A review by mandyist
Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson
1.0
I’ve been asked why I gave this book one star which is a fair question but I tend to avoid reviewing the books I really don’t enjoy as they can be highly subjective.
I’ll try to keep it brief. First, the objective: this one is squarely on the shoulders of the editors / publishers. It’s as if they got one third of the way through and stopped editing. The story is fully of errors - this is a story that skips through three different timelines and the timing itself is messed up.
The characters celebrate New Year’s Eve on 31 January; a character gets pregnant and feels the baby moving within days; and the timing of the encounters described in a series of letters just feels wrong.
The book had factual errors too - the author mixed up the British and Natural History Museums and described seeing the Thames from the front steps of the museum which is not possible from either museum.
The subjective: for all the intrigue the author weaves in the first half of the book, I felt there was very little point to the actual story.
I’d never suggest avoiding a book but I personally will avoid this author altogether in future.
I’ll try to keep it brief. First, the objective: this one is squarely on the shoulders of the editors / publishers. It’s as if they got one third of the way through and stopped editing. The story is fully of errors - this is a story that skips through three different timelines and the timing itself is messed up.
The characters celebrate New Year’s Eve on 31 January; a character gets pregnant and feels the baby moving within days; and the timing of the encounters described in a series of letters just feels wrong.
The book had factual errors too - the author mixed up the British and Natural History Museums and described seeing the Thames from the front steps of the museum which is not possible from either museum.
The subjective: for all the intrigue the author weaves in the first half of the book, I felt there was very little point to the actual story.
I’d never suggest avoiding a book but I personally will avoid this author altogether in future.