The Wide Road by Kim Balogh
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
I was disappointed in this book. I was excited to read a Pilgrim’s Progress type of story told from the sinner’s POV, but there are so many problems with the writing that the story doesn’t come through. It desperately needs an editor. I only read the first 20 pages, and I just couldn’t continue.
The writing is extremely verbose and redundant. There are multiple problems with sentence structure, punctuation, and even word usage. For example, the word “self-perseverance” is used, when I’m pretty sure the author meant “self-preservation”. The word “nowhere” is written as two separate words “no where”. There’s a sentence that talks about the “faucets” on jewels instead of the “facets”, and another says how beautiful the “pedals” on flowers are. I even saw the words “their selves” instead of “themselves.”
I like the idea of retelling Pilgrim’s Progress from another viewpoint, but this book needs some help before it is reader-ready.
Disclaimer: I received this book from the author in exchange for a free and honest review. The opinions here are my own true thoughts and are not influenced by anyone.
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‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ with a sinner would be amazing. Such a shame this one didn’t work out! Was this an ARC? Maybe all the typos will be fixed up before it’s published.
Not sure if it was an ARC. It’s available on Amazon and self-published.