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A review by the_bookish_owl
Kissing the Rain by Kevin Brooks
Did not finish book.
Did Not Finish at 96 pages.
Apparently bad/odd written language completely turns me off of a book. Whether it's odd slang, deliberate misspellings or strange layouts my brain won't put up with it. With this book it was frequent CAPITALISED words in a sentence, written sound effects - such as the noise of dial-up internet - and just plain childish talk. Moo is 14 or so yet talks like someone closer to 8 or 9. What was with the 'Oneday, Twoday, Threeday' etc'? And the plot wasn't exactly clear.
Overall it didn't draw me in and I just didn't care what happened.
Apparently bad/odd written language completely turns me off of a book. Whether it's odd slang, deliberate misspellings or strange layouts my brain won't put up with it. With this book it was frequent CAPITALISED words in a sentence, written sound effects - such as the noise of dial-up internet - and just plain childish talk. Moo is 14 or so yet talks like someone closer to 8 or 9. What was with the 'Oneday, Twoday, Threeday' etc'? And the plot wasn't exactly clear.
Overall it didn't draw me in and I just didn't care what happened.