Rook 4: Snowman (Rook Series)

Rating:
Summary: Get an editor
Review: I've only read one other book by Masterton and was very impressed with it. Walkers was a very intertaining story, so when I saw this I thought I'd give it a try. The story itself isn't too bad, kind of predictable, but O.K. However about halfway through the story the whole suspense factor is shot. Everything is given away and the rest of the book is just clean up. One thing that really bothered me was the total lack of proofreading in the story. There were so many typos and obvious errors it made the story hard to read at times. There is absolutely no punctuation in the story. Ever Mr. is Mr and every contraction is without it's apostrophe.

Rating:
Summary: Left me cold
Review: My first read of a Masterson book, and I am not sure I will pursue his others. The premise is an interesting one, but I found most of the characters unsympathetic -- including the main one, Jim Rook. The writing wasn't a complete turn-off, but did get annoying in spots. As for the hands-on-the-frozen-rail episode, Mr. Masterson obviously doesn't believe that less is more.