Amy's review
Forever Fifteen
by Kimberly Steele (Goodreads author!)
Hi Amy, thanks for the review! Sorry that you didn't enjoy my narration. It was my first experience both writing a novel and recording an audiobook, sadly, you were able to discern this fact. I will strive to overcome the technical difficulties in my upcoming works. As for the writing, it is what it is--FF is never exactly going to win the Pushcart Prize!
I'm really surprised and happy to hear from an author on here! I feel like I should apologize for my review, I do feel terrible and hope that maybe I should have given more constructive criticism.
I do feel like I should tell you that there were parts of the book I really did enjoy. I liked the ending up until the flash forward and I was upset that the ending seemed so left open. Though I suppose that is fitting for a sequel! I also really liked many of the scenes from Lucy's past and I liked nearly all the scenes with her friend Michelle.
I do also really appreciate you putting the book on itunes for free so that I could listen to it in the first place!
No need to apologize--I appreciate your insights, they are well-timed. I am writing my next novel & recording it as a free audiobook, and much to the chagrin of my audience, it's NOT the Forever Fifteen sequel but something new entirely. I'll try to update this thread once the new novel, Dream of Flight, hits iTunes. Your post is enlightening: makes me realize that the aspects of the FF book I feel the most insecure about were not the ones that you criticized! I don't mind criticism at all, so please don't feel bad about it. I just wish everyone would take time to chime in on what they thought of FF.
Amy's review
Forever Fifteen by Kimberly Steele (Goodreads author!)
Amy's review
rating:
bookshelves:
audiobook,
books-i-did-not-care-for,
horror,
mystery
After seeing someone on the Nest say they were reading this book, I discovered that this book is a free podcast on Itunes! So I downloaded it and I'm now listening to it on my nightly walk with the dog!
I really tried to like this book but I just didn't like it. My first problem is the narrating. Now this is a podiobook so I tried not to compare the narration too much to a normal audiobook but I couldn't help it! The narration was just not good in my opinion. The narrators voices for other characters were just awful and even with the main character the narrating was broken up and weird words were emphasized. You know how in old black and white horror movie previews the voice will go, "It (pause) is (pause) the green monster (or whatever)." And the words are all drawn out and emphasized to show how scary the monster is. The narrator did this when she said, "and Lucy's favorite (pause) modern invention (pause) is the (really long pause) microwave (said incredibly ...more
I really tried to like this book but I just didn't like it. My first problem is the narrating. Now this is a podiobook so I tried not to compare the narration too much to a normal audiobook but I couldn't help it! The narration was just not good in my opinion. The narrators voices for other characters were just awful and even with the main character the narrating was broken up and weird words were emphasized. You know how in old black and white horror movie previews the voice will go, "It (pause) is (pause) the green monster (or whatever)." And the words are all drawn out and emphasized to show how scary the monster is. The narrator did this when she said, "and Lucy's favorite (pause) modern invention (pause) is the (really long pause) microwave (said incredibly ...more
Hi Amy, thanks for the review! Sorry that you didn't enjoy my narration. It was my first experience both writing a novel and recording an audiobook, sadly, you were able to discern this fact. I will strive to overcome the technical difficulties in my upcoming works. As for the writing, it is what it is--FF is never exactly going to win the Pushcart Prize!
I'm really surprised and happy to hear from an author on here! I feel like I should apologize for my review, I do feel terrible and hope that maybe I should have given more constructive criticism.
I do feel like I should tell you that there were parts of the book I really did enjoy. I liked the ending up until the flash forward and I was upset that the ending seemed so left open. Though I suppose that is fitting for a sequel! I also really liked many of the scenes from Lucy's past and I liked nearly all the scenes with her friend Michelle.
I do also really appreciate you putting the book on itunes for free so that I could listen to it in the first place!
No need to apologize--I appreciate your insights, they are well-timed. I am writing my next novel & recording it as a free audiobook, and much to the chagrin of my audience, it's NOT the Forever Fifteen sequel but something new entirely. I'll try to update this thread once the new novel, Dream of Flight, hits iTunes. Your post is enlightening: makes me realize that the aspects of the FF book I feel the most insecure about were not the ones that you criticized! I don't mind criticism at all, so please don't feel bad about it. I just wish everyone would take time to chime in on what they thought of FF.