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A review by callypeeso
A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan
1.0
Warning to Beth Morgan: Don’t read any further because I was in a blind rage after finishing this book.
This may be one of the worst books I’ve ever laid my eyes upon. The only way I can explain the writing in this book is if they accidentally published the first draft instead of the finishing product. It had the bare bones of the story and that was it.
One of the first things they teach you in a creative writing class is the difference between showing vs telling. This is the prime example of telling. I could not see the story. I barely knew what the main characters even look like. This couple is obsessed with this girl named Jen yet I don’t know what she looks like? Wouldn’t you think the reader should know every little detail about this Jen character because the main characters supposedly do?
This book lacks basic description. Towards the end I would tell the writing was getting better, but it still could not convince me I was actually holding a published book in my hands.
50pgs in I knew it was not for me. Giving it the benefit of the doubt was no longer an option. I stopped reading for entertainment and kept reading purely to study what not to do. It pisses me off because the concept of the book felt right in my wheelhouse and I spent $20 to own it physically. Before this book I hadn’t ever thrown a book at a wall on purpose. I truly can’t fathom how this book came to be. I’m mad at the editor just as much as the author. How did this get passed you?
The last 100pgs of this book took such a turn that it mostly just felt lazy. None of it felt remotely plausible and the characters did not act like real people. I was held against my will during the info dump to attempt to make the ending make any sense. It had so much potential! The story could’ve been so good.
If I was in hell, the devil would make me read this book on repeat as a punishment.
This may be one of the worst books I’ve ever laid my eyes upon. The only way I can explain the writing in this book is if they accidentally published the first draft instead of the finishing product. It had the bare bones of the story and that was it.
One of the first things they teach you in a creative writing class is the difference between showing vs telling. This is the prime example of telling. I could not see the story. I barely knew what the main characters even look like. This couple is obsessed with this girl named Jen yet I don’t know what she looks like? Wouldn’t you think the reader should know every little detail about this Jen character because the main characters supposedly do?
This book lacks basic description. Towards the end I would tell the writing was getting better, but it still could not convince me I was actually holding a published book in my hands.
50pgs in I knew it was not for me. Giving it the benefit of the doubt was no longer an option. I stopped reading for entertainment and kept reading purely to study what not to do. It pisses me off because the concept of the book felt right in my wheelhouse and I spent $20 to own it physically. Before this book I hadn’t ever thrown a book at a wall on purpose. I truly can’t fathom how this book came to be. I’m mad at the editor just as much as the author. How did this get passed you?
The last 100pgs of this book took such a turn that it mostly just felt lazy. None of it felt remotely plausible and the characters did not act like real people. I was held against my will during the info dump to attempt to make the ending make any sense. It had so much potential! The story could’ve been so good.
If I was in hell, the devil would make me read this book on repeat as a punishment.