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petergroves81 's review for:
All Out War
by Tim Shipman
So far, unimpressed. Partly it's the writer's style, but in large part it is the story that I dislike (no fault of Mr Shipman). How on earth did the obnoxious and often inept people about whom he writes become so influential, on both sides of the "all out war"? (The ineptitude, I fear, was almost all on one side.) I suspect because normal people were devoting their time and energies to making a living - "just about managing", as Mrs May would have it (a condition that is much more widespread than I think she imagines).
Another reason I am not impressed is that the book is crammed with errors that a good editor should have corrected. A previous reader of the library copy I am reading has ringed "Whitney" (for David Cameron's constituency) in angry red ink; one does not register websites, one registers domain names; and I no longer expect to find properly-executed parallelism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallelism_(grammar), for the benefit of ignorant editors who could do with a lesson) - Wikipedia says its application affects readability, which I heartily endorse. Mr Shipman, whether the errors are yours or not, this does your credibility as an author (and as an authority) no good whatsoever. I hope it improves, because I do wish to know the story better - and it has already opened my eyes to some of the slightly more rational reasons people had for choosing leave.
Another reason I am not impressed is that the book is crammed with errors that a good editor should have corrected. A previous reader of the library copy I am reading has ringed "Whitney" (for David Cameron's constituency) in angry red ink; one does not register websites, one registers domain names; and I no longer expect to find properly-executed parallelism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallelism_(grammar), for the benefit of ignorant editors who could do with a lesson) - Wikipedia says its application affects readability, which I heartily endorse. Mr Shipman, whether the errors are yours or not, this does your credibility as an author (and as an authority) no good whatsoever. I hope it improves, because I do wish to know the story better - and it has already opened my eyes to some of the slightly more rational reasons people had for choosing leave.