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The Dead Love Longer (2011)

by Scott Nicholson(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Haunted Computer Books

review 1: I like to leave reviews of ebooks I've received free because I think it not only benefits the reader, but the author as well. This novella, originally/alternately titled "Transparent Lovers", was a pretty typical modern noir tale.Because this is a novella, there is a difficulty in reviewing the actual tale, which is decently written, if not a completely new story. Too much could be revealed that wouldn't be fair to future readers. The only real complaint I had, and it's a minor one in this particular instance, is the lack of editing and/or formatting of the book itself. A few minor glitches and some small editing improvements would've been beneficial. Personally, I liked the original title "Transparent Lovers" better. That's actually one of my major complaints about indepe... morendent publishing - the constant editing, re-writing, title and cover changes. It makes it hard for those of us trying to follow indie authors. My main suggestion to most authors, as a constant reader, would be to polish your product before rushing it onto the market so that these revisions are not continually necessary.However, the inclusion of the short story "She Climbs a Winding Stair" at the end was an unexpected bonus and I thought it was actually better than the title story. A decent ghost story, I would've rated it 4-stars on its own merit. Thank you for including it - I will look into the compilation it was taken from.
review 2: This novella takes a familiar premise -- someone dies and returns to make amends -- and makes it new and fresh, but a little smelly with the deadness. A wise-cracking gumshoe finds himself deceased and on a deadline. The story is engaging, funny, and even poignant toward the end. Nicholson serves up fine writing with some great lines, like: "My fingers were numb, my head was cotton, my lips were as tight as a teddy bear's stitches." less

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