WILLIAM ARTHUR HOLMES

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Book Review

Choose a Book Title and give your Rating. Those are the only two required fields, but the more questions you answer, the better. Just please try to avoid spoilers. It is completely anonymous. Thanks!

Book Title: Rating:

What did you like?

Did you get oriented fairly quickly at the beginning as to whose story it is, and where and when it’s taking place? If not, why not?

What did you want more of?

Any feedback on the structure or way it’s organized?

Did you notice any obvious, repeating grammatical, spelling, punctuation or capitalization errors? Examples?

Anything else you want me to know?

Did the story hold your interest from the very beginning?

Was there a point at which you felt the story started to lag or you became less than excited about finding out what was going to happen next?

Did the setting interest you, and did the descriptions seem vivid and real to you?

Were there any parts that confused you? Or even frustrated or annoyed you?

Did you notice any discrepancies or inconsistencies in time sequences, places, character details, or other details?

Were the characters believable? Are there any characters you think could be made more interesting or more likable?

How did you relate to the characters?

Did the dialogue keep your interest and sound natural to you? If not, whose dialogue did you think sounded artificial or not how that person would speak?

Did you know which genre you were reading?

Do you think the writing style suits the genre?

Did you feel there was too much description or exposition? Not enough? Maybe too much dialogue in parts?

Was there enough conflict, tension, and intrigue to keep your interest?

Did you find yourself skipping pages?

Was the ending satisfying? Believable?

Anything else? Insults? Compliments? Feel free!