It hit close to home since I just experienced the plight also known as horror editing. Maybe I should just stick to children's books, at least the errors in those could be chalked up to childish pranks. These authors and editors should be ashamed of themselves for ruining perfectly good stories with their lackadaisical work standards. Thank you for reassuring me that I am not alone. I fully agree with Jean Mason.
Mistakes resulting from sloppy research are so annoying.
I would probably be a nightmare to authors and editors if I ever bothered to write about the many mistakes I spot. I am a nit-picking Virgo with a very good memory, so things often glare at me. Wrong time differences. In London, she called in the afternoon. Well, in order to reach LA at 6 pm, she would have had to call at 2 am the next morning in London, because London is 8 hours ahead.