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Summary: Sorry but one to miss
Review: The book jacket makes it seems like a really interesting story. The concept is very interesting. I have read a bunch of books on writing recently and this work is a good example of what not to do. I think I got to about page 30 before it was just too painful and I had to put it down. Characters are introduced one after another in the first few short chapters. I wasn't sure who I was supposed to be rooting for. The villian appears in short order, but it takes a few pages to realize that he is the antagonist of the book. We over hear his side of a phone conversation with his wife. The monologue is horrible. There is constant "telling" and very little "showing". The characters hardly do anything, it is mostly the authors explaining what is going on and why. The point of view is bad, in fact, I don't think there is any point of view (other than all knowing narrator) and we track so many characters we don't know who to root for or who to feel sympathy for. At least by reading the first little bit of this book I got a good lesson on what to avoid and real world examples of poor writing. In that is the only value I found here.
Rating:
Summary: Sorry but one to miss
Review: The book jacket makes it seems like a really interesting story. The concept is very interesting. I have read a bunch of books on writing recently and this work is a good example of what not to do. I think I got to about page 30 before it was just too painful and I had to put it down. Characters are introduced one after another in the first few short chapters. I wasn't sure who I was supposed to be rooting for. The villian appears in short order, but it takes a few pages to realize that he is the antagonist of the book. We over hear his side of a phone conversation with his wife. The monologue is horrible. There is constant "telling" and very little "showing". The characters hardly do anything, it is mostly the authors explaining what is going on and why. The point of view is bad, in fact, I don't think there is any point of view (other than all knowing narrator) and we track so many characters we don't know who to root for or who to feel sympathy for. At least by reading the first little bit of this book I got a good lesson on what to avoid and real world examples of poor writing. In that is the only value I found here.
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