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Since I am a writer I seldom do a review of another author's work on Amazon. I have had authors do "one star" reviews on my work, but it is never a verified purchase so they haven't read the book. At any rate, if I read (and I read a LOT) a particularly good book, or a particularly bad one, I will review it from my perspective as a reader. I did one last week on a very confusing book which I won't plug. It took me some time to write it because the book had tons of 5 star ratings. What was I missing? And it took Amazon a long time to approve my review. I'm sure it went through several layers of "executives" before they posted it because it was the one dissenting review. Maybe I am too critical but I found the book to be written on a 6th grade level. So I will publish it here and you can decide if it sounds fair.
I had difficulty reading this book and I read it straight through. I fear that someone who reads a few pages at a time would find it more confusing. The author has so many “irons in the fire” it’s hard to keep up with him. He’s trying to solve 200.000 unsolved murders, writing two books, and producing a TV show all at the same time. He wanders off into the weeds and when he comes out, he’s in another state or another country. He makes it plain that he is anti-gun, and against the death penalty while it’s clear that if the victims of those unsolved murders had exercised their right to self-defense, they might not have been victims. He searches for unsolved murders of whores and druggies, but he never considers the unsolved murders of innocent policemen sitting in their patrol cars. I found it bizarre that at a family holiday dinner he’s thumbing through his cell phone at the table. That’s something most parents wouldn’t allow their children to do. Despite the foreword that wants you to read the last chapter first, I found the last chapter anti-climactic.
So. what do you think? Was I being unfair?
Until next week, Good luck - and keep writing!
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