mirihawk reviewed The Thin Woman by Dorothy Cannell (Ellie Haskell (1))
Review of 'The Thin Woman' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
The story was well written, but the book (which I read in electronic format) was so badly proofread I wanted to box someone's ears! It's obvious that it was typed and a spell-check was run, but there was no human intervention before the publishing. Here's an example:
"You may mink poorly of her going off with another man, but she was a remarkable woman."
This would pass spell check, but the word should have been "think". Many instances like this exist in the book, taking one out of the story and back to the real world with a thump.
Parts of the plot were a bit trite, and I was a annoyed that the heroine hit her weight goal in 6 months by dieting, which is so rarely the case.
From some of the other reviewers on Amazon I get the impression that the electronic book may have been abridged, …
The story was well written, but the book (which I read in electronic format) was so badly proofread I wanted to box someone's ears! It's obvious that it was typed and a spell-check was run, but there was no human intervention before the publishing. Here's an example:
"You may mink poorly of her going off with another man, but she was a remarkable woman."
This would pass spell check, but the word should have been "think". Many instances like this exist in the book, taking one out of the story and back to the real world with a thump.
Parts of the plot were a bit trite, and I was a annoyed that the heroine hit her weight goal in 6 months by dieting, which is so rarely the case.
From some of the other reviewers on Amazon I get the impression that the electronic book may have been abridged, as well, which is always annoying. Shame on Random House Digital Editions, especially since the book as listed on amazon is the full price of any of the dead tree versions.
The author can write, and I'm going to see if there are more. This one is from the library - it's definitely worth a read.