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Monday, November 25, 2013

What was good and could be improved in American Shaolin

Dear Matt Polley,

I recently read your book American Shaolin and loved it. It was a great book but like another it had it's flaws. I believe that you could have done a better job keeping a suspense. Though the action was great the result was always straight, I never got an actual chance to think. Although you could have done a better job on the suspense the comic portions were hilarious. I loved the use of comedy in your book it was like a comic action. I believe that you might have been able to add more imagery. I am not sure about most people but when I like to read a book I like to imagine it so it is like a movie in my head, but this book was too straight forward. If you improved your book just a little, it would have been an absolutely fantastic book but over all it was a good book.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading your book  as it gave me some important things that I could take into my life. This book has really inspired me. All the hard work you put in to improving Kung Fu was truly inspiring. Overall I loved reading this action comedy book, it was just my type, exactly the way I like it. Just a little more additions and you might have been able to get a nice award for it. Though it had it's flaws like any other book this book is one that I would truly recommend to my friends.

Sincerely,
Rishi Ambani

3 comments:

  1. This sounds like a good book to read. I love the suggestions that you came up with. I feel like those would be some suggestions i would make, because i too like to be able to picture wat exactly is going on, like a movie in my head. Thanks for the recommendation.

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  2. This sounds like a very good book. I like the suggestion you gave it seems like you really evaluated the text and I also like when there is more suspense so I would have given the same suggestions.

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  3. This book sounds like a very good option of a novel to read. I think the suggestions you made to the author were fair game and appropriate and if the author read this could potentially help him improve on his writing skills.

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