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|name= Ed Prior
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|comment= Every review is always going to be subjective. I put a lot of thought into this one as I hate writing a negative review, but I stand by what I said and felt it would devalue any good reviews I write if I wasn't honest about a book I didn't enjoy.
I focused on the fact Marshall Moore's own publishing house had put out the book for the stated reason: I'm not convinced an entirely disinterested publishing house would have published this without significant revision. Short story collections are very hard to get published by big traditional publishers as you may be aware. Perhaps I'm wrong about this one, but that was my honest opinion.
Yes, I am relatively new to writing reviews, although I do have several others online, but I'm not new to reading books. I was fully aware that stories from this collection had been published elsewhere, it actually says so in the back of the book, but I'm also aware that standards of editing vary wildly from publication to publication. I didn't actually say the book hadn't been edited, just that I doubted it had been by anyone 'competent' or 'serious'. That is, of course, only my opinion, which is surely what a review is after all?
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