In which I post the recording of other peoples' failures

"Williams's pedestrian writing is punctuated with comic book-style sound effects ("THUUUMP!") and cliches: "this living nightmare was a reality. My heart sunk as I apprehended the cruel truth of my situation and fear once again took hold of me." Only occasionally does the narrative manage to evoke, rather than describe, the fear and uncertainty of his captivity."
- Publishers Weekly, on 13 Days of Terror

"The premise of this true crime book is so interesting, I find it hard to believe what an unreadable book it turned out to be."
- Sammy Madison, on Whispers of Romance, Threats of Death

"A true, and highly disturbing recounting of a wife's worst nightmare - the ideal husband revealed as a fugitive murder - unfortunately provides a textbook example of how overheated, emotionally wrought writing will serve to obscure dramatic coherence...Much of the story reads like a fever dream of undergraduate genre-writing exercises."
- Kirkus Reviews, on Tainted Roses

"It is true that the pursuit of dreams 'creates passion, energy, enthusiasm and vitality.' It is also true that without solid proof, few businesses will explore this avenue."
- Booklist, on The Dream Manager

"An improbable plot and overheated prose ("The killer strode through the New York night, its brisk, crystal air vibrating with electric bloodlust") weigh down Light and Anthony's serial-killer cat-and-mouse tale, set in 1990s New York City."
- Publisher's Weekly, on Ladykiller

"First off, Janet is maybe an 8th grade level writer, and on top of that much of her book reads like a cheap romance novel. She devotes many largely content-free pages to telling us what is going on inside her relatively empty head. The book often reads like a comedic essay by S.J. Perelman, in which the main character gives the reader many clues that he is a buffoon, but is clearly unaware himself...It's hard to believe it took her years to write it. I could bat out something equally feeble in a weekend or two, but it would be a challenge to even approach the blindingly idiotic levels reached within it pages. It's that bad."
- EDW, on Sweet Poison