Gargoyle Tears [Paperback]

JV Harlee (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

He's not your typical teenager: sure, Ethan has crushes on girls and he wants to be popular, but he also has weird parents, gargoyles living in his basement and daily visitations from a dead, blood-covered boy. In JV Harlee's Gargoyle Tears, an earnest teen gothic plagued by hackneyed prose ("by the dull look in her beautiful eyes, Ethan knew that her heart just wasn't into cheerleading") and language misdemeanors (rumors, for instance, is spelled "roomers"), Ethan must stand up to mean jocks and save the endangered gargoyles, who await their savior in the form of Ethan's unborn sister.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: Tarbutton Press (June 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971408653
• ISBN-13: 978-0971408654
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,744,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2.0 out of 5 stars "A" for effort, "D" for results, October 10, 2005

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Social Hermit (Northeast Ohio, United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gargoyle Tears (Paperback)

You know, I *really* wanted to like this book, as I'm a long-time gargoyle lover and collector. Unfortunately, the book was a major disappointment. The story is disjointed and confusing in parts (there are more than a few "Huh?" moments that are never explained or fleshed out), the dialogue and phrasing is amateurish, and there are DOZENS of misspellings and grammatical errors that should have been caught and corrected by a professional editor and/or publisher. I'm sorry, but I have to say it was quite a struggle to get through this, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. I'm just glad I only paid $3.00 for my copy and not the $12.95 retail price.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I am the Author!, July 14, 2002

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Jennifer LB Leese "Author/Reviewer" (Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gargoyle Tears (Paperback)

My name is Jennifer LB Leese, and I am half of JV Harlee. After reading the review by Publishers Weekly, I felt appalled and displeased...I needed to comment.

First, I am a reviewer and an author, and it is well known by reviewers of all kinds that picking apart books (one sentence, one misspelling--NOT plot problems or character discrepancies)in such a way is unprofessional and says a lot about the reviewer.

Second, hackneyed prose and misspellings happen in "big" name author's books, as well. So, that wasn't a real biggie for me.

What did bother me is that the reviewer clearly did NOT read "Gargoyle Tears" as there is no mention of an unborn sister anywhere in the book. Heck, there is no mention of Ethan having a sister or that the gargoyles are awaiting the arrival of someone unborn...period.
If the reviewer HAD read "Gargoyle Tears" fully, instead of looking for mistakes alone, they would have found out who the "savior" is in the book by reading to the end.

Things are now straight, and you can't please everyone. Thanks for listening.