Official Review: Still I Stand by Stephanie L. Franklin

Aubrey Lewis · Post by **Aubrey Lewis** » 01 Aug 2017, 09:21

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Still I Stand" by Stephanie L. Franklin.]

1 out of 4 stars

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There are people who enjoy reading non-fiction books because they can gain knowledge from them or even become inspired by the motivational stories. I am one of those people who like spending the day with a good book that holds a strong message. However, in the case of Stephanie Franklin’s Still I Stand, there is much that I would like to say.

Still I Stand is Stephanie Franklin’s first novel which she wrote for the majority of her young adult life. Within the contents is her life story which details events wherein she tried to overcome her obstacles and how she stayed strong for herself. She also wrote on how change impacted her life, especially her relationship with her husband.

Unfortunately, I’m going to have to just come out and say this: the grammar is very confusing and oftentimes incorrect. There are also various typos littered across the whole story that I can’t even begin to count them all. These errors made it difficult for me to read the book properly, leading me to think that it isn’t professionally edited at all. Also, her constant mention and elaborations about change were irritably redundant and interrupted my flow of reading. There are so many things that should be fixed in this book.

I was only able to finish reading this because I was curious as to how she handled all of her hardships and as to why she chose the title “Still I Stand”. I was also interested as to why her husband even thought of cheating on her when she thought of him as her best friend, the one that she could rely on, as well as someone whom she loved very much. Additionally, I admired her resilience and her motivation to change herself. She had a lot of underlying beautiful words of wisdom in her story, something that I appreciated greatly.

All in all, I rate this book 1 out of 4 stars. I could barely even finish this book, and I only did because I always finish something I started reading as long as I still have something I'm curious about. I could not bear the poor writing, the glaring errors, and the redundancy in this book. I doubt anyone would enjoy reading this when the negative qualities clearly overshadow the positive ones. Admittedly, I should have seen this coming based on the unprofessional summary itself, but I wanted to know about her story and especially her final thoughts at the end.

This book could have appealed to a lot of readers looking for realistic motivation in life, but I can’t really recommend this to them in its current state. If the author thoroughly revised her work, perhaps I would give it a second chance, but it’s an unlikely possibility.

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LadyClaire · Post by **LadyClaire** » 07 Aug 2017, 09:15

Straight forward and honest review, Aubrey. I especially admire your resilience in reading through. I would not have done the same. Thanks for sharing!

Post by **kandscreeley** » 07 Aug 2017, 09:19

I'm sorry that this was so disappointing. It sounds like it has potential if reworked a lot. Thanks for making it all the way through so that you could tell us about it!

Kelebogile Mbangi · Post by **Kelebogile Mbangi** » 08 Aug 2017, 00:29

Lol curiosity will be the death of you! I can't bear to finish a bad book. Thank you for finishing it and writing this review. You took one for the team!

Aubrey Lewis · Post by **Aubrey Lewis** » 08 Aug 2017, 04:13

LadyClaire wrote:Straight forward and honest review, Aubrey. I especially admire your resilience in reading through. I would not have done the same. Thanks for sharing!

Whew! Thanks. I just really wanted to know the ending. The author at least did decently on her last line, but almost everything else was a painful read.

-- 08 Aug 2017, 04:16 --

kandscreeley wrote:I'm sorry that this was so disappointing. It sounds like it has potential if reworked a lot. Thanks for making it all the way through so that you could tell us about it!

Yeah, I know. If it gets revised, then great! But I don't think I can ever read it again.

-- 08 Aug 2017, 04:20 --

Kelebogile Mbangi wrote:Lol curiosity will be the death of you! I can't bear to finish a bad book. Thank you for finishing it and writing this review. You took one for the team!

Good thing I survived! And thanks! I just had to finish it so I could write everything that I think needs to be fixed.

Donatelloo · Post by **Donatelloo** » 08 Aug 2017, 12:06

Thank you for your honest review . I am not going near this book

Jeremie Mondejar · Post by **Jeremie Mondejar** » 09 Aug 2017, 02:08

Nice review, the title look like a very interesting book but as you said it is a bit confusing. I can't dare to read when I it's hard to understand. Thank you for your honest review.

Aubrey Lewis · Post by **Aubrey Lewis** » 11 Aug 2017, 05:18

Darakhshan Nazir wrote:Thank you for your honest review . I am not going near this book

You're welcome!

-- 11 Aug 2017, 05:21 --

Jem Tomarong wrote:Nice review, the title look like a very interesting book but as you said it is a bit confusing. I can't dare to read when I it's hard to understand. Thank you for your honest review.

Yeah, the contents were terribly redundant and they also weren't in chronological order. That made it confusing for me. I managed to grasp the gist of it, but it was still difficult to read properly.

The Researcher · Post by **The Researcher** » 11 Aug 2017, 07:11

Nice review! Too bad about the mistakes in the book. The plot does have the potential for a good book.

Aubrey Lewis · Post by **Aubrey Lewis** » 11 Aug 2017, 07:52

The Researcher wrote:Nice review! Too bad about the mistakes in the book. The plot does have the potential for a good book.

Thanks! And yeah, it could have had potential if written well!

Izesicle · Post by **Izesicle** » 03 Sep 2017, 15:36

I just came from your reviewer page. Too bad, you haven't been lucky, given the ratings you gave. I really liked the honesty and fairness of your review. I learned from it and will use it in my future reviews.

Thanks for stopping by my review.

Aubrey Lewis · Post by **Aubrey Lewis** » 18 Jan 2018, 10:49

Izesicle wrote: ↑03 Sep 2017, 15:36 I just came from your reviewer page. Too bad, you haven't been lucky, given the ratings you gave. I really liked the honesty and fairness of your review. I learned from it and will use it in my future reviews.

Thanks for stopping by my review.

I'm late for a reply, but I just want to say thanks a lot. I hope you'll be even more successful with your reviews!