Featured Review: The Lost Identity Casualties by Kim Ekemar
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For me, this would be a perfect 4/4 book if it wasn't for the typos. Despite that, though I'm left eager to continue reading the series, just like you. That in itself is an impressive feat for an author to achieve while still writing a satisfying ending and a standalone first book. So I must applaud the author of this book, Kim Ekemar, and managing to combine those hard-to-combine elements. I look forward to the rest of the series.
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Whoa! Those are some mighty kind words, thanks a lot! Really glad to hear from someone who has read a book I reviewed that my review was spot on! Definitely makes me feel better as a reviewer.Scott wrote:@CataclysmicKnight I just finished this book minutes ago. I am shocked at how spot on your review was in relation to my own feelings. I'll have to keep a closer eye on recommendations coming from your reviews.
For me, this would be a perfect 4/4 book if it wasn't for the typos. Despite that, though I'm left eager to continue reading the series, just like you. That in itself is an impressive feat for an author to achieve while still writing a satisfying ending and a standalone first book. So I must applaud the author of this book, Kim Ekemar, and managing to combine those hard-to-combine elements. I look forward to the rest of the series.
Also, I totally agree. When time passes with movies and books I'm AWFUL about remembering details, but I remember whether I liked something or not, and I definitely remembered liking this. Books with a solid ending that exist in a series are WAY too few and far-between.
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Scott,Scott wrote:For me, this would be a perfect 4/4 book if it wasn't for the typos. Despite that, though I'm left eager to continue reading the series, just like you. That in itself is an impressive feat for an author to achieve while still writing a satisfying ending and a standalone first book. So I must applaud the author of this book, Kim Ekemar, and managing to combine those hard-to-combine elements. I look forward to the rest of the series.
I very much appreciate your favorable impression of the first book in The Callaghan Tetralogy. However I strongly disagree with you on one major point.
On several occasions I've noticed that American readers perceive British English spelling as "typos". (In an earlier reply that I posted, I pointed this out to the reviewer, but he chose not to comment.) This raises a fundamental question that perhaps should be discussed in a separate forum: is it necessary to make different editions for the British, American, Australian, etc. readers?
This is what I wrote to the reviewer on March 23rd:
"There were typos every few pages or so." This is simply not correct. A professional editor went over the manuscript with strict instructions that all British expressions and spellings should remain in place. (Colour vs. color, travelling vs. traveling, recognise vs. recognize, favourable vs. favorable, etc.) Although I understand that an American reader like yourself may find this "distracting", the use of British English is nevertheless logical considering that the main setting is the UK, the protagonist is British, as are many of the main characters.
I do appreciate your feedback on this important issue.
All the best,
Kim Ekemar
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Oh, and congratulations to the author for getting a good review!
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As a side comment I found the dialogues between Callaghan and his father, and with the gangster Flint, quite witty. The Lost Identity Casualties is a fast-paced, clever novel that kept my lamp burning well past midnight!
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At the beginning there’s a note that “the spelling is British English”. As an American I had to adjust to what could be perceived as errors, but it wasn’t too hard to get used to it.
As a side comment I found the dialogues between Callaghan and his father, and also with the gangster Flint, quite witty. The Lost Identity Casualties is a fast-paced, clever novel that kept my lamp burning well beyond midnight!
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