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A review by terriaminute
Afraid to Fly by L.A. Witt
3.0
(So. Um. By the time y'all see this, I'll have given a star rating. But I had to write the review first in order to decide if it was two stars or three. Below is how I decided.)
Usually I can start a review by clicking the star rating, but I'm not sure what it will be this time. I have to write first. While there's nothing wrong with the plot, or the characters as such, there are several things wrong with the writer's choices. Repetition is a big problem, not just some phrases, but identical ones when they're supposed to be in separate people's heads - that's just lazy writing/editing. Repeating laundry lists of reasons and stresses and I mean, I was tired of it by the middle of this book. It didn't stop. From both characters. I remember his story, dammit, and his, stop repeating it! I GOT IT ALREADY.
*clears throat*
So that's insulting, to this reader. And it's confusing. The first book, Just Drive, had some of these issues, but it wasn't this bad. What happened? One careful edit pass could've fixed all of the problems, though it would've made a shorter book. Shorter but better is BETTER. I wish it had been better. But I was relived to get to the epilogue, and that's just sad.
1 star for plot, 1 for characters, and 1 because I could finish it. Minus 2 for the reasons above. *sigh*
Usually I can start a review by clicking the star rating, but I'm not sure what it will be this time. I have to write first. While there's nothing wrong with the plot, or the characters as such, there are several things wrong with the writer's choices. Repetition is a big problem, not just some phrases, but identical ones when they're supposed to be in separate people's heads - that's just lazy writing/editing. Repeating laundry lists of reasons and stresses and I mean, I was tired of it by the middle of this book. It didn't stop. From both characters. I remember his story, dammit, and his, stop repeating it! I GOT IT ALREADY.
*clears throat*
So that's insulting, to this reader. And it's confusing. The first book, Just Drive, had some of these issues, but it wasn't this bad. What happened? One careful edit pass could've fixed all of the problems, though it would've made a shorter book. Shorter but better is BETTER. I wish it had been better. But I was relived to get to the epilogue, and that's just sad.
1 star for plot, 1 for characters, and 1 because I could finish it. Minus 2 for the reasons above. *sigh*