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1 Star Book Reviews

An archive of all books I’ve reviewed that have received 1 Star and thus fit my Review Policy criterion: “Sigh. Unfortunate use of time.”

For an alphabetical list, check out my Title Index or Author Index!

An archive of all books I’ve reviewed that have received 1 Star and thus fit my Review Policy criterion: “Sigh. Unfortunate use of time.”

For an alphabetical list, check out my Title Index or Author Index!

Book Review: The Hard Thing About Hard Things [The Trusty Bookmark]

Book Review: The Hard Thing About Hard Things – Ben Horowitz

Coupled with my issues with the overall structure, this book’s content was neither my style nor provided information I found useful. I cannot recommend it.

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Nonfiction Tagged With: 1 Star, business management, memoir

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The entire experience was fantastic, beginning with the initial correspondence where Kimberly asked questions regarding my inspiration for the book and specific areas she should focus on. Read more → “Developmental Edit Testimonial: Kelsey P.”

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Kimberly’s beta read was thorough, thoughtful, and invigorating. The depth and perceptiveness of her commentary blew me away. Read more → “Developmental Edit (Beta Read) Testimonial: Paul Hamann”

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Your advice is going to help better my writing, not only for this project but for any others; being a first time writer, this type of advice is very valuable. I am beyond grateful for your help. Read more → “Developmental Edit Testimonial: Andre Balanji”

Andre Balanji

It was great working with Kimberly. She improved my writing by pointing out redundancy [and] I appreciate the patience she had with this new author. Read more → “Copy Edit Testimonial: David Biesty”

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Kimberly did a fantastic job of analyzing my manuscript [and] she was available for all of my questions. I would use her again, without question. Read more → “Manuscript Critique Testimonial: Glen Gabel”

Glen Gabel

The editorial letter was more than I ever could have asked for. Everything was written out very well and organized so that it was so easy to go back through and see what they were talking about. Read more → “Developmental Edit Testimonial: Alexis C.”

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