{"id":1067,"date":"2018-04-19T15:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T21:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2018-04-14T17:53:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T23:53:45","slug":"book-the-silent-invader-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/19\/book-the-silent-invader-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: The Silent Invader (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheThe Silent Invader
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2017
\nAuthor: R.B. Thurman
\nLength: 353 pages<\/p>\n

***THIS BOOK WAS RECEIVED FROM A GOODREADS GIVEAWAY***<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever read a book like this. In this case, that\u2019s not a good thing. As a self-published author, I know how exciting it is to see my writing in print. Being able to hold a physical copy of my work in my hands feels good, but only if I know the content inside is worthy of the printed page. After struggling through\u00a0The Silent Invader<\/em>, I\u2019m honestly wondering if I\u2019m the first person, including the author, to read it all the way through (the only other rating so far is from the author, and he\u2019s obviously biased). So much of the use of present tense, repeated word usage, passive voice sentences, and preposition-ended sentences just sound awkward and could easily be fixed if the author were to read this book out loud.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the grammatical errors that plague this book aren\u2019t the only problem with it. As the first book in the\u00a0Chronicles of the Final Tyberian King<\/em>\u00a0series, I was expecting a fantasy book. Nope. Thinly-veiled\u00a0Star Trek<\/em>\u00a0fanfiction. What frustrated me most about this sci-fi was how inconsistent it was. It\u2019s obviously set in a future that has faster-than-light travel, but people still use point-and-shoot cameras and laptops. Even the faster-than-light travel was never adequately explained. Sometimes the journey is said to take up to 36 hours, but then the crew is immediately there. Everyone seems to speak English, and alien races name their children \u201cRichard\u201d and \u201cRebecca.\u201d So much of this universe doesn\u2019t make sense, mostly because the details added are either unnecessary or inconsistent. Speaking of inconsistencies, don\u2019t even get me started on how out-of-character the main character\u2019s wife was about half-way through the book. She wasn\u2019t the only one to be out-of-character, either.<\/p>\n

In the end, this book was an adequate first draft, but it seriously needs an editor. Practically all the characters are dull and uninteresting, if not outright annoying. Huge exposition dumps run rampantly throughout the fourth-wall breaking \u201cCaptain\u2019s Logs.\u201d These moments with the audience should not be so informal (they should be considered part of the official record). None of the actions of the characters or how they got into their predicaments make sense, and the whole plot is bloated to the point where half of it could be cut, and it would still probably make sense. Even the main character identifies how many clich\u00e9s and idioms are in this book, even if he didn\u2019t catch them all. I would strongly urge the author of this book to pull back, remove this book from publication, and sit down with a good editor. As it is right now, it\u2019s not ready to be published.<\/p>\n

A rough draft that accidentally got published, I give\u00a0The Silent Invader<\/em>\u00a00.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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