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Tell, or the Adventures in Themiddle
by L.N. Mayer
Tell is at boarding school being bullied, when a mysterious entity comes and makes the bully disappear. Tell is sent home, where he finds a letter from his father saying ‘If you’re reading this, I am dead.’
He is unsure if his father is truly dead, or if this is one of his father’s elaborate pranks. He runs away from men who want to put him in an orphanage, and meets a strange scholar in the wheat fields.
I couldn’t finish this book. I got 50 pages in, and gave up. There are not a ton of errors in grammar, but enough that it got on my nerves. There are misplaced pronouns that make the writing confusing.
There are a lot of misplaced modifiers, but I think that might have been done on purpose for some sort of artistic effect. Another error that I think might have been an artsy attempt: the use of nouns as adjectives. I give that one a pass if it’s cleverly done, but this was just confusing.
How does a plant die because it has “miser spirits”? I think this was meant to be “miserable spirits”. So you can add typos to the list of things wrong with this book.
There is no excuse for writing “moot” when the sentence should obviously say “mute”. Add spelling errors to the list.
I had to read the following sentence four times before giving up in disgust. “The boy nodded his head and the doctor then his.“
That is the most convoluted and ridiculous way to say they both nodded. The adverb is miles away from where it belongs and both the verb and object are missing from the second half of that sentence.
I mean, you could get away with taking out the object at the end, because the pronoun will handle that job, but not without a verb!
Sometimes I think the author must have sat down with a thesaurus and picked the biggest word. Never mind if it’s clear writing or if it makes any sense!
The plot is imaginative, but I didn’t care about the one main character. The supporting characters don’t have any depth in the beginning, and even the main character is only mildly interesting. Maybe they get more development later.
The style is whimsical and the plot is chaotic, which is another reason why it didn’t grab my attention. I like structure, and this plot reminded me of some “Alice in Wonderland” wildness. However, I know many people enjoy that kind of style.
If you don’t care about grammar, you might enjoy this book.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review.
He is unsure if his father is truly dead, or if this is one of his father’s elaborate pranks. He runs away from men who want to put him in an orphanage, and meets a strange scholar in the wheat fields.
I couldn’t finish this book. I got 50 pages in, and gave up. There are not a ton of errors in grammar, but enough that it got on my nerves. There are misplaced pronouns that make the writing confusing.
There are a lot of misplaced modifiers, but I think that might have been done on purpose for some sort of artistic effect. Another error that I think might have been an artsy attempt: the use of nouns as adjectives. I give that one a pass if it’s cleverly done, but this was just confusing.
How does a plant die because it has “miser spirits”? I think this was meant to be “miserable spirits”. So you can add typos to the list of things wrong with this book.
There is no excuse for writing “moot” when the sentence should obviously say “mute”. Add spelling errors to the list.
I had to read the following sentence four times before giving up in disgust. “The boy nodded his head and the doctor then his.“
That is the most convoluted and ridiculous way to say they both nodded. The adverb is miles away from where it belongs and both the verb and object are missing from the second half of that sentence.
I mean, you could get away with taking out the object at the end, because the pronoun will handle that job, but not without a verb!
Sometimes I think the author must have sat down with a thesaurus and picked the biggest word. Never mind if it’s clear writing or if it makes any sense!
The plot is imaginative, but I didn’t care about the one main character. The supporting characters don’t have any depth in the beginning, and even the main character is only mildly interesting. Maybe they get more development later.
The style is whimsical and the plot is chaotic, which is another reason why it didn’t grab my attention. I like structure, and this plot reminded me of some “Alice in Wonderland” wildness. However, I know many people enjoy that kind of style.
If you don’t care about grammar, you might enjoy this book.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review.