Um, Okay

Oh, that Marty. His books are getting good to great reviews on the whole. But he's not always sure what to think about certain individual opinions.

One reviewer has given me five stars on Amazon (the most you can earn) for my book Michael's Story. I appreciate that, truly and from the bottom of my heart. But among other encouragements this particular person opined, 'An interesting read even if this wasn't the author's intention'. And I thought, huh?

I mean, I'm glad he read and liked and was kind enough to review Michael's Story. But, but, what author doesn't intend for his writing to be interesting? Has he read other things of mine which he thought were not interesting (Quiet, Ron) and is praising my improvement? Or are there writers out there whose dreams are, I hope readers find my book uninteresting? When at their computer or with pen and paper in hand are there authors actually thinking, how can I make my characters more dull and lifeless? How can I present a more gray, less colorful picture of the world I'm inventing?

I am not making this up; it is a real review. I'm just not sure what to think of it.