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How Things Fell Apart: A Short History of South Africa - 1488 to Present Day

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This is the most poorly written book I have ever read. The grammar is deplorable, the sentence structure is dismal and the logical organization of ideas into paragraphs nonexistant. Words are used improperly and some passages are surrounded by quotes with no reference citing where the quote came from. I have seen better writing than this in seventh grade social studies classrooms. When I first started reading, I thought it was a joke. After reading several chapters, I checked to see what publishing house would actually put something like this in print. The publisher is AuthorHouse, a self-publishing company that accepts any manuscript an author wants to pay to have printed. They charge an additional fee for editorial services - an investment this author apparently did not choose to make. I gave the book a one-star rating only because there was no way to indicate a rating of zero. I love books and almost never throw a book away, but this one is going straight in the trash.