/rant/

I received my first and only rating for this book recently. It was just a rating, no review, no comment, no constructive criticism, just a 2.5 rating. Now my books overall rating is 2.5, I don't know why that upsets me but it does.

I have no way to object, no way to fix whatever that person obviously thought was wrong with my book, just... 2.5...

I re-read my work, it isn't great, it lacks punch and I don't think the descent into depression and subsequent recovery with the help of her friends was a good enough plot but overall I thought the writing was decent and the characters were interesting. Certainly, if I had been given a 50% mark in English back in highschool for this work I would have complained.

If you decide to give a book a rating which is less than 4 stars, pony up and tell the author why, give them a chance to improve and don't just let them wonder what they did to deserve it.

In general, rate and review things you read, we authors appreciate that, especially because if half my readers left a rating I would have a far better benchmark as to what people think. If you see something specific in a chapter, point it out in the comments.

Whilst I'm at it, in chapters where you see hundreds of comments, feel free to skip on, if an author had no comments, zero, zip, NADA, no recognition for writing the chapter, thank them. Honestly a tftc is greatly appreciated when all you have had for a long time is silence.

/End rant/

Thanks for reading and sorry for ranting. Oh, and read my other books, especially four idiots, it at least is probably worth your time reading.

EJ