I scoffed when I read the first page. Is this simple language really what people want? How did a book written like this get 2000+ 5-star reviews and many more 4 stars?

The first chapter was nothing special—or so I thought. Simple words. No poetic descriptions. No painstakingly-crafted sentences designed to convey layers of meaning and subtext.

Even the first sentence was simple:  

“A dark shape scurried through the shadows ahead, disappearing under the belly of a rusted spaceship.”

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