Helpful Score: 1
(taken from my goodreads.com account)
This is in the top three worst edited books I've ever had the displeasure to come in contact with. Of course, it's published by "A New Quality Publishing" which still makes me laugh. (Guess who started this awesome publishing company? Anyone? The author himself! Surprise, surprise!)
And I love the author photo on the back. Benjamin with his little smirk and pose. As if he's done something grand with this p.o.s. How anyone can read this and rate it well I have no idea. How anyone can actually finish reading this I don't know.
I've said this before but to my knowledge I've always exaggerated when I've said it - this is no exaggeration - this "book" gave me a migraine because I had to work so hard to figure out what the hell the sentences were supposed to be. I got no farther than page 75 or so.
And let me just state, for the record, that I'm no English major or Harvard grad. I'm a regular person with a high school grad with a little college under her belt. I'm not a genius is my point. But this is literally trash.
I could never tell another person I think they should read this as I do with any book by Dwayne S. Joseph or R.M. Johnson. (Both of whom are too smart to do things they don't know how to do I presume which is why they do what they can do - and they do it well. I know I can buy any one of the two authors books and not feel like I wasted my money. I know I can tell anyone and everyone about their books and not be embarrassed with a mess like Heaven & Earth.
I'll include a few examples of the mistakes but please, know that this is by no means all of it. I could sit here for the rest of the day and think of all the mistakes I saw and still not be able to log them all. That's how very many of them there are. I'm sitting here, right now, mind-boggled that there are a few high ratings for this book. It really makes one wonder.
So anyway, let's see. Incorrect punctuation, missing punctuation, added punctuation when it isn't needed, capitalization when it isn't needed, words that should be capitalized not, backward punctuation (I think this book gets the award for that because I don't know I've ever seen that anywhere else), wrong word usage, fragment sentences, run-on sentences, misspelled words, wrong words for the sentence, no margins on the pages, etc., etc., etc. I can go on and on and on. Oh, and I almost forgot - there is a chapter of his new book included in the back of this one. (I'll be running right out, money in hand, for that one! NOT.) So, I'm flipping through the pages, wondering what the hell's wrong with me that I keep reading this garbage, and I see that the "Interior Designer", by the name of "Pisces" (classic) did a beautiful job. Absolutely beautiful. She (he? lol) continued with the page numbers and the title for this book as if the chapter from the new book was a part of this one. (New award because come to think of it I've never, ever seen this before either.)
So, a few actual examples for you: (and these are actual quotes folks)
Page 8 - "Chill caught the combination of blatant and humor at his expense in Twan's tone and it instantly caught his vein." Yeah. Well, I'm going to need someone to explain that to me please. How does one have "blatant" in their "tone"? Also, how does one "catch" this so called "blatant" in their "vein"? I'm really curious - not being a smart ass. Truly.
Page 21 - "Noticing that Theresa's two flunkies had no intentions on intervening in what was about to transpire." Yup. That's it ya'll. Ain't no more. That is what Mr. Benjamin (and his so called "editors" Pisces and Danielle Miller) call a sentence. What is this taught in? 2nd grade? 3rd at the most?
I am sincerely sorry if anyone thinks this is harsh or calling anyone out but damn it, I consider it harsh to ask me for $15.00 of my own damn money for this blatant trash. So if you have a problem with it deal with it - just like I had to deal with 75 pages of hell on earth.
I can't count the number of times "there" was used when "their" should have been. Dozens. Same with others but this is the one I saw the most. Again, elementary school English.
Page 63 - "He was told to precede the duo with caution because the one named Earth was known to be ruthless...." I won't finish the sentence because it doesn't matter. Anyone who got past 4th grade will see what's wrong here.
Oh hey, this is a good one. I forget the page number but what man - or human for that matter - thinks that "semen" is spelled "seamen"? That made for a hilarious as hell sentence right there. She swallowed all of his seamen. What the fuck.
So here's to hoping GR gives us half-stars because if there's any book that screams the need it's this one.
And just for the hell of it I'll add in that I have a handful of friends who used to love urban fiction who have all stopped reading the genre. Why? Certainly not one reason alone but these problems were a major factor and it's been an issue for me for quite awhile as well. Besides the few authors I know I can get a good quality book from I won't pay a cent for anything in the entire genre. I'll borrow it from the library or a friend, etc. I will not put one penny in the hands of anyone who disperses garbage like this to THERE readers.
J.M. Benjamin, Danielle Miller, and Pisces - all three of you need to go back to the 3rd grade and redo your entire educations. You do not have what it takes to write or edit anything. I'm surprised you spelled your names correctly. I'd be embarrassed to have anyone think I had anything to do with a book like this.
