THERE WAS ONLY ONE PROBLEM WITH THIS BOOK
584275
You, who may be reading my review, are probably shocked by the title of this review.  Relax!  The problem is that it came to an end and I must now wait for HEARTLESS CHARITY to be written and published.  As always, Wayne Stinnett has written a book that I absolutely cannot put down until I come to those two dreaded three-letter words, "The End!"
Wayne Stinnett is doing an excellent job of keeping his two series of books connected to one another.  Charity is an accomplished, well-rounded character and is continuously learning about herself and her job.  I am glad to see that she is not exclusively sailing as her character is so well entrenched in making the Huey dance in the wind as well as her sailboat, Wind Dancer.
Sorry Wayne, you have to keep slaving away over the hot keyboard to keep your faithful readers at least marginally satisfied until each new book arrives.
1024723
5 Stars, but one thing ruins an otherwise excellent book. I believe this is a printing error which has been present since the book was published and has never been rectified sadly. From page 73-80 it appears the diagrams are not complete or the images are in pieces, this spoils an otherwise great book. I was expecting this to be dealt with after the initial publishing of the book when I first bought it.
David Myhra is part of ( what I call) the elite Luft 46 circle and as such can't be faulted for his published works on this subject. I do find some( not all of his work) becoming repetative, it gives the impression of padding in places sadly.
It's a fine book all the same with especially fine photos of exotic models built by some top rate modellers, special mention must go to Gunter Sengfelder, Dan Johnson, Jamie Davies and Reinhard Roaser for their fantastic model picture contributions. I hasten to say the misprinted images are not the fault of the seller whose service was top rate in every way. A great addition to any Luft" 46 book collection or aviation bookshelf.
2699262
I liked this book and it was helpful with one exception. when illustrating the interface features of Scrivener, the illustrations are just that illustrations. They are too small to be seen easily. Increasing the font size does not help as the illustrations do not enlarge at all. I would suggest using an entire page for each illustration so the reader can actually see some value from them. Other than that a good book.
1875637
The book was simple fantastic it was one of the best read's i've ever, unfortunately their was one MOJOR problem. If you turn to page 67 paragraph 2 sentence 2 it say's and I quote "Skipper took out the Monopoly board and we played a couple of games." This is simply outrageous one does not simply play multiple games of monopoly IN ONE NIGHT! I don't know about you people but when I play monopoly it usually take's 4+ hours. No man/women would have the tenacity and perseverance to play two game's in one sitting. Other then this the book was great.
4456553
The following structural problems will NOT be found in "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry":
- Two-dimensional characters.
- A dull plot.
- An overdone story of a girl who is constantly told to act like the little lady she is.
- A book in which all people of one race are bad and all people of another race are angels.
- Simplicity.
- Poor writing.
Instead, the following is the ONLY problem a person could possibly come up with about this book:
- It's title won't immediately make little children want to read it.
And that is my only objection to the book.  Kind of pitiful isn't it?  I'm fairly good at ferreting out flaws in books that are widely acknowledged as superb.  Newbery or not, I like changing people's perceptions of old classics.  But "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry" was too much for me.  I'm not going to shoot myself in the foot and pretend it doesn't have a couple small problems here and there.  But it is a marvelous book.  One of a kind.  In fact, I highly recommend you read Taylor's, "The Well", before reading this text.  Taken together the two books span the epic history of a Southern black family struggling to maintain their land.  And that, ladies and gentlemen, is all I have to say about that.
929209
The book is amazing, love all of the different costumes for each of the character especially for Kimdall and The Keeper.  I would gladly give this book a 5/5 however, I noticed one significant problem with my book, I have around 20 extra pages that are the exactly same as the previous 20 pages or so in my book.  So I'm not sure if I lost some artwork or I have extra 20 pages.  That kind of bugged me because the book itself is amazing with all of the cool artwork in different mediums etc.  If I could get a new book that is 100% correct, I would gladly give this book 5 out of 5!
2064848
I loved this book.  The author has created an awesome world that really gets you dreaming about the possibilities.

Cent is my favorite character and I hope the author can think of a way to carry on with the Jumper universe somehow, but the end of this one seemed kind of final (if you ask me).

The only problem I have with this book (and it's still bothers me a year later whenever I think back on it) is that throughout the book it talks about people breathing 100% oxygen...  That would kill you, not to mention be extremely flammable.  Man! That bothers me!
4410069
A good book except for a major flaw in the dating of Mark.

