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Blood Song
by Anthony Ryan
Right off the bat, I have to tell you that the grammar in this book is atrocious. There are misplaced modifiers everywhere, missing commas, run-ons, and the semi-colon is almost non-existent. I had to shut off the part of my brain that complains about bad grammar to get through this book. Even then, I wound up mentally correcting the grammar. That was how I got through it.
Beneath all of that, however, is a good story. It's a shame that it's buried because of bad editing. This book would've received five stars for me if not for the aforementioned problems.
Anthony Ryan spins an intriguing, compelling yarn. The writing is good; it's the grammar that gets me. I understand this was self-published, but I'd like to think that once a major publisher picked it up, surely someone would've taken a second look. This book would've been amazing otherwise.
I might read the second book, but perhaps not right away. I need a break--this book required more concentration than normal because I had to mentally "fix" things.
Beneath all of that, however, is a good story. It's a shame that it's buried because of bad editing. This book would've received five stars for me if not for the aforementioned problems.
Anthony Ryan spins an intriguing, compelling yarn. The writing is good; it's the grammar that gets me. I understand this was self-published, but I'd like to think that once a major publisher picked it up, surely someone would've taken a second look. This book would've been amazing otherwise.
I might read the second book, but perhaps not right away. I need a break--this book required more concentration than normal because I had to mentally "fix" things.