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A review by lindca
Grim by M.K. Eidem
2.0
I know I can be a PITA about spelling and grammar errors in the books I read. Generally, though, I'm pretty forgiving if the story is entertaining enough. In this case, however, the mistakes were so numerous and so egregious that they overshadowed the story.
The book was riddled with mistakes in spelling, grammar, syntax, punctuation, and basically all the fundamental conventions of writing. There were sentences that made no sense, appearing to be either partially edited thoughts or a botched speech-to-text draft which was not edited. Characters changed names mid-story. In short, as far as the mechanics of writing are concerned, it was a mess.
It's really a shame.
Based on the sheer number of glowing reviews from readers, it's clear Ms. Eidem can weave a story, and frankly, that's the hard part. Grammar and spelling can be taught, but the imagination and creativity that go into crafting characters and a tale cannot. Many of the mistakes in the text could have been caught by simple measures such as reading the text aloud to catch errors easily missed by skimming, a step taken by most authors in editing their work. If she really sucks at grammar and spelling, Eidem could have a trusted beta reader go through the manuscript to pick up many of the other problems. It's really not that difficult to take care of these basics. We're not even talking about a professional editor who deals with more complex issues.
Writing a book is hard. Why ruin all that effort with such carelessness? Ms. Eidem owes it to her readers and to herself to take the time to do at least some basic editing of her work and let her stories shine without the distraction of so many sloppy mistakes.
The book was riddled with mistakes in spelling, grammar, syntax, punctuation, and basically all the fundamental conventions of writing. There were sentences that made no sense, appearing to be either partially edited thoughts or a botched speech-to-text draft which was not edited. Characters changed names mid-story. In short, as far as the mechanics of writing are concerned, it was a mess.
It's really a shame.
Based on the sheer number of glowing reviews from readers, it's clear Ms. Eidem can weave a story, and frankly, that's the hard part. Grammar and spelling can be taught, but the imagination and creativity that go into crafting characters and a tale cannot. Many of the mistakes in the text could have been caught by simple measures such as reading the text aloud to catch errors easily missed by skimming, a step taken by most authors in editing their work. If she really sucks at grammar and spelling, Eidem could have a trusted beta reader go through the manuscript to pick up many of the other problems. It's really not that difficult to take care of these basics. We're not even talking about a professional editor who deals with more complex issues.
Writing a book is hard. Why ruin all that effort with such carelessness? Ms. Eidem owes it to her readers and to herself to take the time to do at least some basic editing of her work and let her stories shine without the distraction of so many sloppy mistakes.