one star

[Robin]

I just received a fascinating message from a reader/friend who read the first few chapters of Future Past and could not go on from there, finding it too dark. She'd read my first novel, Night Must Wait and though some might say that was grim, being focused on the Nigerian/Biafran civil war, my second novel was a different matter for her.

Now Future Past is a story of redemption, but starting off with a war crime is not everybody's cup of tea, and if you have the book but don't want to go there, please don't worry -- my request would be that you indeed give the book a one-star review and say why in your review. Let other readers know. My other reader/friend and I had a wonderful conversation via email about this after her initial message to me about not being able to read on. I asked her to give me a one-star review but she wasn't willing, because she felt that would give the wrong message about her feelings. I'm not sure about that. I think that there should be some information out there about this book and the fact that it is not to all tastes, especially in its beginning. I hate it when I feel an author inveigled me into a story and then brutalized my trust. I would rather readers know up front.

I hope that despite my note here, many will find it possible to read through and enjoy Future Past!

Once a writing instructor asked me "What part of the cathedral do you come from?" I said "From a dark part, from the shadows, and that is why I know what light is."