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Dianne wrote: "This one was worse The Greek Seaman / Jacqueline Howett
http://booksandpals.blogspot.com/2011...
It went on for days everyone was busting up"
OMG - I just read through the first half of these comments. I cannot believe this author. The grammatical errors alone yet her insistence that the reviewer didn't read the correct copy, never responding to the questions about her grammar in her book and then to just say "Sod off" (that's the nice way of saying it). Oh gee.
I had the same reaction as Melissa did. The grammar/spelling errors were bad and then she told the person to f--- off. That is so unprofessional and silly. I would never buy this book.
Changing the subject a little bit, I finished The Paris Wife. Although the writing was excellent, the narrator was a dull stay at home mom type. Nothing wrong with that as a person or a mom, you probably should have a mother like that for a good upbringing, but as a narrator of life with Ernest Hemingway in 1920's Paris with notorious writers, poets and other artists and intellectuals it comes to an astonishingly boring read! I rated it three stars because the first wife of Hemingway was so nice and good. Yet a lot of readers gave this 5 stars. Huh? To me it felt like an expunged diary you wanted the kids to read someday. Plain, simple, ordinary. Not a good read to me. I don't think the author made the best choice of narrator to use for her book. All that rich research and she picks a real life Doris Day person (1950's movie mom) to relate Hemingway's young adult years. Meh.
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The Greek Seaman / Jacqueline Howett
http://booksandpals.blogspot.com/2011...
It went on for days everyone was busting up"
OMG - I just read through the first half of these comments. I cannot believe this author. The grammatical errors alone yet her insistence that the reviewer didn't read the correct copy, never responding to the questions about her grammar in her book and then to just say "Sod off" (that's the nice way of saying it). Oh gee.