David Martin Stack
Autor(a) de The Pretty Dead
Obras por David Martin Stack
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Membros
Críticas
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Membros
- 3
- Popularidade
- #1,791,150
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 2
The downfall of this book, which I hope is corrected for further editions or simply just entries in this series, is the grammar. I have seen many dropped words, extra commas, and mistyped words ("lighting" instead of "light," although I'm not sure if that particular error was made). With careful editing, this mistake would be easy to avoid, and readers may be more pleased.
All in all, this was a really good read. When my daughter is a bit older, I will definitely let her read it; right now it's just a matter of her being responsible with the book more than any issues I might have with the profanity. In today's culture, I don't think it's beyond the realm of appropriateness for teen reads to have profanity as long as the readers are mature. I'm really looking forward to future entries in the series.
Something super-interesting is that I actually met the author in August at the Kentucky State Fair where he was promoting the book. I hadn't heard of the book before, but the battle of the bands and the zombie dance troupe was really great. Mr. Stack is very personable and accommodating. He was kind to my family and signed and dedicated a copy of the book to us. He told me about the Zombie Walk, which I had heard about but wasn't familiar with, which was right around the corner; we went and had a blast.… (mais)