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urlphantomhive's review
2.0
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I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, thank you!
Perhaps this book is filled with the most wonderful baseball metaphors. If so, they are completely lost on me, as I don't know anything about it.
To me, this book read like a complete mess. It's already a revised edition, but still it looks like the story needs a lot of work. It's just completely unbelievable. Everything is too easy, illogical or plain stupid. There's insta-love if I ever saw one. I mean, I hadn't noticed the main character was suffering from amnesia till the last third of the book! And another plot line doesn't really start till the last fifty pages, which made me feel cheated.
To give an impression of the stupid, insta-love reactions of the characters in this book. The main character needs help in doing something illegal. He doesn't have any friends but remembers a girl he's met months earlier (who suffered a strange attack during the one time they met). He walked out on her that same day but when he calls her after all this time without any kind of explanation and no time to think about it, of course it's completely normal to answer 'Yes' if he asks her to help him. *facepalm*
The writing wasn't all bad, but the ending was weak. And there were some points in the story that seemed to be written to be funny, only they weren't. Like the main character's cover story of a profession as a male exotic dancer, or the frequent (awkward) visits to gay (drag) bars. I think this revised edition could use some more revision...
Read all my reviews on http://urlphantomhive.booklikes.com
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review, thank you!
Perhaps this book is filled with the most wonderful baseball metaphors. If so, they are completely lost on me, as I don't know anything about it.
To me, this book read like a complete mess. It's already a revised edition, but still it looks like the story needs a lot of work. It's just completely unbelievable. Everything is too easy, illogical or plain stupid. There's insta-love if I ever saw one. I mean, I hadn't noticed the main character was suffering from amnesia till the last third of the book! And another plot line doesn't really start till the last fifty pages, which made me feel cheated.
To give an impression of the stupid, insta-love reactions of the characters in this book. The main character needs help in doing something illegal. He doesn't have any friends but remembers a girl he's met months earlier (who suffered a strange attack during the one time they met). He walked out on her that same day but when he calls her after all this time without any kind of explanation and no time to think about it, of course it's completely normal to answer 'Yes' if he asks her to help him. *facepalm*
The writing wasn't all bad, but the ending was weak. And there were some points in the story that seemed to be written to be funny, only they weren't. Like the main character's cover story of a profession as a male exotic dancer, or the frequent (awkward) visits to gay (drag) bars. I think this revised edition could use some more revision...
themisscaitlin's review against another edition
4.0
I received an ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.
I was afraid when I started this book that the story was going to be based heavily around baseball (which I don't know much about), but to my surprise it wasn't. This story is about a reporter named Charley Hubbs who finds himself involved in the deaths of three people, one of which he is suspected of. I found myself halfway through the book before I realized it, because the story was so easy to read and keep up with. It was very interesting, but there were times the story seemed to lose focus. I also wish Lizzy would have been in the book a little more, considering she just disappeared for about half of it. Overall, a good read.
I was afraid when I started this book that the story was going to be based heavily around baseball (which I don't know much about), but to my surprise it wasn't. This story is about a reporter named Charley Hubbs who finds himself involved in the deaths of three people, one of which he is suspected of. I found myself halfway through the book before I realized it, because the story was so easy to read and keep up with. It was very interesting, but there were times the story seemed to lose focus. I also wish Lizzy would have been in the book a little more, considering she just disappeared for about half of it. Overall, a good read.
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