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Day Of Remembrance (2008)

by David G. Woolley(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Covenant Communications

series

The Promised Land

review 1: I should not have waited so long to pick up this book after finishing the others in the series. It took my overtaxed memory a while to get back into the characters, especially those whose names aren't familiar to me from religious texts. I love the entire Jerusalem and wilderness story. Expanding upon what Nephi and his family went through and then adding in Jeremiah was brilliantly written. I really could have done without the Joseph Smith inclusion. Though I see what the author was trying to do juxtaposing acquiring both sets of plates, it didn't work for me. And, the side story of the Jewish family set in the time period of Joseph was interesting but felt like it should be its own novel, expanded and not linked to this story. Still, I liked everything well enough to... more finish out the series. And, I will read number five soon so I don't forget the rest.
review 2: The series finally starts to pick up with this book! Though I highly recommend HB Moore's "Out of Jeruselem" series, Woolley did his homework. Too bad this well researched text suffers from an overload of weak character arcs and confusing plotlines.The madness continues in book 4 of this series as he weaves in the story of Joseph Smith and his first visit by the angel Moroni. Just when I thought I couldn't handle another new character and timeline, Woolley caught my interest by including these little known facts about Joseph Smith. Gerald Lund's series never mentioned this! Like the 1820 area records showing a brief warm spell in early spring, meaning the First Vision probably took place in March and that Joseph waited almost two years before confiding to his family the answer he received on that historic day when he went into the woods to pray. Fascinating! Hey, Woolley! Ditch the Lehi story, it's going nowhere fast, Your readers have already figured out that romance between Zoram and what's-her-name is never going to happen. Have you even read 1 Nephi? And that whole thing with Zoram being the son of the prophet? Yeah, better stick with Joseph Smith. I love historical fiction and I'm wishing you'd done a Work and the Glory-type series now instead of Book of Mormon. less

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