I won't dive into that topic here, but Fredriksen dates Mark significantly later than it should be dated, and this results in some inaccurate analysis, but as long as you're aware of that it's still very much worth reading.
451842
It was very good except one area the author contradicted herself. The whole book advocated racial harmony and how bigotry is bad and everything, and then all of a sudden Ms. Wright wrote that people should make a judgement on which school to send their children to based on how many of the teachers are minorities. That seemed a little racist to me, to assume that a school teacher who is a minority would be a better teacher for your child than a white teacher. I was very surprised she wrote that based on how the other 260 pages were open minded and well written. That statement sort of destroyed credibility for me.
4945897
I think this was a good book. However, I must admit that I liked this one the least. There were one or two things that were hard to accept. One example was how quickly she survived the beating and no food while pregnant. However I would still recommend the book. It helps you understand all the characters in books to come or even pass books. It really is a good book. I just like the others better.
3825770
What can I say? I liked this book as much as the others, and the last section was quite the surprise. Will be interesting to see where things go from here. I can say I will be buying the next book as well.

A couple quick notes about the editing issues...I have seen some others mention continuity problems, and there were at least two that I can remember (Marc and Ward / Konya and Number One locations). Some stronger editing I am sure could help keep the continuity in line. The more annoying thing, and again, I want to emphasize this is a relatively minor problem, is that the words "quipped" and "chortled" were both significantly overused. I can say that sometimes it is perfectly fine to keep it simple and say that a character laughed at something! No need to get fancy with the wording :)
2080168
I love all the free editions of classic (and not-so-classic) literature that Amazon has made available for the Kindle.  The free edition of Dead Souls is very readable, with a helpful introduction and linked footnotes that explain some of the more exotic terms used by Gogol.

There is just one flaw that readers should be aware of.  Book II (as is well known) was never completed by Gogol and ends partway through chapter 4.  In addition, much of chapter 4 exists only in fragments, with connecting material missing.  The problem is that this edition of Dead Souls does not give the reader any indication of where the gaps in chapter 4 occur.  At first I thought that this edition was missing text.  When I went to Project Gutenberg to check, I discovered that the gaps actually occur in Gogol's manuscript.  So be forewarned that when you get toward the end of chapter 4 in book II, the setting will suddenly jump without warning.
2394046
For the time period and information available when it was written, the book was very well carried off. My only real complaint is the subject of some of the color plates. I know the market may not quite be there, but a redo with the information that is now available would be invaluable.
4091258
I enjoyed the whole book, but it is a bit on the scholarly side which is most likely why some do not care for it. I did find one minor problem and mentioned it to her on one of her call in shows. Sylvia replied that it was typo, and I know personally how hard it is to spot things like that. The two things that would have made the book even better would be a pronunciation when ever a strange word first shows up (some chapters had it others did not), and citation or source guide so people can go look up the original source material. The book covers all the major religions of the world plus many smaller ones with a brief write up on their beliefs and how it applies to there philosophy about the end of the world.
1740660
The book was very good except for words or phrases that the author used that did not exist during the Dark Ages.  I am a history buff and enjoy reading books that are set in different time periods.  The book was a great read, I tend to lose myself when reading a book set in a different time period.  The only problem I had was the word and phrase "pal" did not exist and was not used in that time period.  This might seem to be a little thing for most people but it jerked me right out of the time period I was reading about.  Because of that, I only gave the book three stars.  For the digital books, I hope the author would consider going back and correcting the digital books.
4842232
I would have given this book four stars, except for a major (to me) editing problem. The book was divided into chapters, but within each chapter, whenever the writer switched to a different scene, there was no indication that it was a different scene with other characters. There should at minimum been a double-space between the different scenes, and even better would have been a little icon or short line, etc. between them. It was extremely distracting to me, as I would have to go back and determine who was speaking or what was happening. The storyline was good. I couldn't really get invested in some of the characters. They seemed a little two-dimensional to me. I had a bit of a problem getting really involved in the book. Hopefully, the editing problem will get fixed, which will add a lot to the enjoyment of the book. This is a Christian book, which I generally enjoy. This one seemed to have an overabundance of references to religion. I prefer ones that are a little more subtle. I think this author has a lot going for her, and I would probably read another of her books.
1437908
Despite the horrible editing, this was a good book.