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Mighty Hammer Down
by David J. Guyton

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Author: David J. Guyton
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 2008-12-10
ISBN: 1440486077
Number of pages: 402
Publisher: CreateSpace

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Book Review: "Mighty Hammer" needs a mighty editor
Summary: 2 Stars

This may be a good story. I didn't get far enough to tell.

I gave up part-way through Chapter 2 because I couldn't deal with the author's consistent misuse of pronouns. Sometimes I could figure out from the context who the pronoun was referring to, but more often I had to go back and reread the sentences several times.

For example, on page 9: "He wondered what this Alana was like. He wondered if she would show up when she was supposed to meet someone at a certain rock by a certain sea. The hot rains of irritation fell within him as he shook his head. She had done this to him so many times." The first `she' is Alana. But since he has just met Alana, the second `she' must be referring to someone else. (In this case I could figure it out from the context. The second `she' is Mirra, who has just stood him up. Other paragraphs were more challenging.)

I also had problems with incorrect or lack of punctuation. When one character says "I'm afraid he has Red Master" before any of the characters have been named, the logical interpretation is that someone has stolen `Red Master' (if it is an object) or kidnapped `Red Master' (if a person). But the next sentence identifies the person being addressed as the Red Master. So the dialog should be "I'm afraid he has, Red Master."

I enjoy fantasy books, in part because they pull me into another world. In this case the writing stopped me from being pulled in because I had to keep stopping to ask "Who does `he' refer to this time?"

Mr. Guyton should find a good copyeditor and try again.

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