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Secret of the Khmer: Book 2 of the Jewel-Fruit Forest Saga Paperback – August 31, 2009


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  • Paperback: 151 pages
  • Publisher: PublishAmerica (August 31, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1615821716
  • ISBN-13: 978-1615821716
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful By M TOP 1000 REVIEWER on January 21, 2010
Format: Paperback
The first volume of this series was hard to read. There, the premise did at least sound promising. But this one... not so much. Honestly, with the way the first book ended, it was better off leaving it as a stand-alone novel. And at a slim 151 pages, the price tag is far too much (That's what happens when you publish with a vanity publisher, such as PublishAmerica)

The dialogue is extremely stilted and so are the actions. The story itself moves along at an erratic pace, because Danny doesn't like to work on description or story flow.

A trip to Asia sounds good, but it would have helped if Mr. Wheeler had actually done some research before he started this story. (The Khmer people and the Khmer language are native to Cambodia, NOT Vietnam!)

I'm not even sure what a Shang-Saigon coast is supposed to be. (Saigon is a river that runs through Vietnam, and Ho Chi Minh, the capitol of Vietnam is also known as Saigon.) The Shang Palace is a gourmet restaurant in Vietnam as well (but it was not founded until 2007, and Shang is also a name of one of the old Chinese dynasties, ruling from C. 1600 to 1045 BCE). So 'Shang-Saigon coast' makes no sense to me, honestly - especially when inputting that particular phrase turns up nothing relevant on Google.

So if this story is set in Vietnam, why call it Khmer? Unfortunately, Danny Wheeler has shown (in the first book and this one) that he doesn't do any research. Any authors, including myself, know that if you're going to write a book that includes another country, past historical events, a foreign person, or is set in the past, and what not, research is a vital writing tool. Of course, research is the least concern with this book when the writing itself is so awful. If you thought the first book was bad, this one is even worse.
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