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AlleJo

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first registered 24.08.09

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Keen reader and writer. Please let me know if you review a book on my shelf, so I can return the read.

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Prelude
The Enchanted Castle
So What
May We Borrow your Husband?
The Death of Vishnu

Published in 2009: THE EINSTEIN GIRL. Philip Sington. "Fascinating, gripping, mysterious and beautifully written"
From The Guardian: "...a serious novel with plenty to say about the unhappy affinity between genius and madness"
Author blog: http://thiswriterstale.blogspot.com/
Website with excerpt : http://philipsington.com/

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fh wrote 3 days ago

Ok - if and when you're ready and feel like it! cheers Faith

fh wrote 3 days ago

Dear Allejo, Very many thanks for your backing. You have certainly....

fh wrote 3 days ago

Hi Allejo, I have reviewed a book on your shelf; The Father and the ....

the other A wrote 3 days ago

Thanks for backing Stanhope's Folly, I greatly appreciate it and I ho....

Lou Gallo wrote 4 days ago

Thanks for the backing, AlleJo. How do I back you? Lou

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I wrote 5 days ago

I think you've got rather a slow beginning, where you explain thought processes and reasoning in a wry way, where you need immediacy. Later, there is a lot of potentially engaging interaction, and real emotion comes through, but there are some interpretive, slowing, rather stiffly formal or r... view book

I wrote 12 days ago

Atmospheric, and the setting is fascinating. There's a lot of introduction and exposition that weakens the impact. This is a kind of 'helpful' style that tells the reader what's happening, and telegraphs what's to come, but I think the narrator's summarizing and carefully-telling style ... view book

I wrote 13 days ago

I think there is a theme of selflessness thatresonates in the text, but I don't think the pitch and title really convey the meaning of the work. A few punctuation, grammar and tone slips distract from the read, and some repetition weakens the message. view book

I wrote 15 days ago

Atmospheric and imaginative, with a strong setting. The tenses change, which is confusing, and there are some slips, and some draft-like or awkward writing. view book

I wrote 17 days ago

The writing is engaging and vivid. I think the pitch would have more impact if you checked it for redundancy - the extra words tend to slow it down. A young girl must keep her sanity intact as she tries to escape from an evil entity that stalks her. for impact: 'young girl' could be 'girl... view book

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