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Heart DeCoupeville
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I'm done. DNF. Writers, if you want to write contemporary gothic haunted house romance mystery, read this book and don't do anything it does. I didn't find any typos, so go ahead and put in a few, but do everything else the opposite. Dreadful. Just plain dreadful.
— Aug 12, 2023 09:08PM
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Heart DeCoupeville
is 45% done
Any book that contains "quirk" as a verb, in any tense, automatically loses not one but two stars. (This book is well into negative territory anyway.)
— Aug 12, 2023 08:18PM
Heart DeCoupeville
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I don't think I've ever in my life struggled to get through a 64-page novella the way I have through this. It's truly terrible. Nonsensical. Dare I say stupid? No, that's probably too harsh. But, renovating a 100-year-old Victorian house in a week? Only the floors and walls get done? And a major kitchen remodel w/o plumbing and electrical upgrades? SERIOUSLY? In a week? IDFTS.
— Aug 12, 2023 08:00PM
Heart DeCoupeville
is 25% done
This is dreadful. POV shifts galore, no transitions where they should be, reliance on bizarre coincidences. A skeptic who crosses herself. I feel as if I'm grading a very poorly written middle school paper; nearly every line needs improvement.
— Aug 12, 2023 01:07PM
Heart DeCoupeville
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Purchased Kindle edition. So very much wrong with this from the very beginning: One does not buy old houses and fix them up to flip for profit as a hobby.
— Aug 11, 2023 08:32PM
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Rarely does a book make me really angry, but this one did. I think if it had been longer, I would have stopped sooner, if that makes any sense. "It's only 64 pages; how bad can it be?" Well, it was bad. ☹️
I was just thinking that amazon makes it possible to experience the glory that used to be the slush pile. Some books should be shown to a critique group only.
Kaethe wrote: "I was just thinking that amazon makes it possible to experience the glory that used to be the slush pile. Some books should be shown to a critique group only."Too true, too true. This one would have been shredded after two pages in any critique group worth its salt.
But sometimes the slush pile is fun to read once you stop rolling your eyes :) Other times, I appreciate that KU works like the library... don't like it, return it.
I've been lucky. This is only the second 99-cent stinker I've ever purchased. The other was a full-length novel, and had at least some redeeming features. That the author continues to write and sell similar drivel successfully remains irritating, but that's another story.
farmwifetwo wrote: "But sometimes the slush pile is fun to read once you stop rolling your eyes :) Other times, I appreciate that KU works like the library... don't like it, return it."Valid points, both, although I prefer to keep rolling my eyes. They need the exercise
Heart wrote: "I've been lucky. This is only the second 99-cent stinker I've ever purchased. The other was a full-length novel, and had at least some redeeming features. That the author continues to write and sel..."That's good odds, really. I have paid way more for some real stinkers.
Kaethe wrote: "That's good odds, really. I have paid way more for some real stinkers. ..."Oh, I have, too. I was just referring to the 99-cent not-quite-free digital books put out by self-publishing authors. My fault for not making that clear. ☹️
Heart wrote: "Oh, I have, too. I was just referring to the 99-cent not-quite-free digital books put out by self-publish..."You were clear: that was just an observation on the sunk cost :)
Kaethe wrote: "Valid points, both, although I prefer to keep rolling my eyes. They need the exercise..."🤣🤣🤣🤣
