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I love courtroom drama this was not disappointing I can't imagine anyone being so evil as abuse another person I know this is fiction but also it happens every day


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First To Fall The Avalon series Book 1 edition by Carys Jones Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

You may like but I did not. Too stereotyped for me. Two stars only because I cannot use "hate" rating.
A reporter asked Ayn Rand why she wrote books that were not true to life. Her reply “I write books about life as life could be and should be, not as it is.”

This book is about life as it is not and should not be. Needless to say, I found this book boring but I read it to the end because I thought it would change, it did not.
This book is supposed to be a legal thriller but doesn't begin to fit the bill. The author doesn't even seen to try to appear to be familiar with the law. For example, a death sentence is to be carried out ,after appeals, within weeks of conviction. In reality this would take many years. He also doesn't appear to have a good understAnding of people, having characters with no consistency in their behaviour. The writing overall is just sophomoric and the editing poor. I finished reading it only because I thought it had to redeem itself somehow, but it did not. I bought it either for free or very cheap, I am not sure which, but it was really not worth the effort. Maybe if Jones would take more time with his idea he could do better.
I have to agree with other readers giving this book one star. The author should write about what she knows and understands. Writing about a death penalty case that is prepared for trial in two weeks. jurors deliberating for 20 minutes to reach a guilty verdict and the way the attorney elicited testimony from witnesses by grandstanding speeches that never raised an objection from the opposing side were glaring errors in how our system of justice works in the U.S. The scene leading up to and in the gas chamber was ridiculously far fetched.
Terms used to describe everyday things were also incorrect referring to the evening meal as "tea" instead of "supper" or "dinner". "oi" instead of "hey", "lounge" instead of "livingroom", etc were distracting. The first time I came across one of these terms. I went back several pages as I thought I had misread and the story was actually taking place in Great Britain and not the U.S.
Characters were stereotypical. The wrongly accused was. of course. beautiful with flowing golden blond hair and an angelic demeanor that made even the local priest question his vow of celibacy. The lawyer representing her would be so enraptured by her that he wouldn't want to go home to his witch of a wife. I love a good legal thriller but this was not it.
Loved this book
I greatly admire writers, especially novelists, who, unless they are writing fantasy, have to situate their fictional stories in the real world. Doing so requires both research and some familiarity with the location one has chosen for the story.

I've often heard that writers should write what they know. Why would this author choose to locate her book in the US and not research what people are like, how they talk, etc.? She just as easily could have located this story in a small English town or village. The protagonist and his wife have supposedly relocated from Chicago to a small town in the US South, but there is no indication from the descriptions that the author has any knowledge or familiarity with this locale.

Her plotting and flow of dialogue are good, but there are glaring errors throughout the book. Some of the most irritating are
--use of words such as "keen," "manky," "whilst," and "Oi!", none of which Americans use;
--reference to the living room as "the lounge";
--reference to "the high street," "take-away," "spots" (for acne), and "tea" for the evening meal, all of which are Britishisms;
--ignorance of the US legal system; the way the trial is presented is muddled and the defendant is held in the "ladies penitentiary," where the death penalty is set to be carried out! Further, the author doesn't seem to realize that in the US, criminal law penalties and charges vary from state to state, for she refers to "federal" charges and then refers to a "crime of passion" rather than the affirmative defense of self-defense;
--this small town in the US South has one church, but it is staffed by a priest; this would be unlikely; if indeed there were one church it would probably be a Baptist church or a Church of Christ or even Methodist, but certainly not Catholic or Episcopal. The author seems to be wanting to have Father Brown strutting out from behind the pulpit to solve the crime!

I can't totally fault the author. Surely an editor of any quality should have caught these errors? Surely someone whom she referenced in the acknowledgements could have told her to relocate her story to the UK? It wouldn't have affected the story line at all.

I am glad this book was short. I doubt I will read anything by her again; my level of irritation was too great! This is the first time I have actually taken notes in order to write a review. That's how annoyed this book made me.
It keeps your interest from beginning to the end and the ending will surprise you, I recommend this book to anyone.
I love courtroom drama this was not disappointing I can't imagine anyone being so evil as abuse another person I know this is fiction but also it happens every day