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A review by court_of_stars
American Drifter by Heather Graham
1.0
One star, and I'm being ridiculously generous.
A little background. "American Drifter" caught my eye at the library because I am a fan of Chad Michael Murray's acting. On the CW show "One Tree Hill" Murray's character Lucas Scott also wrote a book and it seemed magical. I decided to give it a shot. Because how bad could it be? Famous author plus creative actor....
I have never read any of Heather Graham's other books. She has written more than 100, so she must be doing something right... right? I don't know how much contribution Graham added to this novel. I have no idea how this got through editors and was released to the public.
The best way I can describe this novel is a cross between a third grade research paper (you know the ones where you basically just copy facts from the encyclopedia) and a Kindergarten/First Grade learning to read book. I absolutely wish I were joking.
On page 31 of the novel, they write: "He looked at the dog. The dog looked at him and wagged his tail. It was a big tail."
The main character is one dimensional. There is nothing thrilling in this thriller. The ending was blah. The writing was juvenile, no, it was less than that. It makes me wonder about the process this book went through. How much editing had been done before publication? Was there so much that the editor decided to give up half way? "Meh, good enough."
You would think with my above review that I should have given this one star. On any other book this terrible I might, but here's the kicker. This novel was so bad in every obvious way that it became comical. I would openly read off the horrible repetitious lines and have a good laugh with my husband.
I cannot in good conscience recommend this book as a must read book, ever. That is of course, unless you are looking for a "what not to do when writing a novel" read.
Happy reading friends! And do not worry CMM, I'll still watch your acting after this!
A little background. "American Drifter" caught my eye at the library because I am a fan of Chad Michael Murray's acting. On the CW show "One Tree Hill" Murray's character Lucas Scott also wrote a book and it seemed magical. I decided to give it a shot. Because how bad could it be? Famous author plus creative actor....
I have never read any of Heather Graham's other books. She has written more than 100, so she must be doing something right... right? I don't know how much contribution Graham added to this novel. I have no idea how this got through editors and was released to the public.
The best way I can describe this novel is a cross between a third grade research paper (you know the ones where you basically just copy facts from the encyclopedia) and a Kindergarten/First Grade learning to read book. I absolutely wish I were joking.
On page 31 of the novel, they write: "He looked at the dog. The dog looked at him and wagged his tail. It was a big tail."
The main character is one dimensional. There is nothing thrilling in this thriller. The ending was blah. The writing was juvenile, no, it was less than that. It makes me wonder about the process this book went through. How much editing had been done before publication? Was there so much that the editor decided to give up half way? "Meh, good enough."
You would think with my above review that I should have given this one star. On any other book this terrible I might, but here's the kicker. This novel was so bad in every obvious way that it became comical. I would openly read off the horrible repetitious lines and have a good laugh with my husband.
I cannot in good conscience recommend this book as a must read book, ever. That is of course, unless you are looking for a "what not to do when writing a novel" read.
Happy reading friends! And do not worry CMM, I'll still watch your acting after this!