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Speaking of editorial problems, I just finished:
Tomorrow, When the War Began by John Marsden. A young-adult, dystopian? romance? fiction tale set in Australia. It seems the editor failed to notice the many missing quotes in the text, which led to a lot of hiccups in my reading as I tried to work out what was dialogue vs what was part of the incessant and hugely excessive first-person inner monologue full of amateur psychology (and not so subtle suggestions about how women might like brainless thugs better when the world falls apart). I actually found the first part of this strangely compelling, despite the lack of actual plot progress, but that wore off and the story started to drag and left me lots of time to notice the many flaws. I skimmed the last third and definitely won't be continuing the series: 2/5.
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