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Review by TrixieB93 -- Lemoncella Cocktail by Rene Natan
[Following is a volunteer review of "Lemoncella Cocktail" by Rene Natan.]
2 out of 4 stars
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From the very beginning, this book seems to have been written by an amateur/ first-time writer. There is not anything wrong with writing your first book, after all, you have to start somewhere, but I think before you publish your novel in any way, you should make sure it's written well both grammatically and structurally. I am not saying this book is not worth reading, but only that it is not of professional quality.
The book jumps right into the story, with no introduction or backstory for anything. While I believe this works for most books, I do not think it worked for this one. I believe the book would have been more enjoyable and more intriguing if I had more information getting into the main idea overall. I definitely would have liked to get to know the characters better so I could watch them grow/change as the novel went on.
*Spoilers* This book is about Patrick, a young man whose life seems to be taking wrong turns one after the other, and Samantha, a 14-year-old girl who becomes the target of criminals. Patrick is minding his own business; just trying to a walk back to his subpar housing after his truck quit on him, and to top it off he could not fix it because he lost his bartending job. Patrick becomes the criminals' next target after he witnesses Sam being thrown into a river and proceeds to rescue her.
If this book has in fact been written by a first-time/ amateur author it is not that bad. The author had a great idea for the plot, which with a little more thinking and draft writing, could be an incredible novel. There was a definite attempt at creating an intriguing story.
I can not call this book highly recommendable or a great read. This is because of a couple things. First, there are just too many grammatical and spelling errors all throughout the novel. Most of them are simple mistakes that I believe a second-year college student would be able to fix. I feel like the author spent little or no time with the book in editing. The second problem is the way the story flowed. It wasn't a very smooth transition between scenes sometimes that threw me off.
*Spoilers* Another issue I had with the novel was just the scenes in general. To start, when Patrick brought Sam back home to her grandmother's, her grandmother, Jessica, did not seem to be as worried as I thought she would be that: 1 her granddaughter had just disappeared driving off in Jessica's car and 2. Sam was returned home by a strange young man and she was only wearing a jacket. I would have been a lot more concerned, but she seems to act like it was just a normal event.
I would give this book a 2 out of 4. Like I said before, there are just too many grammatical and spelling errors in this book. There could have been a lot more to the novel if the author spent a little more time on it. I am not giving it a 1 because, as I said the idea was a good one and if you do not mind amateur work, you might enjoy this novel. I think this author, given more time and practice, will be a great novelist at some point.
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2 out of 4 stars
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From the very beginning, this book seems to have been written by an amateur/ first-time writer. There is not anything wrong with writing your first book, after all, you have to start somewhere, but I think before you publish your novel in any way, you should make sure it's written well both grammatically and structurally. I am not saying this book is not worth reading, but only that it is not of professional quality.
The book jumps right into the story, with no introduction or backstory for anything. While I believe this works for most books, I do not think it worked for this one. I believe the book would have been more enjoyable and more intriguing if I had more information getting into the main idea overall. I definitely would have liked to get to know the characters better so I could watch them grow/change as the novel went on.
*Spoilers* This book is about Patrick, a young man whose life seems to be taking wrong turns one after the other, and Samantha, a 14-year-old girl who becomes the target of criminals. Patrick is minding his own business; just trying to a walk back to his subpar housing after his truck quit on him, and to top it off he could not fix it because he lost his bartending job. Patrick becomes the criminals' next target after he witnesses Sam being thrown into a river and proceeds to rescue her.
If this book has in fact been written by a first-time/ amateur author it is not that bad. The author had a great idea for the plot, which with a little more thinking and draft writing, could be an incredible novel. There was a definite attempt at creating an intriguing story.
I can not call this book highly recommendable or a great read. This is because of a couple things. First, there are just too many grammatical and spelling errors all throughout the novel. Most of them are simple mistakes that I believe a second-year college student would be able to fix. I feel like the author spent little or no time with the book in editing. The second problem is the way the story flowed. It wasn't a very smooth transition between scenes sometimes that threw me off.
*Spoilers* Another issue I had with the novel was just the scenes in general. To start, when Patrick brought Sam back home to her grandmother's, her grandmother, Jessica, did not seem to be as worried as I thought she would be that: 1 her granddaughter had just disappeared driving off in Jessica's car and 2. Sam was returned home by a strange young man and she was only wearing a jacket. I would have been a lot more concerned, but she seems to act like it was just a normal event.
I would give this book a 2 out of 4. Like I said before, there are just too many grammatical and spelling errors in this book. There could have been a lot more to the novel if the author spent a little more time on it. I am not giving it a 1 because, as I said the idea was a good one and if you do not mind amateur work, you might enjoy this novel. I think this author, given more time and practice, will be a great novelist at some point.
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