Save your money -- not worth reading  even for free.
597840
There was virtually no tension in this story, and the plot consisted mostly of assembling pieces of a photo cut into pieces, distributed among several people. There were several beatings and a couple of murders, none of which was surprising, or exciting, or cause of much concern. The policework was rather boring and the dialogue was stilted and outdated. The author's descriptions and comments were trite and often embarrassing in their old-fashionedness, and his attitude toward women is from another era.

I had remembered 87th Precinct mysteries as being much better -- so either my recollection is at fault, or this one is simply a loser.

Even at the special price of $1.00 this is a waste.
4677130
Save your time and don't bother with this book. It's one of the most predictable and poorly plotted stories I've ever read. The characters are one-dimensional and imho, insipid and unbelievable--quirky does not make well-written characters!  The plot is predictable, and the author apparently had to include a murder and unbelievable supporting characters to add *color* I guess.  There is so much wrong with this book - I'm sorry I wasted the time reading the beginning of it, although I did end up flipping to some of the other pages to see if it improved-- it did NOT.  I ended up just going to the last few pages, which didn't help my opinion of this book at all!  The book was free at a "book table" that was set out in front of the school. I'm so glad I didn't pay money for this.  The book is now in the recycle trash can with a grade of D- written on the title page. While I do admire people who can write well, that isn't the case here.
602907
Even as a free book, this wasn't worth it--boring recipes, with too much useless text in between.  I ended up just deleting it from my Kindle after looking through it.
2771595
Not a great book.  EVERY few sentences the author THROWS IN some italics LIKE THIS (can't italicize this review so you'll have to get the idea FROM ALL THE CAPS) where it doesn't even make sense to do so -- not suspenseful, just ridiculous.  I kept reading because the plot was somewhat interesting for a while, but IN THE END YOU'LL BE DISAPPOINTED.  All the characters pretty much speak alike, the "horror" stuff is as lame as a Boy Scout campfire story, and the awkward similes are frequent, lurid, and laughable.  I can't believe this thing was a best seller -- save your money, save your time, read something better.  Shame on you, Marisha.  Take a couple of writing workshops. Or at the very least, get an editor with some backbone.
3762319
I don't mean to be negative but save your money. This book is already in my trash can.

The book is painful to read (all of it) .  Authors should take great care with what they publish to avoid looking illiterate and leaving the reader to figure out what is intended. The cover of the book says the author has a BA in mass communications. I'm sorry to say that you'd never know it from reading his book. Was it even proofread? You'd be hard-pressed to find a single page that isn't somewhat of a struggle to read.

Aside from being written with a broken crayon, The book describes the author's own speculations without providing any scientific connection. It seems as if the author thinks a simple stream-of-consciousness is marketable. There are no notes or references.

I had hoped the book would enhance my understanding  of the Copenhagen Interpretation, but that scientific topic is not even partially detailed anywhere in the book. You'd think at least some treatment of the subject would be a prerequisite to the rest of the author's ideas.

The author finds a ridiculous number of ways to say the same thing through the entire book: that the Copenhagen Theory implies an observer-created reality. From there, he imagines all kinds of stuff lacking basis or reference.

As I was reading the book, the wave function collapsed and I "observed" my money going down the toilet. My fault, but come on already!
1341809
Not even worth free. Scarcely little on Tesla;  instead cheap pop psychology on mastering one's creative potential. Not even worth the time it takes to read it.
4467843
I'll admit after reading the first three sample chapters I couldn't bring myself to spend money buying the book or waste any more of my time reading it. The author's extreme self-absorption just became abrasive and quickly lost its shock and entertainment value. His self-deprecating jokes did not make me laugh; they kind of made me feel pity for him. His constant bragging about how "hot" he is wears thin, and sounds like insecurity as he ages.

The author claims to diverge from liberals by citing only "facts" - then he rarely cites his sources, including with regard to statistics. Yes, sources are important. Do his "facts" arise from "Many people are saying..." "I have heard..." like Donald Trump's sources his facts? Not good enough.

You'll read a lot of straw-man, made-up arguments on his part, distortions, he admits he likes to exaggerate facts which he clearly does. He writes about what American college professors will teach - he's never even attended college here. He attempted earning a degree in England.

If you have time to waste on this, fine. The best I can say about it is it's good to see what all the fuss is about. If this "incites" anyone... they're already there.

As for "political correctness," has some gone too far? Of course. This is one of those social issues that swings like a pendulum.
1775204
There is nothing new or insiring here and at the end of each short chapter is an ad for the writers website.  Stopped reading after 1/2 hour (which is half way through the "book". I even consider it a waste of my free lending choice.
4780907
Actually I would give this book no stars if it were an option.  I will not try to re-sell this book or pass it on, as I considered it a huge waste of time.  A guest at my house handed the book back to me after reading only 100 pages.  I then began reading it and kept reading thinking there had to be some merit to this award winning book other than some well structured sentences.

