Nicholas Taylor (1)

I liked the overall premise of the book, but the modern day expressions really ruined it for me. This was written to be in a pre-industial world and as such, my brain totally rejected ideas such as taking someone out on a date to a restaurant (and talk of who was going to pay), terming women as 'hot', etc.

Also used was - "This stuff is kind of freaking me out a bit." and "Told me it was a great ‘pre-owned horse." Really?!

I may be nitpicking, but can't get beyond that stuff. Maybe it was show more intentional by the author, but I guess I am too much of a traditionalist to get over it. I kept trying to justify it in my mind while reading and couldn't, so was constantly distracted from the story.

I may try the second book, but for now am just moving on to something else. show less

This was a podcast novel downloaded from Podiobooks.com (http://www.podiobooks.com/title/8810), listened to on my iPhone.

8810 from Nicholas Taylor was well written, well read and a humorous story. If you enjoyed the cult classic 'Office Space', 'The Office', 'Outsourced' or ever wondered about the day-to-day minutiae of an office worker in a cubicle farm, you may well enjoy this story. You Dilbert, you!

While I enjoyed listening to Nicholas's story, I literally waited till the end of the book show more listening to 'what Bill does next' expecting some kind of sub-plot to develop (such as the down-sizing in 'The Office', subsequent theft of $300,000 and its consequences). The story was basically a day-to-day synopsis of Bill's first day at the job, training, office hijinks, minor escapades of some of the other office workers, out-sourcing and an eventual new job offer.

I rated this 4-Stars, as I COULD listen to this again, however, I would probably still miss some kind of developed sub-plot. show less

Long story short, this is a simplified copy of the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. It's pretty well-written, but there were too many parallels for me; one WoT series is enough for my lifetime.

This book was lent to me by a friend and I have very mixed feelings about it. Had I been reading from a physical copy that I'd purchased I'd have been sending a very annoyed letter to the publisher right now. However I've no idea if all the grammer, punctuation, and spelling mistakes in the ebook version were also in the printed version. The strength of the characters and story telling are the only reasons I continued to read when the editing mistakes became a constant distraction. Somewhere show more at the publishing company this book fell through a really big crack. I won't be purchasing my own copy and I'd think twice before I attempt further books in this series. show less