It almost seemed like a non-native English speaker trying to write in English. Not because grammar was bad but because of how formal everything sounded. It was totally off. No one talks like that. It read like someone who really didn't have the maturity for the task trying to sound mature. The descriptions of the character's thoughts had the same unnaturalness as the dialogue. It got really irritating fast as it got in the way of trying to enjoy the story. Add to that the fact that the characters weren't well developed or believable, the plot while interesting in some ways was weak, and the abrupt jerking around to different perspectives of different characters and you have a book I found really hard to read. I can tell the author put effort into it but I just couldn't enjoy it. It got a number of good reviews so I guess others either don't see the same flaws or they could get past them. My recommendation is, there is a lot better out there to read. I'd avoid this one.