Review: Cliff hangers all in one place for $5.99
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 11, 2013
I read most all of the reviews for this series, book by book.  Especially the 1★ reviews.  I haven't started reading it yet but wanted to comment first mainly because of the 1★ reviews.  I expect to enjoy this series, and I have never read anything that was illustrated inside.  I love Time Travel stories.  After I read the "Outlander" series by Diana Gabaldon I did not think I would ever enjoy another author.  Of course I have and really look forward to reading this book.  Diana's novels in that series are all over 800 pages each, 8 in all with the final one coming out next June.  I still can't believe it will end there.  Anyway, I purchased this collective series in one book for $5.99, which is really not a bad price for over 700 pages.  I know the new trend in ebooks is to sell small segments to get people hooked so they have to buy more stories and that really pisses some of us off.  That is the main reason that I am writing this review before reading.  1★ reviews aren't about the story they are about the money making end of the issue.  Lets face it I'm sure no author is sitting home having all their expenses of life paid while creating our leisure entertainment!  That is their job, their bread and butter and their time away from their families just like our various jobs are.  No, I usually don't by an ebook that is less than 300 pages.  If it is recommended and it it under 300 I read all the reviews and get the free sneak peak first.  If it is under 200 I don't even read the description.  I found this because the first part was offered free and I started reading the reviews, 1★ first.  I found the whole collection in one book relatively quickly and seeing that the cost was only $5.99 it was easy to make the decision to purchase it.  The "Outlander" series, the first 7 books is now in a collection like this for $49.95 I believe which is a hell of a deal since each book was $8-$12 a piece when a bought them.  Business is business and as far as I know we still are free to choose whether we purchase something or not.  My point here is, I believe the rating in ★'s we give a story should be on the quality of the story.  If we don't like the business practices going on in the ebook industry then we should not buy the product.  Buying book after book and then complaining about the business end of it seems just childish to me.  If you don't like a certain practice then don't support it.  I already know that 147 pages definitely falls short of the time needed for character development and story depth so why bother even purchasing it.  Authors are struggling just like the rest of us, probably more so.  They don't get a weekly pay check and it seems unfair to judge their work on what this industry has accepted as good business.  I have gotten books for free that I would have gladly paid for and I have paid for books that would have been horrible even if they were free.  I am looking forward to reading this story knowing that I will loose some sleep but that's the kind of story we are all looking for isn't it?  TV has gotten us all like that.  Since I got my kindle I turned off the TV and I read.  How many people have to read a $.99-$3.99 installment of a series for an author to make the big bucks anyway?  I'd rather pay for books than cable at least I know what I'm paying for isn't already a rerun you saw 20 years ago or something so stupid it totally insults our intelligence.  If I read 24/7 I wouldn't make a dent in the material available out there.  Give the author's a break they are only surviving like the rest of us.  Looking forward to adding another ★ after I read this story.