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A clearly novice work that should not have been published
I tried to read with my younger sister and we were gravely disappointed.
Here are our reasons:
1.) The story is cliche and brings nothing new to the table. We have super special kids going to another world to save the day from an "Evil Empire." (Yes, that is what it is called.) Yawn.
2.) The grammar and syntax are atrocious. May the literary gods help us if this is how teens are writing these days. Words are used without regard to nuances of meaning and tone. Additionally, it is as if every name is in quotes. Why? The poor ellipses would like to protest their abuse as well.
3.) The author chooses to use exposition to describe events that are intended to be tense and exciting. The lack of actions makes it, in my sister's words, "boring."
4.) The formatting distracts from the writing as the lines are very short, only several words long. The text is not justified and the ragged edges detract from the presentation.
Every one is going crazy over child prodigy authors and this one doesn't deserve your hard earned money. In case you just think I "dont kno a good book" or am "jelous," I suggest you go to the author's website and download the first 40 pages to read. That would have saved me the embarassment of my 7 year old sister telling me, "This book is so bad. I could write it better." She'll never let me live this down.