There is nothing positive I can think to say about this book, no character development, historical or cultural information of any value and seemingly no point to the story.  I liked the cover?

WARNING:  Do not throw away your money and especially your time by buying this book.
1128601
Really not worth the read, even if it's free. The twitter section, in particular the list of twitter handles to promote to, was found to be copied from a website. If I could give it 0 stars, I would. It reads like it was written by someone for $10/1000 words.
295977
I just finished reading this in the Kindle version (which I notice is no longer listed and the paperback is listed as "not available"). It is simply a time waster, sadly. The title and the "come on" blurb made it seem to be much more than it really is. The premise -- good man ruined by an evil man (and men) -- daughter left a pauper and with a desire for revenge -- her "savior" suddenly appears. Her acquisition by the agency was just a bit too lightly conceived; and the angst of the hero was a bit of a throw-away gesture. However, the lack of a good editor has the most to do with the poor rating I give this book.

Some of the more egregious misses include page 137: "'Come in, Ally, come in,' Marion greeted her. 'Please sit down and close the door.'" Hello?! Is Ally's body so incredibly flexible that she can sit down and then close the door?

Further, on page 156: "It was a charity gala for the Modern Museum of Art." They are in New York ... it's the Museum of Modern Art. Any art lover who lives in New York knows that. Oh, yeah...the author gets it right on page 165. An editor would have caught that goof.

Then, on page 157: "The fourth member of the group, a tall girl of Ally's age, stood next to him. .... She had a petite shapely body and light blond hair that framed a button nose and light blue eyes."  Hmmm....she's tall but she's petite. I wonder how she managed that?

And don't get me started on the seduction of arch enemy Blaine Platt. Not well written at all. There was no tension. There was no heat. There was ... well, not much, really. I cannot recommend this book, even if it had a $0.00 price tag.
3535186
Like everyone else, I got this book for free and I regret accepting it.  This trash is so wordy that it is impossible to read.  There are rediculous metaphores, bland dialogue, and bombastic description galor.  It seems like Shapero tried to show off his vocabulary, but that ended up exacerbating the problem because now you'll need college text-books to understand some of the stuff they're talking about.  How awful.  I really tried to get through it.  Really, I did!  But I just couldn't get any farther than chapter 7 (There really is no point in reading this book because the story is ruined on the first two pages!!!!!).  Rich Shapero must be quite the fool.

If you want to have anything to do with this book, I suggest reading the amazon.com reviews.  They are WAY more entertaining than this piece of garbage.
2843643
Save your money and save your time for a better book. This was just awful. I'd like to give a more meaningful review about how the characters are unlikeable and unrelateable, how she inundates the novel with unnecessary and tedious details, how she successfuly makes a literature major hate reading, but honestly, you're better off just not thinking about this book ever again. It isn't worth your time.
1561117
This is a terrible book -- too much angst and a silly plot ... not even worth the "free" cost -- a waste of time
3528966
Based on all the hype, I was actually going to buy this book. Hardcover. At the last minute I bought another book and borrowed this book from the library instead. Who says God never interferes? He saved me from wasting money on an utterfly forgettable book. Now if only I hadn't wasted the time to read it.
This book is bad. The manner in which it's shaped makes it hard to care much about the characters, and the bits of the book the 'author' in the story is writing not only are unpleasant to read don't add anything to the overall shape/feel of the story.
Honestly this book in terms of actual quality deserves one star. It's a poorly written book heralded by the literati, because it's form was unique, but they forgot the basic premise of any piece of writing: to SAY something...this book doesn't say anything. I only gave it two stars because the form was interesting even if the author's writing didn't match up to it.
3236419
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. And honestly, free was too much. I felt obligated to finish the book, since I was supposed to review it, and those are a couple of hours of my life that I will never get back.

The characters are two-dimensional, the details of his career and certain key events in the story were not researched at all and are not plausible, and the "plot twists" that some reviewers have mentioned were contrived.

The sex scenes were an odd mixture of blunt, almost crass, description and clinical detachment; there was nothing sexy about them. These excerpts should  give you some indication of how these passages read: "my lady parts woo-wee'd" and "She was squirming on the bed when she suddenly felt his hand. It has found its way between her thighs, where she was soaking wet and ready for him."

The entire book needed a proofreader, as well as a copy editor and a substantive editor.

To sum up, this book was a hot mess with more typos than the average social media post.
4593283
Just horrible. Ridiculous premise. I stopped reading because I didn't want to waste any more of my time. This book was free and now i know why.