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Title: Learn the craft of writing, Lee!
Review: Although the story is fairly good, I find it hard to believe there's actually a publisher and/or editor out there who would let such a loose, sloppy style be published. Even in my basic writing classes, I was taught to use the active, not the passive voice. Passive reigns throughout this book. And "Show, don't tell." Give me a break! This is one of the "First Commandments" of good writing taught in all Writing 101 classes. When only two people are involved in a scene, it's not necessary to continually put, "he said" or "she said" after ever spoken line. I found it VERY distracting. Child has a long way to go as a good writer. The fact that he's had 3 books published only tells me, not ALL publishers or editors, know their business. Must be a bunch of "wanna-be's " who did this one.
