Review by OctoberSkye13 -- The Nobel Prize

[OctoberSkye13]

[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Nobel Prize" by Mois benarroch.]

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1 out of 4 stars

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The book I selected was The Nobel Prize by Mois Benarroch. In his book, Benarroch tells the story of a down and out writer who is working on his next big story. In the meantime, the writer hears from an old acquaintance about a colleague of theirs who has been institutionalized due to schizophrenic behavior in which he becomes a new person each new day. But there is a twist! The colleague was a writer himself, and the people he became each day were characters from his very own books.

I rate this book 1 out of 4 stars. There were several aspects of the book that I did appreciate. The plot was quite interesting and the story itself could have been wonderful. But there was an overwhelming amount of odd plot holes and random scenes which, in my opinion, did not add to the story at all and ended up subtracting from the finished book. The finished piece was badly translated from the original language, which ended up making the plot line seem skittish and broken. The poor translation also led to intense confusion during dialogues, especially concerning which character was actually speaking, and to whom. Some chapters seemed odd and out of place. The lack of clarity and continuity made it very difficult to read, and I found myself having to go back and reread several passages several times.

I feel if there had been more time invested in the english translation of this book, it could have been much better. The editing was poorly done, as several passages lacked basic structure, such as proper punctuation. Missing commas, periods, and quotation marks made it extremely difficult to follow.

Even though the foundational idea for The Nobel Prize was very creative and original, the execution was carried out poorly. The storyline jumps around from one point to another. Pointless and random information is given to the reader at random points throughout the book, adding nothing to the story. It feels very unfinished. As if we are reading a rough draft of the first translation and not the finished product.

I have hope that this author will benefit from this review, as I believe this book shows potential. All in all, more emphasis should have been put on properly translating the book from the original language. As it is, it looks as if someone translated the Spanish words to English words as literally as they possibly could, failing to translate the sentence structure along with the words themselves. Without proper sentence structure, this book is left with an extremely unpolished and unprofessional finish.

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The Nobel Prize
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