but I wouldn't recommend this book
583877
Odd story, poorly written. It appears to be self published, as it's laden with punctuation and grammatical errors and the text fills the pages with insufficient margins. I bought it because I have twins, but I wouldn't recommend this book.
1613933
The concept of this book feels very unoriginal. There are also a few major plot holes. I kept reading, and to be fair the twist did surprise me at the end, but ultimately I wouldn't recommend this book to friends and family.
4056901
This book has its moments, but I couldn't recommend it to anyone. It is full of errors, contradictions, omissions, misspellings, etc. Having previously read another of Billy Harry's books,("The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia") I knew that he wasn't too keen on hiring a good proofreader, but the Lennon book is just too much!!
3892301
I purchased this book because it's an amazon pick. While I read this book quickly, I don't really understand why this book is an editor's pick. It's more pop fiction than literature. I'll probably forget the plot of this book by next month. I couldn't relate to the characters at all. I wouldn't recommend this book given that there are so many better books to read.
3144121
This collection of translated poems, prayers and tales purported to be from the early Irish did not ring true to me.  Additionally, huge chunks of texts appeared to be missing.  I would not recommend this book.
676679
I found this book not that interesting.  The stories are not that exciting and they aren't presented in an engrossing fashion.  Not to mention the unusual and distracting interviews that are randomly put throughout the book, taking you out of the flow.

The Kennedy Chronicles has a section in which the character is very dismissive of a certain type of cancer.  The comments she makes there struck me as insensitive and showing a lack of understanding.  In addition, the book uses derogatory language, such as a serious anti-LGBTQ slur and more.

It is poorly edited.  There are a variety of grammar mistakes; for instance, the book will say something like "He gave it to John and I" (when it should be me not I.)

One thing that I didn't like was how serious and impressive Kennedy presents being a VJ as.  It was a significant position at the time, but now, to me at least, saying you're a VJ just sounds odd.  The book constantly uses the VJ title, which is distracting.

All in all, I would not recommend this book - unless you're already a fan of Kennedy.  Myself, I had no idea who she was.
3623141
In my opinion this isn't shabby chic. I do not recommend this book
560522
The first book was free and left on a cliffhanger so I purchased this book. The writing was ok, I wouldn't recommend this book. The plot was a little weak, the characters weren't really developed, the bikers were all pretty much interchangeable. And the sex scenes were a little off I found it a little distracting that the author kept calling lady parts "holes", just not sexy.
4816982
Strange book, the Title and the Book don't go together at all.  The book was okay but not something I would recommend
2355415
I thought I would give this book a try since it appeared to get good reviews.  Unfortunately, I would not recommend this book to anyone.
2729660
I would not consider this a book for beginners.
117788
I would not recommend this book. I appreciate the authors attempt to be helpful. However, he pretends to be helpful by questioning and criticizing other therapies( and therapists)that are not his . His lack of humility is a turn off. I have been in different therapies, and each one has contributed to my emotional health. I really did not need someone giving me advice or fixing me in a few sessions. I also know that not everything I said in my therapies was the real issue at hand. I needed time, skill and patience on my therapist part to understand my suffering and myself. Years of therapy for some of us is acceptable as long as it helps us function. Quick fixes may help some people with less trauma, but please stop spreading the idea that everyone needs the same kind of help. In doing so, you are misleading people who needs more than to be told to be fearless.
4314125
I'm sorry to write a bad review of this book, but I was really disappointed in it. The first part of the book is taken up with never-ending materials lists printed quite large. The materials lists are over-explained and mostly self-evident. Maybe the author conceived this book as something to be read by children rather than by parents, but I was not instructed and most people wouldn't be.

The projects were fine, but they were not imaginative, and I'd already seen all of them in web searches. I was hoping to find projects for the once-weekly art classes I teach, but there wasn't a lot here that I could use that I hadn't already thought of myself or seen elsewhere. In fact, there are quite a few projects I could add to this book.

In addition, the grammar and spelling are lacking. That's not a deal killer in a book full of wonderful ideas, but I always find it annoying and particularly if the rest of the book is a let-down, too. To be honest, I would not recommend this book to anyone. I didn't learn anything from it at all, and I'm not all that knowledgeable in this area. I inherited the photography classes when one of the other teachers left to begin a professional photography business. If anyone has recommendations for a good photography book for the ages between 6 and 14, I would be grateful to hear them.
4314050
I would not recommend this book. I almost stopped reading it after chapter 2. There are too many mistakes in grammer, punctuation and general incorrect word usage. Descriptions could have been much more detailed and characters should have been developed more. I also hated the ending! Such a shift in someone's basic belief system is not natural and hard to accept. I felt so bad for Cindy, the only consistent, believable character in the book, to be treated so harshly by Mattheus. I won't be reading any more of Ms. Skye's writing. She needs to go to school or at least, read some older classics and develop a better command of the English language.
1803613
It took a very long time to make sense of this book.  Normally I would have just stopped reading it.  Eventually I understood what was going on but I wouldn't recommend it.  I don't enjoy trying to like a book no matter how it comes together.
4671099
I bought this based on how much I loved "What If?", but I after three pages, I skimmed the rest and didn't even finish. Were this a blog post you could look at for free, it would be an interesting look at how a writer challenges himself and continues to hone his craft; however, an exercise in simplification of language does not make for an interesting read.
For example, the second page is a diagram of a cell. I was not able to figure out what any of the parts were. Granted, I am relying on my memory of 10th grade biology, but it would seem he was paying more attention to the words he was using than to whether the description made sense. While "What If?" was educational and entertaining, "Thing Explainer" is interesting, possibly entertaining at parts, but often confusing and requires too much work deciphering for little-to-no pay off.
Borrow from your local library if you are intrigued, but I do not recommend buying this, even for fans of his other work.
2465517
Regretfully, I can't recommend this book. Based on the publication year and the publishing company, this is obviously a vanity press that took advantage of a writer and published whatever the writer gave them no matter what the quality. The book read like a first draft and was in dire need of editing, mainly developmental.

The major issues I had were POV head-hopping within scenes, a few abrupt changes in the tense that took me out of the story and thrust the narrator to the forefront, endless details that were not at all important to the story, and an overemphasis on meals, house decor, and how wealthy and beautiful most of the characters were.

The plot lacked momentum, the tension was minimal throughout the book, and too many characters were introduced or referred to only once or twice, which caused confusion for me when trying to remember who was who and what their role in the plot was.

I wanted to like this book a lot because the author is from Minnesota, but I just couldn't. Author House Publishing took advantage of an unsuspecting author, and likely encouraged a sub-standard novel to be submitted by the author.