This is in the top three worst edited books I've ever had the displeasure to come in contact with. Of course, it's published by "A New Quality Publishing" which still makes me laugh. (Guess who started this awesome publishing company? Anyone? The author himself! Surprise, surprise!)
And I love the author photo on the back. Benjamin with his little smirk and pose. As if he's done something grand with this p.o.s. How anyone can read this and rate it well I have no idea. How anyone can actually finish reading this I don't know.
I've said this before but to my knowledge I've always exaggerated when I've said it - this is no exaggeration - this "book" gave me a migraine because I had to work so hard to figure out what the hell the sentences were supposed to be. I got no farther than page 75 or so.
And let me just state, for the record, that I'm no English major or Harvard grad. I'm a regular person with a high school grad with a little college under her belt. I'm not a genius is my point. But this is literally trash.
I could never tell another person I think they should read this as I do with any book by Dwayne S. Joseph or R.M. Johnson. (Both of whom are too smart to do things they don't know how to do I presume which is why they do what they can do - and they do it well. I know I can buy any one of the two authors books and not feel like I wasted my money. I know I can tell anyone and everyone about their books and not be embarrassed with a mess like Heaven & Earth.
I'll include a few examples of the mistakes but please, know that this is by no means all of it. I could sit here for the rest of the day and think of all the mistakes I saw and still not be able to log them all. That's how very many of them there are. I'm sitting here, right now, mind-boggled that there are a few high ratings for this book. It really makes one wonder.
So anyway, let's see. Incorrect punctuation, missing punctuation, added punctuation when it isn't needed, capitalization when it isn't needed, words that should be capitalized not, backward punctuation (I think this book gets the award for that because I don't know I've ever seen that anywhere else), wrong word usage, fragment sentences, run-on sentences, misspelled words, wrong words for the sentence, no margins on the pages, etc., etc., etc. I can go on and on and on. Oh, and I almost forgot - there is a chapter of his new book included in the back of this one. (I'll be running right out, money in hand, for that one! NOT.) So, I'm flipping through the pages, wondering what the hell's wrong with me that I keep reading this garbage, and I see that the "Interior Designer", by the name of "Pisces" (classic) did a beautiful job. Absolutely beautiful. She (he? lol) continued with the page numbers and the title for this book as if the chapter from the new book was a part of this one. (New award because come to think of it I've never, ever seen this before either.)
So, a few actual examples for you: (and these are actual quotes folks)
Page 8 - "Chill caught the combination of blatant and humor at his expense in Twan's tone and it instantly caught his vein." Yeah. Well, I'm going to need someone to explain that to me please. How does one have "blatant" in their "tone"? Also, how does one "catch" this so called "blatant" in their "vein"? I'm really curious - not being a smart ass. Truly.
Page 21 - "Noticing that Theresa's two flunkies had no intentions on intervening in what was about to transpire." Yup. That's it ya'll. Ain't no more. That is what Mr. Benjamin (and his so called "editors" Pisces and Danielle Miller) call a sentence. What is this taught in? 2nd grade? 3rd at the most?
I am sincerely sorry if anyone thinks this is harsh or calling anyone out but damn it, I consider it harsh to ask me for $15.00 of my own damn money for this blatant trash. So if you have a problem with it deal with it - just like I had to deal with 75 pages of hell on earth.
I can't count the number of times "there" was used when "their" should have been. Dozens. Same with others but this is the one I saw the most. Again, elementary school English.
Page 63 - "He was told to precede the duo with caution because the one named Earth was known to be ruthless...." I won't finish the sentence because it doesn't matter. Anyone who got past 4th grade will see what's wrong here.
Oh hey, this is a good one. I forget the page number but what man - or human for that matter - thinks that "semen" is spelled "seamen"? That made for a hilarious as hell sentence right there. She swallowed all of his seamen. What the fuck.
So here's to hoping GR gives us half-stars because if there's any book that screams the need it's this one.
And just for the hell of it I'll add in that I have a handful of friends who used to love urban fiction who have all stopped reading the genre. Why? Certainly not one reason alone but these problems were a major factor and it's been an issue for me for quite awhile as well. Besides the few authors I know I can get a good quality book from I won't pay a cent for anything in the entire genre. I'll borrow it from the library or a friend, etc. I will not put one penny in the hands of anyone who disperses garbage like this to THERE readers.
J.M. Benjamin, Danielle Miller, and Pisces - all three of you need to go back to the 3rd grade and redo your entire educations. You do not have what it takes to write or edit anything. I'm surprised you spelled your names correctly. I'd be embarrassed to have anyone think I had anything to do with a book like this.
