Very few books are a waste of 2.99...
351446
...but this is. Contains about as much information as a simple Google search. This shouldn't even be called a book.
2638668
There are some books where you only have to read the first page to know you've made a mistake. This is one of them. I guess I should thank the devil himself that I lost only $0.99 by buying this before looking. A man walks into an office. The occupant of the office says to himself, that's the devil and without any proof of his deluded notion he shoots the visitor in the head. Yeah, sure. You really hooked me there.
3988746
Some of the free, or 99 cent books are good, not great.  This one was great.  The sexual content was a little much for me, otherwise I would have given it 5 starts.
3646137
Gripes about price should not saddle a book with a one-star average. Good luck to the author!
1705426
Seldom have I read a book that is a complete waste of time.

I'd much rather read a well written book that has a weak or even non-existent plot; examples of writers capable of such suburb skill include Hunter S. Thompson, Neil Gaiman, and Jack London -- my apologies to the many, many quality authors I didn't list. I also enjoy great stories and can tolerate poor punctuation to some extent (after all, editors should take the fall for poor punctuation and who am I to judge?). Nothing drives me crazier though, than an author that destroys an otherwise decent plot-concept because their narcissistic viewpoint is more important than their audience. Borrowed Time, by David Rose is the best example of an author losing himself in a tangled web of shifting plots, underdeveloped characters and sub-plots, and painfully inaccurate details. German soldiers in WWII driving jeeps... PLEASE!!

I admire anyone that takes the time and effort to put their thoughts on paper. For that matter, I feel the same about a person spending hour after hour making "paint by the number" paintings. Good on ya. Just don't expect me to pay money or appreciate the artistry. That would be gratuitous flattery on my part. No, I will tell Mr. Rose straight up that Borrowed Time he must retain a ghost writer the next time he gets a good idea.

I do apologize to the author if his intent was to simply to evoke emotion. Job well done if that is the case. I've never written a review before but I feel so ripped-off that I can't really be held responsible for my venom.

Before I step off my soap-box -- I bought it so I'm staying until I finish -- I want to point out that the English language has well over 1 million words. For a great author, that is a palette worthy of Michelangelo. An inept author will paint a story that is no different than trying to slap a million colors onto a canvas. Muddy, yukky, crap-like brown. And here is a tip, less is more. Mr. Rose would have better served his readers if he'd weaved stories around any one of the way-too-many-subplots-that-went-nowhere. For example, he could have written a complete novel based on his encounter with the beautiful Kaska. Maybe he did and I failed to realize it because the entire story of Kaska lasted only a few harried, rushed chapters.
1331474
I bought this book for $1 and when it was chosen for February's book club book, I was quite surprised. It certainly was not the romantic, funny, chick lit book that I think we all expected it to be. It had surprisingly little actual romance, and what romance there was did not seem worth rooting for. Tessa King was not overly likable. She made bad decisions (again and again); her love interests were not interesting and most of all, for a character who was supposed to be 35, I know 15-year-olds who are more mature. Her entire job situation struck me as utterly ridiculous as well... Some of the minor characters had interesting storylines, but not many of them came to clear resolutions, either. In the end, I was entertained, but frustrated since not many strands of plot seemed concluded. I am curious about the sequel, just to see if anything else is wrapped up.
3436711
I loved this story and I read up to book 7 in the series but I can not help but feel a little anger and resentment because these books are 4.99 a pop and yet the books are sometimes less than a hundred pages!!!!!!  I will not spend another dime on this author.....do the math at around 25 books in this series to date at 4.99 each with some books with about 96 pages, you just might figure out like I did that the price is just to much.
2299752
5 books at $30 a piece... Nope. Stopped after two volumes... And they wonder why people stop reading... I mean there's no need for paper, no author to pay...
144362
I just borrowed this e-book from my library before I found out it's only 38 pages long. I don't understand why people bother to write such trivial books unless they're hoping to make a few quick bucks.
175494
Anybody else having problems finding something good to read for a low price since Amazon tightened the screws recently? Thought I'd troll thru 4,000+ books I downloaded the past year or two and find some worthy reads you might have missed that won't set you back but a buck (not bad when you consider you'd pay over $100 to purchase all the print versions separately). Check out my recent reviews for about a dozen books or so running the gamut from westerns to science fiction, organized crime to technothriller and more. There's still some fine reads that can be had for a small sum and hopefully these suggestions will get you started. Happy reading!
252246
So - so, although I only spent about $7.95 there are better books out there that you can spend your money on.
1375799
If you ever thought books were not worth reading if they were offered for free or self-published, this proves the point.  Anyone who gave this more than a one-star rating, has never read a good book  Dan is sleeping with the hotel receptionist while on a business trip and then finds his wife, who he left home in London, dead in his hotel bathroom; he then takes off on the run with the receptionist so he can prove his innocence -- which they will figure out how to do at some point.  Pages and pages and pages and pages of hand wringing and asking himself over and over and over who would do such a thing and lots of evasive tricks to avoid the police.  I read to the half-way point literally bored out of my mind and then began to skim through the last half.  I could sum up for you in two sentences what happens during the second half but I don't want to spoil it for anyone who acutally wants to read the book.  Suffice it to say that the BIG SUSPENSFUL SURPRISE ending has been used in movies and books thousands of time (think Body Heat) and is about as surprising as Dan is stupid.
4121124
I can't say too much as the 1st. book was free.  However, I certainly am not going to pay $2.99 each for the balance of the story since each book is only minimal pages!  The Author should have held off and published as one complete book!  I won't be looking into anymore of his books.
1083445
If you want light, funny, short character list, amazing characters, a little romance, a little mystery, AND a nice can't put it down series, then don't waste your time getting this one book for free. Go buy the two box sets that contain most of this series, because they are on sale right now (both sets together are under six bucks). I think it is actually less than that, but in three days I have bought and read the entire series, so I know that I have less than $15.00 invested in every book and all the novellas that go with it.

I am actually sad I have to wait several months for the next installment.

I read several books a week, and find myself so angry when good authors try to 'add' to a series - where I sit and think someone else wrote this one, they don't understand the characters at all, OR why did the author mess with the story/try to spice it up with description, intellectual garbage, twenty more needless characters, etc. DENISE does NONE of these.

Trust me, you will love this series.

SPOILER ALERT...come back and read this next question after reading first box set (PLEASE)

I would love to know what team you are on at the end of the first box set: Team Mason or Team Joe. I am still, still, still TEAM JOE :-)
1044198
I just paid $US13 for this book (362 pages PDF) and read it in less than 2 hours. I keep my word program open as I read in order to make notes on salient material---I wrote two lines---and those I didn't bother to save. What a waste of time. This book, if it's good for anyone, is for someone who wants an overview of a writer's life. It isn't any use to someone already in the field: you already know everything this writer has to say.
4196929
In all fairness, the book does have some good tips, such as start small, and get rid of your clutter IMMEDIATELY, before it finds its way back into your home. However, $2.99 for twenty-two pages is a little overpriced in my opinion, especially since most of the advice is based on generalities rather than specifics. Also, at only twenty-two pages to proofread, I expected fewer typos and formatting issues. I got this book for free. If I had paid $2.99, I would have given only two stars.
4508823
For .99 it is okay if you have nothing better to do.  Will not be buying the 2nd book.  Too much skipping around and no real reasons or answers.