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Title: A New Beginning by Kevin Ryan ISBN: 0-689-85520-6 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.43 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Great subject, hard read
Comment: I was thrilled to discover that the series was being continued, if only through the written word, and I would have loved to be able to give it 5 stars. I freely admit that I am a true Roswellian and have been reading fanfiction regarding this series for the past couple of years. As a result I could hardly help but enjoy this SUBJECT. However, getting past the fact that I am a fan of the show and Metz's books, I had a very difficult time enjoying the actual BOOK. The plot was slow, but forgiveably so as it did a decent job of getting into the characters' minds. I really enjoyed the growth and importance of Liz's abilities. I also enjoyed the fact that they decided to stop running and to use their abilities.
The difficult part came in the reading. I am a college graduate who is currently going through the masters program. (The only reason I even say this is to let you know that I know what I am writing about.) I am well known for my writing and editing abilities but was prepared for a teenage writing level as that seems to be the focus demographic. I certainly was not prepared for this. The punctuation was terrible, the spelling was a disaster, and the grammar was atrocious. The discontinuity between the author's statements and the show, not to mention the page by page disparity found within the writer's own storyline (like the money brought up in the first section), is appalling. I cannot applaud a book whose storyline is disturbed by the fact that I have to read and reread the same statements in an effort to figure out what the author was trying to say because the author didn't write it decently. At best I could call this a fanfiction PRE-editor. However, this is a book that cost me $6, and not a free fanfiction that I could have found on the web at a myriad of sites and that I could have read more easily and enjoyed more completely. This was supposedly a professional work.
That said, I want to restate that the plot was a decent one, and that there were some bright spots to it. I would definitely suggest this book to any other Roswell fans for three reasons. One, it is another item that can be added to your library. Two, it is a decent plot if you can ignore the way it was put together. Three (and this is the most important), WE WANT MORE ROSWELL and if we are going to get more we are forced to support any effort, regardless of its quality.
I don't want to tell the author to never write again. Just next time (and if it is based on Roswell, I'll probably still read it), be more careful, think through your story more completely, and get it edited by people who actually know how to edit.
Rating: 2
Summary: Is there an editor in the house?
Comment: I'm only about a third of the way through this book, but I have to say I'm EXTREMELY disappointed in the proof-reading and editing. Three major errors in the first 12 pages is rediculous.
The author can't even get the timing right. He indicates that Max and Michael have known each other for 18 years before leaving Roswell. They were six when they came out of the pods and weren't reunited for two years after that. This makes only 10 or 11 years together. Not 18. (although I would agree to 12 if you want to count the day wandering in the desert together.)
It's so filled with errors, I'd think it was a vanity press edition of a fan-fiction. Although I've read better fan-fiction, too.
There are some good points, but in general, I'm not at all impressed.
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting
Comment: I was a bit startled that the book picks up the story a mere few hours after they left Roswell. I was thinking that Max and Liz would be married and they would have been on the road for some time. Of course, since they were on the road only a few hours, there was no time for them to get married. I hope they will be in the next book.
I had a few problems with the book, one of them being the incredibly numerous typos. Didn't anyone proofread this book? Also, I couldn't stop wondering why they didn't just take some paper and change it into 20 dollar bills. They did with plane tickets in the 3rd season episode "Interruptus" and that seemed to work just fine. Also I was unsatisfied that there was no real resolution. What were the aliens doing? Who were they?
However, I overall liked the book. It was kind of refreshing to see what happens after they leave Roswell, kind of like getting a season 4. The relationship stuff was all good, although I'm irritated at Maria. I like how Michael was thinking about how he
stayed on the planet for her. Those two need to have a serious talk and she needs to apologize for how she treated him in season 3. Max and Liz are happy, so I'm happy. I wish Isabel wasn't actually married to Jesse, so then eventually she and Kyle could end up together. At the end of season 2, I really thought they would end up together, and now it seems like that's the best thing to do.
I'm a bit disappointed that these new books are not a continuing series with cliffhangers at the end like the Melinda Metz books. Still, though, any Roswell is good with me, as long as they don't kill off any of these remaining six characters. If you like
Roswell at all, read this book!
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Title: Turnabout (Roswell Series) by Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin ISBN: 0689864108 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Quarantine by Laura J. Burns ISBN: 0689855192 Publisher: Pulse Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Dreamwalk by Paul Ruditis ISBN: 0689855184 Publisher: Pulse Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Skeletons in the Closet by Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin ISBN: 0689854463 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title:Roswell - Season 1 ASIN: B0000TPA6K Publisher: Fox Home Entertainme Pub. Date: 17 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $59.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $44.99 |
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