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teresab78's review
Dnf at 34% and it’s lucky I lasted that long. I didn’t like “‘em”s and “ain’t”s in Gabriel’s speech. It didn’t fit a multi millennium old being. Also Michael is closest to humanity but is naive about current language and idioms? He’s been working g toward this goal interacting with humans for 300 years. I didn’t feel any connection between them. They’re contradictory. And it was boring.
meghanreadsmm's review against another edition
3.0
Unfortunately, I had to stop part way through, which is really too bad because the story itself is pretty interesting. The problem is a jarring misuse of verbs tenses- the consistent use of "I were" instead of "I was"; constant use of "I ain't" and "they ain't" by characters who otherwise use correct verb tenses; "he don't"instead of "he doesn't". The first 32% is worth about 2 stars because of the verb tense problem. After pushing through, it seems like after the first 35% the verb tense problem becomes less prominent. It's still there but it just doesn't seem to occur as often. Overall, I've corrected my rating to 3 stars.
meghanreadsmm's review
3.0
Unfortunately, I had to stop part way through, which is really too bad because the story itself is pretty interesting. The problem is a jarring misuse of verbs tenses- the consistent use of "I were" instead of "I was"; constant use of "I ain't" and "they ain't" by characters who otherwise use correct verb tenses; "he don't"instead of "he doesn't". The first 32% is worth about 2 stars because of the verb tense problem. After pushing through, it seems like after the first 35% the verb tense problem becomes less prominent. It's still there but it just doesn't seem to occur as often. Overall, I've corrected my rating to 3 stars.
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