readers advisory for all discussion

As the title says, I've been asked by a new author to give a review for their book. It was published back in March (apparently, but I can't find it on Amazon even though it's supposed to be in Kindle edition and paperback) and the author sent me a mobi file of the book. It really, REALLY should have had a thorough run through by a professional editor.

I'm on page 6, and I have already made 20 editing type notes. Every third sentences is three fragments glued together with commas. The main character has internal dialogue in italics, but if it weren't for the italics, it would just sound like more of the narrator's voice because the narrator is full of snide remarks about the people she's watching. (Everyone has been called "dipshit" so far.) Some sentences change tense half way through. Some of the non-dialogue text is first person perspective from the main character and some is third person, but there are no visual breaks in the text to go along with these POV changes. The only character name we've got so far is "Shen" and everyone else is "she" and "he," which gets really confusing.

Do I push through (even just a little further) and give this book the 1 or 2 star review it deserves, or do I ask the author to get it edited and send it back when it's actually ready for readers?

I would send it back to the author with my honest opinion. I think i would feel really bad about giving it 1-2 stars, esp if personally asked to review it, even if the book deserves it (and that one sure does sound like it ;))

Update: the author just emailed me to say "Stop reading, the book is with a new editor." I hadn't yet got around to telling them they should consider that.

that was a fun read ...thanks! hope the author finds a good editor this time around