Great Except for Grammattical Errors
927066
It was a great read and except for the grammatical errors, well-written. I'm now reading Secrets of a Side Bitch II and it's just as good.
1388491
As a former English teacher and line editor myself, I really enjoyed this book.  I liked her humor and the way she explained the way grammar worked in terms of a mechanic or in practical terms. I, too, have noticed many errors in speech and in print. Grammar is not taught as assiduously as in the past.  How unfortunate!
1639522
Vocabulary, to begin with. Then the flow. Fantastic! But the Kindle edition is slightly flawed. For eg, don't is written as don't and many such punctuations are missing. The book of course is very good.
1472541
I enjoyed the book, but the recorded version was spoiled for me by innumerable mispronunciations and misplaced emphases in sentences. Borges has a lively and dramatic reading style; too bad she made so many errors.
1522473
Very frugal in size and advice, indeed. The author offers succinct tips on how to simplify your life. Unfortunately, the occasional errors in language (e.g., "to" instead of the correct "too") detract from the overall enjoyment of the book.
3276917
I really enjoyed the story, however, the grammar and spelling need a huge update. This is coming from someone who doesn't feel like they have the the best skills in that area. I highly recommend having this booked reviewed again for grammar, spelling and punctuation. It will greatly improve the story.
1872480
I love these books, and have read them all far too many times now. The only problem is that it is an English translation of a Russian series of novels, and this seems to throw a lot of people off - either because they get caught up in syntax and grammar too much, and miss the point; or because they get too caught up in criticizing the translation to actually pay attention to the books. Sit back, turn off the grammar police in your head for a second, and enjoy some truly unique and fun stories! Hopefully you will get as much enjoyment from them as I have :)
1510676
This is a very good introduction to the history of the Spanish language, especially for English speakers. It is engaging, interesting, with lots of historical information and very accessible to a general audience. The authors, however, should have used a good editor or editors. They have several mistakes in both English and Spanish and that caused a lot of distractions for me. There were times when I had to really pay attention to understand what they were trying to say (in either language.) At the same time, there were other times when they shared information that was not necessarily accurate. For instance, on page 362 (of the print edition), the say that Puerto Ricans call the US dollar "washington". I am *from* Puerto Rico and have never heard the dollar being called that on the Island or among Puerto Ricans living in the USA. (There were several mistakes like this, in which the authors make the generalizations about words used by certain nationalities that are completely inaccurate.) Finally, the authors fail to mention the most important changes in Spanish language in contemporary times, namely, music. They failed to mentioned how words that were regionalisms have spread throughout Latin America and other parts of the Spanish-speaking world thanks to music. An example would be the use of very specific lingo by Puerto Rican reggaeton groups that has disseminated throughout the Spanish-speaking world. But there are other examples, especially with Cuban, Mexican and Colombian musicians and musical groups. But in general, a good introduction to the history of the language. Certainly not an academic work and not one that should be used in academic settings.
3926114
This book is well-researched and a real page turner. However, I kept getting distracted by the numerous copy errors throughout...sometimes as many as one per page. I can't imagine taking the time and effort to write a book and then not bothering to have someone proofread it. In addition to simple grammatical errors there were sentences like this:  "Yes give sit free lift equivalent flying downhill." This is not a mistake an English-speaking human writer would make. I suspect at least parts of the book (as are many online news articles these days) were written by AI. Nothing wrong with that, but please hire a proofreader to correct such obvious errors.

If you are interested in the subject, I would definitely recommend the book. I'm hoping the author makes updates/fixes to the text of this otherwise enjoyable book.
3532657
I enjoyed the plot and the characters -- it was very funny.  But there were too many grammar mistakes in the book, which I found too irritating and distracted from the book.  Some conversations did not flow logically --  one person would answer herself, which didn't make sense.  Also, the author  switches from 1st person to 3rd person with the character of Nickel.  And  she used 'to' instead of 'too.' As a former copy editor and English major,  this was very distracting!  But overall, a great book.  I plan on getting  the next 2.
4674653
I really liked this book. It was short and sweet and a ton of fun. That being said, if you consider your self a grammar nut, be warned. There are some terrible errors in this book. Its almost as if it was never edited or proof read even.
In spite of this I would recommend this to anyone looking for a short book to brighten your day (or week if you don't get much time to read).
3247195
I like the story line, I like the voice, I like the characters and the way they're filled out. But grammatical mistakes really get in the way of the enjoyment.

There are numerous problems with subject/verb agreement. Quotations marks are left out, or out in the wrong place, or put in where none are needed. There are run-on sentences. There are partial sentences. There are commas where semi-colons are needed and vice versa. Not once or twice, but at least one of these problems on each and every page. Most word processing programs have a grammar check function, which would fix most of the problems, or at least point them out so that the author/editor could fix them. Please, please, please, someone re-edit this book so that it's readable!
23376
It won't win any awards but inaccuracies in weapons and units notwithstanding, I really enjoyed this series. The story cracks on at decent pace, the characters are engaging (if somewhat two-dimensional), the soldiers' humour feels authentic, and there's enough twists in the tale to keep me interested.

My only bugbear with this series is the incredibly bad use of the apostrophe. On nearly every page you will find a case where it's used incorrectly. Where it should be singular, it's either used as plural or not at all (and vice versa), or it's used when it shouldn't be. It got so bad I would cheer when it was actually used properly!

Other than that though, if you want a bit of military escapism, this is a great series.
3220595
I'm reading it now, and I love it. The writing style, however, is a hit and miss with description and expression for me. That's not the reason I gave it 4 stars, though. There are spelling errors that throw me off and ruin the jive.
3671210
This book was great, kept me on my toes. The further I read, however, the more grammatical errors I noticed.  Not only that, some words and phrases were used repetitively when an alternate phrase could have been used especially when it was being narrated by a different person.

I would read this again but could not give 5 stars considering this seems to not have been proofread before publishing.
3315411
This book is interesting and we're glad to have it.  However, we sincerely hope there will be another book to come (3peat, anyone?!) but that it will be heavily edited for grammar and tense.  It's distracting to find so many glaring grammatical errors when we're trying to read about the beloved Mountaineers.
1923636
Really great main characters and supporting "cast." Very interesting plot lines and good development. At one point in this book, my heart was actually in my mouth - great suspense! I've read both Frank Harper mysteries and enjoyed them very much.  Look forward to the 3rd installment!

However...too many grammatical and typographical errors! This seems to be a prevalent problem with e-Books - doesn't anyone writing for e-Books have an editor who knows spelling, grammar, word choice, and proper use of punctuation marks? There were 21 such glaring errors in this book - that I found. I don't say this to be discouraging - quite the contrary. I think your writing is excellent BUT for these types of errors that should be caught in editing.