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Fatherless (2008)

by Brian J. Gail(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0966977793 (ISBN13: 9780966977790)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

One More Soul

review 1: I was about halfway through this book before I really began to enjoy it. Another reviewer used the word contrived and I agree with this. I enjoyed the human stories midway through to the end of the book, and found myself encouraged by the journeys of conversion. However, I am not particularly convinced by the dialogues among the clergy, and this is where I feel the book is most contrived. I found some of the prose dealing with church history tedious, bogging the story down.
review 2: This reads like one of those free Bud Macfarlane Catholic novels. I liked most of it, but that's because I'm in the choir that he's preaching to. A lot of the science was just delivered in a speech. I can't think of a better way to deliver that crucial information, but it still ... moremakes for boring novels. The main male leads were at times interchangeable with their sense of humor and banter. But I think my chief complaint is that the book could have really used better editing. I don't need to have gourmet dinners and trips described to me in detail, and there wasn't enough of quick scene changes. I don't need to have the walk to the car and the car itself described to me. Just cut to the next scene, I can figure out that he drove there. But the surprise meeting in Rome was jaw droppingly awesome. I can recommend the book for that scene alone, I loved it. I liked the back third of the book a lot. It is in your face with its Catholicity. I'm still hoping for a good blend between this kind of book and a Graham Greene book. Greene is very subtle and darkly realistic at times, which is a gift but at the same time I'd like a more motivational example of a story about living your faith and the ensuing consequences without being either too ashamed or too proud of it. (Man, The Power and the Glory was awesome.) less

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