Post by Miranda731 on Sept 12, 2018 8:31:02 GMT -7
I read a lot of free offerings from Kindle books. Some are obviously unedited, & I try to ignore the obvious errors like "dragon's horde" when they mean "hoard" (I don't want to imagine a horde of dragons!) or the common error of "here, here" when it should be "hear, hear." But one book recently by an established author brought me up short when she referred to the hero's "signal-minded pursuit" of the heroine (yes, she obviously meant "single"). What are your pet grammatical or typo peeves?
I can forgive a handful of errors in a book, but after that I begin subtracting stars in my rating. If the errors are numerous, I will often dnf the book unless the story has completely grabbed my attention. There are many books in which I thought the story was a 5 star, but I gave a 2-star rating due to lack of editing. In my opinionl a poorly edited book is an unfinished product, and the author has no right to ask anyone to spend time or money on an unfinished product. 
