This book was in sore need of editing. Constant tense confusion, multiple copy editing errors, grammar mistakes and a plodding, dull cadence to the prose made it difficult to take the story seriously, and when I did manage to get past the writing and concentrate on the story I realized there wasn't much there. The storytelling is also rudimentary, with a whole lot of telling and plots that, once complete, left me going, "Ok, so?"

The one bright point in Murphy's Lore is with its puns. They are some of the worst I've ever read ("Realization struck me. Being the only witness I decided to not press charges"), but in the world of puns, worse is better, and most of them left me amused, if not laughing.

While I usually make an attempt at finishing any book I start, this one was so obviously unpolished that I did not feel bad about giving up only a few chapters in. If the publisher didn't care to put the least bit of effort into editing Murphy's Lore, I don't see why I should put any effort into reading it. ( )