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Handbook for Mortals Book 1 of the series edition by Lani Sarem Romance eBooks

This is not a good book. There are so many grammatical errors and plot holes, not to mention problematic viewpoints and language. I could maybe get over all of that if there had been any sort of storyline, logical or otherwise, in the book, but it was completely unenjoyable.

There may be those who enjoy it. I do not know who they might be, but I'm not ruling out the possibility.


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Handbook for Mortals Book 1 of the series edition by Lani Sarem Romance eBooks Reviews

When I was in high school, I thought I was this amazing writer I'd read all my poems and stories aloud in English class, envisioning my fellow classmates buzzing with excitement. 10 years later, I found my old journals and... oh, they were SO bad. My visions of high school-sized fame were instantly dashed. Despite the embarrassment, I'm grateful that I'm at least aware enough now to critique myself, as well as express what it is I dislike in other writing besides just, "Oh, it's bad."

This book... eesh. The sentences are choppy. Short. The sentences lack prounoun use. Many sentences are poorly punctuated? Colons and semi-colons are missing- hyphens are used instead. Then they're followed by run-on sentences filled with unnecessary details or descriptions or information that could have been better used to fill out those short non-sentences instead of putting them into run-on sentences that, even after all of that information, the author just ends with, "nor do I guess it really matters" (Then why did you write an entire paragraph about it?!). If reading that paragraph was cringe-worthy, I don't suggest you buy this novel.

Every paragraph could be restructured in some way to make the story more interesting and easier to read the repetition is distracting and the tell-don't-show style of writing makes you feel like you're a mile from the action. Sarem claims that three editors checked this, but I can't see how if this is what passed for a final draft. No matter how good your plot is (which seems to drag as Sarem pulls us in a thousand directions via details inconsequential to the story, then explains major plot points in one sentence before moving on to more useless shopping scenes), you have to have a well-written vehicle to drive it. I don't mean to insult the author, but if Sarem truly cares about her craft, she needs to spend far more time proofing, editing, and reading other books written by talented, experienced people. But if she continues putting out what passes for the average person's first draft and expecting people to purchase it, she's going to have as uncomfortable a wake-up call as I did when I found my old journals.
It's really that bad.

Let's say you're an aspiring writer with dreams of stardom, literary or otherwise. And let's say that you've written a novel, and found a publisher. That alone would probably be enough for you, right? While I'm sure every writer would love to write something that ends up being a #1 NYT Bestseller, I kind of feel like getting a book deal in itself is a worthy accomplishment for most debut authors.

But let's say that simply getting published isn't enough for you. Let's say that you order some books to sell at cons. Enough that, since you've bought copies through sellers whose numbers count for the NYT bestseller list, you end up on said list and at the center of a minor publishing scandal.

Wouldn't it be embarrassing if that novel really, really sucked? On every front, from prose to plot structure to grammar? Can you imagine writing a book where point-of-view shifts mid-sentence? What about including a tarot motif without learning anything about tarot reading? Wouldn't you try to camouflage the bits that were added for franchiseability? Sarem didn't. And for some reason, she made the entire conflict of the second act revolve around a love-triangle that has nothing to do with anything in act three. This book has no redeeming qualities. It supposedly had three editors, and yet it's STILL riddled with typos, grammatical errors, inconsequential scenes, racial insensitivity, and factual errors. I don't get it.

But let's get back to our thought experiment.

After all your book's failings have been pointed out numerous times by various critics, bloggers, twitter-ers, youtubers, and podcasters, why would you keep pushing it? Why wouldn't you just let it die? You can buy all the 5-star ratings you want, but even in the best case scenario where you manage to trick people into thinking your novel might have any merit, isn't it pretty likely that those people will feel a little bit duped and just leave more 1-star reviews?

There's something either deeply cynical or naive about this drama refusing to end. It suggests that the author thinks that manufacturing hype alone is enough to make her book popular, even though it reads like a first draft of a NaNoWriMo project. I guess it depends on whether Sarem won't let it go because she thinks that little of people and the way in which they choose their entertainment, or because she believes that if she just keeps believing in herself that HfM will become huge, regardless of its quality.

This book isn't nearly as interesting as the drama surrounding it, which I think might actually be the point.
This is not a good book. There are so many grammatical errors and plot holes, not to mention problematic viewpoints and language. I could maybe get over all of that if there had been any sort of storyline, logical or otherwise, in the book, but it was completely unenjoyable.

There may be those who enjoy it. I do not know who they might be, but I'm not ruling out the possibility.