Obscure book, by obscure author, very few & poor reviews, yet I'm really enjoying it.

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by ShellShock

So he is stuck in two middles? Stuck in the middle between his parents, and stuck in the middle between those others? But the quote is THE middle, i.e., one middle, not two.

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[Rizla]

Originally Posted by ShellShock

Doesn't the double use of "between" strike you as odd?

To me this means he is stuck between his parents, and also stuck between "those who will keep Tristan locked away".

I see what you mean. Fair point. But it didn't bother me on reading, and I think it's a very good blurb.

[KaiReader]

I'm almost half way through it and despite the occasional odd bit of grammar or word that could be improved upon, I'm quite enjoying it :-)

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by KaiReader

I'm almost half way through it and despite the occasional odd bit of grammar or word that could be improved upon, I'm quite enjoying it :-)

It'd be interesting to have a spoiler thread once you've finished it.

[KaiReader]

Originally Posted by twowheels

It'd be interesting to have a spoiler thread once you've finished it.

Just finished! A bit odd in structure, and I got the sense that it wasn't as well edited/proofread in the last third or so for some reason... Or possibly an attempt to get a larger word count resulted in some oddities lol.
I did enjoy it though, not the sort of thing I usually read but an interesting story. Be interested to hear what others think

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by KaiReader

Just finished! A bit odd in structure, and I got the sense that it wasn't as well edited/proofread in the last third or so for some reason... Or possibly an attempt to get a larger word count resulted in some oddities lol.

Yeah... the ending did feel a little rushed. I got more of the impression that the author was just trying to finish it up.

I did enjoy it though, not the sort of thing I usually read but an interesting story. Be interested to hear what others think

A real spoiler lives in this spoiler block, so don't open it if you haven't read the book.

Spoiler:

I actually spent part of the book thinking it was going to be more of a fantasy novel (a genre that I never read) rather than him playing along with the child's imagination. In retrospect it should have been more obvious, but I was just convinced that it was a different kind of book than it really was. I wonder if that's the reason why some of the bad reviews say that they gave up on the book early -- they thought it was following a different path than it really was.

[twowheels]

I just happened to notice that it's now free again:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IDVR0ME

[Lin2412]

Originally Posted by pwalker8

I think that ultimately if you enjoy the book, it really doesn't matter if it got bad reviews or not. I've had a few books that I liked that honest compels me to admit weren't exactly great literature and could best be described as pure pulp. For what ever reason, it just seemed to be the right book at the time I read them.

I agree with everything you said. I used to really mind the reviews of the books I've read, like if it receives a lot of 1-star rating, I could result to thinking that there must be something wrong why I liked it? But I realized that kind of thinking is rubbish. By the way, I have to admit that the snippet is so catchy! I like the vague tone of it.