Official Review: The Missing Billions by Orion Jarad

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Re: Official Review: The Missing Billions by Orion Jarad

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Though the premise seems something that I would be interested in, I don't know if I could truly enjoy it with all of the errors that you pointed out. Great job on the review!
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rssllue wrote:Though the premise seems something that I would be interested in, I don't know if I could truly enjoy it with all of the errors that you pointed out. Great job on the review!
Thanks!
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Great review, book sounds very interesting.
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Thanks for a nice review. I'm not sure I'd like the story, but the grammatical and layout issues would really annoy me.
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Great job, once again. I really enjoy reading your reviews. The premise of this book does sound really interesting. Hopefully it can get a full edit and be republished so people can enjoy reading it without any problems.
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Thank you everyone for your thoughful comments!
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I enjoyed reading your balanced review. You did a great job of explaining why parts of the book didn't work for you. Hopefully, the author will use the constructive criticism.
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bookowlie wrote:I enjoyed reading your balanced review. You did a great job of explaining why parts of the book didn't work for you. Hopefully, the author will use the constructive criticism.
Thank you, I try to be fair.
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Great review! The book seems like it has potential, but it obviously needs a lot of improvements. Numerous grammatical errors can completely ruin the reading experience!
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LivreAmour217 wrote:Great review! The book seems like it has potential, but it obviously needs a lot of improvements. Numerous grammatical errors can completely ruin the reading experience!
Definitely can! Having a book professionally edited is such an important part of writing.
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I sampled the book and it was interesting enough, the plot was well executed.The only problem i had were the few grammatical errors. The book needs some serious editing. otherwise,its a satisfactory read
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Honestly I was a huge fan of Left Behind and this could be another great book of the same plot if not for mistakes. A good editing could be all what is needed, so hopefully it will be proofread again. Your review didn't disclose much, so it left me wondering what happened to those missing ones, but I think my guess would be pretty close. It is quite shameful though that characters are unrealistic, this is what stops me from reading it.
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Random capitalisation sounds very annoying! It could have been a really good book but I'm reluctant to take on something with poor editing...
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