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Rippled Reflection: Devils Bay series
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Published May 24, 2020
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December 19, 2021
This book is not publish-ready by a clear mile. It is absolutely riddled with errors: spelling, punctuation, formatting, grammar. The prologue has a ton of repetition, the first chapter is an info dump, and when the story actually begins it just rolls by without any real feeling or sense of pace. A lot of sentences didn't even make any coherent sense.
There is clearly a lot of creativity and imagination behind the actual idea for the story, and I hope the author continues working on her craft. But the writing needs to develop a LOT before they should think about publishing their work. Remember, the Amazon KDP is not a place to workshop your writing - that's what Wattpad and AO3 are for. Publish only when you know you have a well-developed, well-edited and polished manuscript.
The wind continues dancing aggressively with the banners and balloons. not wanting to miss out on the fun, the lake responded by bringing the tide in early and putting on a show of itself, with the water becoming choppy., swelling into white pig spraying soldier water across the spectators waiting on either the smooth grey Sandy Beach or the edge of Rogues Jetty.
There is clearly a lot of creativity and imagination behind the actual idea for the story, and I hope the author continues working on her craft. But the writing needs to develop a LOT before they should think about publishing their work. Remember, the Amazon KDP is not a place to workshop your writing - that's what Wattpad and AO3 are for. Publish only when you know you have a well-developed, well-edited and polished manuscript.
July 5, 2020
Did not finish - Review based on the 15% of the book I managed to read. Purchased on kindle June 2020.
Although the premise of this book sounded great, from the four chapters (15%) I read, it appears this book was published without thorough editing. The initial scene setting was good however the numerous spelling and grammatical mistakes detract from the story.
By chapter two, it was getting difficult to stay focused on the story as due to the spelling/grammar issues I was having to reread sentences and guess what the correct word was meant to be. “Lala’s throat string...” is the opening sentence of chapter 2. Obviously the author was aiming for her throat was stinging/stung.
I tried to continue reading but by chapter four I had to give up, the spelling mistakes, poor grammar, duplicate sentences and sentences in paragraphs not related to the current scene was too much.
A revision/edit of this book is needed for the benefit of potential readers
Although the premise of this book sounded great, from the four chapters (15%) I read, it appears this book was published without thorough editing. The initial scene setting was good however the numerous spelling and grammatical mistakes detract from the story.
By chapter two, it was getting difficult to stay focused on the story as due to the spelling/grammar issues I was having to reread sentences and guess what the correct word was meant to be. “Lala’s throat string...” is the opening sentence of chapter 2. Obviously the author was aiming for her throat was stinging/stung.
I tried to continue reading but by chapter four I had to give up, the spelling mistakes, poor grammar, duplicate sentences and sentences in paragraphs not related to the current scene was too much.
A revision/edit of this book is needed for the benefit of potential readers
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