Could have been far better

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I dumped the pdf "First Look" onto my nook, 1st gen, which means no text modification. This had to be 6-7 point font, which admittedly already made me disinterested. I tried reading it anyway and could not make it through the entirety of the excerpt, font size not withstanding. Here's why:
- The story was completely flat and lifeless.
- The pieces are there that could make a decent (not good, but decent) story, but they weren't fully actualized.
-The detail is all wrong - half of it is too rich, steeped in unnecessary detail, while the parts where you actually need the detail to advance the story are not detailed enough.
- As if it wasn't bad enough that the story was flat, the characters were flat as well. Very two dimensional.
- The raw components are there, but this reads like a first draft, at best.

All in all, it was missing too much for me to be interested in continuing. This is a non-starter for me.