Sidelines :

Rating:
Summary: A Must Read!
Review: Cordaro is a strong new voice in fiction. This story has it all. It's a love story and more, a true relationship odyssey for the "clubbing" generation. Chock full of scenes that will titillate you as well as make you cry, Sidelines is worth checking out.

Rating:
Summary: A Must Read!
Review: Cordaro is a strong new voice in fiction. This story has it all. It's a love story and more, a true relationship odyssey for the "clubbing" generation. Chock full of scenes that will titillate you as well as make you cry, Sidelines is worth checking out.

Rating:
Summary: Please Silence this "New Voice in Fiction"
Review: This work represents a "new voice in fiction" that we may only hope never to hear again. While I admire the author's courage in her attempts, this "novel" has absolutely no redeeming qualities, although I will attempt to discover one by the close of this review. This work most closely resembles a gruesome car accident involving twisted metal and mangled bodies that you cannot help but look at as you drive by, despite the fact that the scenario gives you the overwhelming urge to vomit and may result in a severe case of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Ms. Cordaro's tale centers around a character who appears trapped in 1989 in her choice of music, clothing and general appearance. She abandons her husband and young child to set off on an adventure "re-capping" her 80's "glam metal" youth through various small town escapades with individuals from her past and the introduction of a new love interest. We are constantly reminded of the protaganist's confusion over aspects of her life, but we never fully understand exactly what that confusion entails. Rather, this character appears empty and self-centered, not only lacking any common sense, but additionally lacking any personality. When watching the latest version of Friday the Thirteenth or Halloween, she is the character you beg Jason Vorhees or Michael Meyers to kill, kill, kill...and please do it quickly! In fact, all of the characters introduced in Sidelines encompass the same emptiness and lack of depth that would require significant character development to improve to even a mildly readable work.

Overall, the storyline is melodramatic, trite and nonsensical. It lacks vision and detail, resembling a seemingly neverending story, based presumably in part on the author's own life experiences. There is no plot. There is no point. Additionally, the spelling and grammar are beyond atrocious. The word composition is inane and leaves the reading thinking, to put it bluntly, WTF? If you are interested in reading about the main character's "yells of pleasure", a sex scene that involves the removal of the love interest's shirt to reveal his "manly stance" or a reunion that reminds one character of a "vietnam flashback", despite the fact that none of the characters are even remotely old enough to have personally recalled the Vietnam war, let alone participated in the battle, then perhaps you should purchase this book, however I would argue that there are numerous fresh works of fiction that would be considerably more worthwhile to examine, such as E Greenwood's innovative work, An Act of Contrition.

However, and here is my attempt to find a redeeming quality in this work, If you are a skilled writer who is feeling overly critical of your own work you should buy this book. After reading a few pages you will definitely feel a renewed sense of pride and skill in your craft and the motivation to complete that final chapter.

One can only hope that Ms. Cordaro has found an alternate career path. I wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors...provided the only future writing Ms. Cordaro attempts is her weekly grocery list.

Rating:
Summary: Please Silence this "New Voice in Fiction"
Review: This work represents a "new voice in fiction" that we may only hope never to hear again. While I admire the author's courage in her attempts, this "novel" has absolutely no redeeming qualities, although I will attempt to discover one by the close of this review. This work most closely resembles a gruesome car accident involving twisted metal and mangled bodies that you cannot help but look at as you drive by, despite the fact that the scenario gives you the overwhelming urge to vomit and may result in a severe case of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Ms. Cordaro's tale centers around a character who appears trapped in 1989 in her choice of music, clothing and general appearance. She abandons her husband and young child to set off on an adventure "re-capping" her 80's "glam metal" youth through various small town escapades with individuals from her past and the introduction of a new love interest. We are constantly reminded of the protaganist's confusion over aspects of her life, but we never fully understand exactly what that confusion entails. Rather, this character appears empty and self-centered, not only lacking any common sense, but additionally lacking any personality. When watching the latest version of Friday the Thirteenth or Halloween, she is the character you beg Jason Vorhees or Michael Meyers to kill, kill, kill...and please do it quickly! In fact, all of the characters introduced in Sidelines encompass the same emptiness and lack of depth that would require significant character development to improve to even a mildly readable work.

Overall, the storyline is melodramatic, trite and nonsensical. It lacks vision and detail, resembling a seemingly neverending story, based presumably in part on the author's own life experiences. There is no plot. There is no point. Additionally, the spelling and grammar are beyond atrocious. The word composition is inane and leaves the reading thinking, to put it bluntly, WTF? If you are interested in reading about the main character's "yells of pleasure", a sex scene that involves the removal of the love interest's shirt to reveal his "manly stance" or a reunion that reminds one character of a "vietnam flashback", despite the fact that none of the characters are even remotely old enough to have personally recalled the Vietnam war, let alone participated in the battle, then perhaps you should purchase this book, however I would argue that there are numerous fresh works of fiction that would be considerably more worthwhile to examine, such as E Greenwood's innovative work, An Act of Contrition.

However, and here is my attempt to find a redeeming quality in this work, If you are a skilled writer who is feeling overly critical of your own work you should buy this book. After reading a few pages you will definitely feel a renewed sense of pride and skill in your craft and the motivation to complete that final chapter.

One can only hope that Ms. Cordaro has found an alternate career path. I wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors...provided the only future writing Ms. Cordaro attempts is her weekly grocery list.