Reviews for The Memory of Cameron Jay Walker |
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Robert Shannon chapter 1 . 1/16/2011 Whoa - you got me with that one. I thought I saw it coming, that you are a ghost and that's why you're talking to a psychic. I never suspected that I was going to release you - that I would perform an act of love. There's a lot of love going on here. It gets me every time. Thanks. It's rare to find a story written in second person, but it fits perfectly here. You made me the protagonist, which made the impact much stronger. You made me have the same feeling as when I have performed a love deed. I've been around a while and I've read thousands of books, but this may be unique. I can't remember having been moved that way before. I'd love to see you polish it up, fill it out some more - it could be a classic. I'd be happy to review it again, if you'd like. It would read better if you put a more obvious break when the scene changes: more white space, some asterisks, maybe an elipsis. I was tripped up by an inconsistency: if the marker has no name, how does the family know who it is? And if they know, why isn't the name on it? A mistake? Lack of funds? Something. It needs to be explained. Another inconsistency: if I'm a fake psychic, how can you be talking to me? I'm only a little fake? That too needs explaining. 'It's a small marker made of some gray stone. The stone is jagged, and poorly cut.' You've got two stones there, close together. It'd read better if you changed one of them to 'granite' or something. Or you could say 'It's a small marker made of some gray stone, jagged and poorly cut.' Typos and Grammar: 'How can anyone remember someone they don't know?' [this too is an oxymoron ;). perhaps you should say 'How can anyone remember someone they never knew?'] 'A brave young soldiers goes off' [s/b 'soldier'] 'with a even worse ending.' [s/b 'an'] *Complements of the Review Game's Review Marathon. See my profile to find out more. |