I'm reading Robopocalypse: a novel by Daniel H. Wilson. Interesting and I'm enjoying it. I did find/notice two instances of what I would consider poor copy editing. More than a typo but not bad writing. Sort of like, "me and John went..." I'm not sure if that is meant to show the education level of the character but it's not in dialog or first person. In any case it was enough to pop me out of the story, to get me thinking about the writing and not the story.

That's a question I see a few times on writing forums. Do you want good/great writing or good/great plot. Of course you get those who say they want it both. That doesn't answer the question which really is – What do you think is more important the english or the idea. I think of it as a X-Y plot with plot on one axis and writing on the other. Of course everyone wants the upper right corner with great writing and plot. But how far from that corner in X or Y will keep reading?

My preference is skewed toward idea. I'm more willing to put up with marginal writing if the plot is interesting than I'll keep reading great words if I'm not interested in the story. Many times when reading a book I'll skip paragraphs and even pages if the plot is dragging. I don't know anyone who reads any and all genres in order to find great prose.