Justin

I preordered this book back in 2009. It traveled with me to California and back and I finally decided to read it. It was worth the wait.

Pretty straightforward story (made me think of a bedtime story/fairy tale) but very enjoyable. Also Bronson Pinchot narrated the audiobook and did a phenomenal job!

Very different from the movie.

Finally! Editing Advice!

I was hesitant to read this book because writing 1,000 words a day can sometimes be difficult for me, so I assumed I would never be able to write 10K. But Rachel Aaron???s advice is solid and makes a lot of sense and I can see myself improving my word count (maybe not to 10K) by following it.

However, the part of the book I found most useful was her editing advice. I always assumed you should start at the beginning and work your way to the end (perhaps this is why I???ve yet to fully edit a manuscript), but I love Rachel???s method and will be implementing it immediately.

This is a must-read for any writer!

I thought I had read this before but now I think I merely started it when I was a teenager but never finished it (I remember my parents had a Reader's Digest abridged version of it). It's very similar to the movie with a few differences. Most notably Norman Bates' physical appearance and how the book starts with him rather than Mary (Marion in the film). If you're a fan of the film, it's definitely worth reading and if you're not a fan of the film, what's wrong with you?

Made the mistake of reading the author's introduction and had the novel ruined for me but enjoyed it nonetheless.

Written by a teenager, it seems this book is good for a middle school audience but isn't up to par with other YA novels. It contains loads of exposition, all the characters sound the same, and we are constantly told how great Eragon is without really seeing it for ourselves. Impressive that a sixteen year old wrote it but I don't see myself reading the other installments of the series.

Took me longer to read than it should have but I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Hard to put down.

I haven???t read a Jerry B. Jenkins novel since I read the first couple of Left Behind books in high school. I picked this one up because it was his latest and I???d seen a YouTube video of him while he was writing it.

I don???t really know what to say about this book other than it feels incomplete. The beginning grabbed me but then it became apparent that this story was being dragged out. Every other chapter takes place in 2000 BC and I don???t really know how they connect to the present day chapters. The Manhattan chapters felt like it was short story material stretched out over the length of a novel.

The acknowledgements page mentions book 2 coming soon. Maybe it will be better? Or maybe it shouldn???t have been a multi-book series but rather condensed into one novel? I guess we???ll see.

Also the description of the book on this Goodreads page is NOT the book I just read. Maybe that???s the description to book 2?