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A review by tiffkin
Raising Jake by Charlie Carillo
1.0
Horribly, horribly written. It started off badly and I wanted to give it a shot but 1/3 of the way into the book I decided it wasn't worth it to finish.
I chose this book because there was a free Kindle version. I can see why it was free
From the very beginning there were elements that detracted and distracted from the story being told: unrealistic dialogue, poor sentence structure. As well as Run-on sentences that need to be reworked to allow for them to be understood without a second, slow perusal. I felt I was mentally editing before I got to the second chapter. I also found some of the word usage to be odd, as if a thesaurus was used after the fact and the meaning was just a few shades off from the intent. Yes, I got the point, the essence of what the author was trying to convey but it was slightly jarring at times
By chapter 5 the story begins to spread out and the less fine tuned aspects of the writing are not as noticeable. The story progresses slowly, the protagonist is a jerk, the dialogue is ridiculous and the situations are unrealistic. Even the premise is poorly conceived. I can’t think of a single thing I liked about this book.
No thank you.
I chose this book because there was a free Kindle version. I can see why it was free
From the very beginning there were elements that detracted and distracted from the story being told: unrealistic dialogue, poor sentence structure. As well as Run-on sentences that need to be reworked to allow for them to be understood without a second, slow perusal. I felt I was mentally editing before I got to the second chapter. I also found some of the word usage to be odd, as if a thesaurus was used after the fact and the meaning was just a few shades off from the intent. Yes, I got the point, the essence of what the author was trying to convey but it was slightly jarring at times
By chapter 5 the story begins to spread out and the less fine tuned aspects of the writing are not as noticeable. The story progresses slowly, the protagonist is a jerk, the dialogue is ridiculous and the situations are unrealistic. Even the premise is poorly conceived. I can’t think of a single thing I liked about this book.
No thank you.