I usually try to at least read the first 10 chapters of a book before reviewing it.
However, i couldn’t bring myself to do so with this one( i stopped at chapter 2).
The reasons are :
- The book is too fast paced .
I have the feeling that the author is constantly jumping from actions to actions at a lightning speed, which makes it difficult to process the things that are happening.
- The grammar is terrible.
I'm myself not a native english speaker.
I also recognize that it's difficult not to make mistakes while writing. However, there are so many mistakes in this book that it's just too painful to read it .
- I, as a reader, didn’t feel the emotions that the author tried to convey . It's supposed to be sad that the Mc's parents died. However, it was so quickly told and dealt with that i didn't get to feel the emotions the author tried to convey .
It also didn’t help that we were directly plunged in an action right in the beginning of the story, while not knowing the Mc or his family at all.
- The first chapters didn’t answer these basic questions :
who is the Mc ( personality and morality)? Why should i follow his adventures ? ( his goal , his motivations or something intriguing / interesting about him )
- The writing itself is problematic.
The formulations, the structure of the sentences, the almost absent and/ or confusing punctuation, the badly done descriptions( when there are proper descriptions to speak of) , the dialogues... i know it's an app on which there are many aspiring authors. However , it's not an excuse for neglecting these basic problems which might make a book with a good story to tell, so distasteful that people simply don’t want to read it.
All in all , the first chapters of a book are like its showcase . So , please author , try to write them correctly in your next works.
