Oh my gosh. Not only is that one of the worst covers ever made, I clicked on the link and can’t get over the fact that the first character mentioned is named Frank Miller, and he is apparently “a devil worshiper and occult believer.” Obviously, I can’t blame the author for naming the character that; it’s a common name, but boy it amused me.
For those of you who don’t know (read: all of you), Frank Miller is a famous but pretty lousy (in my opinion) comic book writer.
Lydia D
8 years ago
It get worse. I started reading the “look inside” sample on Amazon, and not only does the author not seem to know any grammar at all, she neither starts a new paragraph every time a new character speaks NOR uses quotation marks.
Even someone who learned how to read English by studying those infamous tech “manuals” that have Korean translated into Japanese by native Chinese speakers, and from that into English by native speakers of Navajo, will be able to tell that the …writing…in that book is beyond illiterately constructed. Between run-on sentences that just never end, to the constant present/past tense switching, this is a walking monument to “What NOT to do in your search for fame and fortune as a paid author.”
In short, writing of this nature is simply a sin. I’m starting to think that the demon-slaying-and-thence-possession-of-a-victim story is actually autobiographical.
OK, I Read Inside!, too (some covers are that whats-goin-on-here?). Since this website is on lousy book covers and not book text reviews, I will restrict myself to saying this cover accurately reflects the writing and should give the browsing book buyer ample warning.
So – like reading my ex-girlfriend’s text msgs. You know, the ones that start out all nice and innnocent but end with “And ILL KILL U IF U VR CHEET ON U.”
Which, I know, makes no sense.
She kind of looks like my ex-girlfriend, too. With less blood.
Karl
8 years ago
Maybe it’s a flip-book? It’s about the right aspect ratio.
Not that that makes me want to read — or flip — it.
I know it’s a Kindle eBook, but most Kindle eBook covers attempt to meet readers’ expectation of book cover appearance. If it can be mistaken for a flip-book or CD audio or other non-book format, that can impact buyers.
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Looks like someone’s had an accident with the red sprinkles.
Someone may have been gifted one of those prank red sprinkle glitter bombs and tried to peak under the lid too closely while opening.
I have never had an accident with that woman.
Oh my gosh. Not only is that one of the worst covers ever made, I clicked on the link and can’t get over the fact that the first character mentioned is named Frank Miller, and he is apparently “a devil worshiper and occult believer.” Obviously, I can’t blame the author for naming the character that; it’s a common name, but boy it amused me.
For those of you who don’t know (read: all of you), Frank Miller is a famous but pretty lousy (in my opinion) comic book writer.
It get worse. I started reading the “look inside” sample on Amazon, and not only does the author not seem to know any grammar at all, she neither starts a new paragraph every time a new character speaks NOR uses quotation marks.
@ Lydia
Sheesh… Picky, picky, picky grammar nitpicker. 🙂
Even someone who learned how to read English by studying those infamous tech “manuals” that have Korean translated into Japanese by native Chinese speakers, and from that into English by native speakers of Navajo, will be able to tell that the …writing…in that book is beyond illiterately constructed. Between run-on sentences that just never end, to the constant present/past tense switching, this is a walking monument to “What NOT to do in your search for fame and fortune as a paid author.”
In short, writing of this nature is simply a sin. I’m starting to think that the demon-slaying-and-thence-possession-of-a-victim story is actually autobiographical.
OK, I Read Inside!, too (some covers are that whats-goin-on-here?). Since this website is on lousy book covers and not book text reviews, I will restrict myself to saying this cover accurately reflects the writing and should give the browsing book buyer ample warning.
That one and only review is something special too.
So – like reading my ex-girlfriend’s text msgs. You know, the ones that start out all nice and innnocent but end with “And ILL KILL U IF U VR CHEET ON U.”
Which, I know, makes no sense.
She kind of looks like my ex-girlfriend, too. With less blood.
Maybe it’s a flip-book? It’s about the right aspect ratio.
Not that that makes me want to read — or flip — it.
I know it’s a Kindle eBook, but most Kindle eBook covers attempt to meet readers’ expectation of book cover appearance. If it can be mistaken for a flip-book or CD audio or other non-book format, that can impact buyers.