My Review: Overall: 3 out of 5 Cover: 2 out of 5 Okay, let me begin by saying I liked the premise of this story. It's not every day an author approaches a "game show" theme and makes it into something almost resembling a plot.
It addresses a very real thing - the amount of stupidity people will go through to earn money. We've seen it in Survivor, Fear Factor and other ludicrous shows. That being said, I didn't like this read solely for the lack of plot. It was a typical gore fest which isn't something I don't enjoy but I at least want a story. What scenes there were of Damon I almost wanted to see more of him and less of the show. There was no character development, no world-building and no plot. Three major things I look for when reviewing. We get it: Damon is a narcissistic asshole with a complex for violence and blood but is that the only side of him? The author mentioned how the characters become more developed as the series goes on but the debut novel should provide a strong basis for what the reader can expect. Not doing so can lead the reader to not want to continue with the series. One thing that separates a seasoned author from a not so seasoned author is the understanding of point of view consistency. This is something I see so much with self-published or Indie published authors. A traditionally published author would have editors who would catch such a severe discrepancy. All throughout reading Easy Money, I was left asking what point of view were we supposed to be seeing things through? Things jumped all over the place so bad, I got confused and couldn't connect to any of the characters. This is a fatal flaw that can lead to a reader not finishing a book. I almost didn't finish it because of this. All of the information dumping in the beginning could've been replaced with more development of the characters. Dialogue dragged on and could have been replaced with more conflict as well. I nearly DNF'd it because of all of the information. All in all, I think this series has potential, don't get me wrong but when reading, there needs to be a plot. Promising one for the rest of the series isn't going to cut it, even if this is considered a splatterpunk novella.
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AuthorMy name is Iona Caldwell. I'm the author of the British Occult Fiction, Beneath London's Fog set to be published by FyreSyde Publishing October 2019. When I'm not busy weaving worlds of the arcane and dark, I'm spending time out in nature. I love books. My biggest inspirations are H.P Lovecraft, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman and Edgar Allen Poe. I blog about many things but mostly everything bookish. Archives
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