FRAUD Second Story PLAGIARIZED Scene by Scene
595821
The first book was okay  meh  The second book was stolen from another author  scene by scene.  The brother in this bookwas the father in the original.  Travis the first bad guy was a young prom date in the original book.  The forced wedding was play by play from the original book.  Getyour own ideas.  Authors work hard to write their stories and should be respected.  You should be reported and be banned from publishing any story.  You disgust me and I will not be reading anymore of your plagiarized stories.
801800
The story was good however, it is VERY repetious . Every chapters is a repeat in someway of the previous chapter. This made the book twice as long as it needed to be. Very repetious . Very repetious . Very repetious . Very repetious . Very repetious . Very repetious. Very repetious . See what it mean 'very annoying . I felt like it was reading the saw book twice. I must admit that the author and the story was pretty. If is wasn't so repetious I would have rated this a 4.5.
4010775
After just reading "The World Is My Home", Michener's memoir written in 1992, I discover that this USA book was published after fooling Michener into agreeing that the editors could use his name (as he had narrated the TV scripts that the text of the book came from).  The introduction is a complete forgery. Anyone may verify this on pg479-80 of "The World Is My Home".

I'd still give the book 3 stars because it is a coffe table type picture book anyway, and if you like the looks of it, go ahead and buy it.

After I told my mother that the book she read was a fake, she said, "well, I can take it to Goodwill".
86960
I did laugh myself inside out while reading this passage but IT IS A CHEAT - it is a story interrupted literally in the middle of the line. Good job I borrowed it rather than bought.
1666385
This is a shoddy duplication of the text which is freely available as a pdf from Google books online.  How shoddy?  Well, this printed version is missing pages 10 & 11 of the original (all but about 6 lines of Scene 7).  Those pages are not missing from the Google books scan, so... just download it for free instead of rewarding this publisher with your business.
2675549
The story is a classic; no complaints there. This particular copy (paperback Benediction Classics) is not a good choice, hence my 2-star review. Amazon seems to mix/combine reviews for the different editions of this book so make sure you know which you're buying. Spend an extra dollar or two and get a better one. This copy looks as though someone copied the text of the novella, printed it out, and attached a cover. It's a fraction of the number of pages as a normal copy (like 25 pages vs 125 pages) which make the print small and very crowded on a page. It is unpleasant to read something like that. This copy has an overall cheap and flimsy feel to it as well.
2545647
As another reviewer mentioned, this 'book' is mainly plagiarized from freely available online sources. Use the preview feature to check out the Index!!! Its a list of random words!! Do not be tricked by this fake book!
1899139
An attempt to continue a story that has been proven a lie from start to finish.
2850719
Joanne Parrent plagiarized an article I wrote in 2000 called "Film Festival Strategy: Guerilla Marketing" and published it in this book under her own name.  I contacted Mike Saunders, the editor of the book, and he admitted that she had used my work without permission.  I sued them but lost, they had much better attorneys than I did.  Anyway, you can enjoy my writing in this book if you decide to purchase it.  I agree with the other reviewer that said the book was a "wanna be's dream and a professional's nightmare".  Except the part I wrote, can't remember which pages they were but just look for the word for word copy of my article.  You can Google my version and compare and contrast.
2139456
It is unfortunate that a large company decides to publish a book / series that mimics a story that has already been written, by a much more talented and creative writer/artist I might add. I am not surprised that they would capitalize on another artist's intellectual property, with such blatancy and disregard. By purchasing this book you are perpetuating big business taking away from the true artists, not unlike pirating music online. All involved with writing and publishing this book should be ashamed of themselves, I am sure the writer found it very easy to be inspired when they had such a constant source of gold coming from the writer / artist of TaraNormal. Trying to justify theft by saying that the demographic is different, doesn't change the fact that there are far too many similarities (far beyond the name) to consider this a title snafu. I feel bad that the writer doesn't have a creative enough mind to come up with their own story, however I feel worse that the Writer/Artist of TaraNormal has to sit back and watch people steal from him and capitalize on it. Don't by this book, don't support intellectual theft.
1249535
Do not buy.  This appears to be a home-published knock-off using public domain text files and marketed as a "book", with pages that appear to be printed on an regular office printer, then cut and bound.  All text, from beginning to end, is simply double-spaced, including poem titles, which follow immediately after the end of the proceeding poem without even attempting to designate the start of each poem to its own page or individual spacing.  There are formatting errors throughout -- for example this title and first line:
_THE SOUND OF THE TREES_
_I wonder about the trees.
Another:  "It_is_a night, my dear."
Chosen and sent as a gift, I happened to have had one sent to myself as well or never would have known to send another Frost volume from a reputable press as a replacement, along with an apology.
3992037
Buyer beware, same DVD under two different covers and Amazon prompts you to buy both with the book. Mandy recorded the routine twice, once while talking and once while silent. Both were edited together terribly. For example: In the sun salutation she says to stay in the pose for eight breaths but you only have time for two before jumping forward. One lunge is held for one minute and 35 seconds where the other side only for 35 seconds. The repetitions are also different from side to side which is annoying.
2375364
The author blatantly plagiarized the book "Tough Stuff" by Leonard Shapiro who sued the publisher and the author.  He won the settlement.  The book went right to the discount bin.  If you want to read Huff's story, read Shapiro's book.  Hold the books side by side and you'll see entire paragraphs lifted from "Tough Stuff" and place into "Controlled Violence."
3820758
I expected a re-working of " A Christmas Carol"  and all I got was the same story.  I'm only giving this 2 stars because I love the original story.  In my opinion, this is a sad rip off of any original gem!
2480106
I found this author not too long ago and started with reading (and liking) her earlier works. I was very confused when I started reading this book because probably around 70% of this story is the exact same as one of her earlier works. Literally, she gave them different personal histories and names but most of the book was the same, down to the dialog...THE SAME. I was very disappointed with this book. Because I read the other one first and I really liked that story, I wasn't a big fan of this story. I don't think I can judge the story by itself because I was a little irate when I read it due to the blatant self-plagiarism. I like her other books though and will continue to purchase stories from her unless I find it happens again.
2693387
This DVD is a low quality duplication of the "Gotham" release on Metropolis Records and appears to be nothing short of a professionally packaged bootleg. Do NOT buy. It is the exact same title! Even the title screen shows that this is "Gotham." The quality of the video is significantly degraded from the Metropolis records official release however and this should be avoided at all costs.
1786822
This is a rewrite from ONE SNOWY NIGHT WITH A STRANGER.  I hate being tricked. And had only read 3 pages to know I had already read this story under a different title. The book was fine if you haven't already read it.