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Otherworld: A Novel (2013)

by Jared C. Wilson(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1434707040 (ISBN13: 9781434707048)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

David C. Cook

review 1: I love the premise of this book... Four men with completely different perspectives faced with bizarre happenings, trying to decipher the truth from fiction... Trying discover who or what is behind it all.But, because I love the premise, doesn't mean that I love the book. There is just too much going on and too many perspectives, and that causes such a tangled web that as the reader is juggling the head jumps from one perspective to another something gets terribly lost.There are some great things about this book. The writing is very good. Character development is top notch. This study of demonic affected psyche is so on target. There needs to be much more of this kind of in-your-face dealing with how demons work in Christian lives.However, as you know, I hate head jumping f... morerom one character to another especially when the transitions are poor. I hate editorial tactics that try for some unique storytelling but actually makes the story appear jumbled and disjointed. This story line is full of them. As a result, the story flow is jerky, and hard to follow at times. Reading a start-stop-jerk-stop story is very annoying and tiring. For this kind of story, it would have been much better to have charted a storyboard using two characters instead of seven. You have the main four characters, and then there is the supporting cast so you have a jumble of people you are trying to keep track of, and it clogs the story flow so it is more of a seepage rather than white water rafting. The premise of this story promises white water rafting, but you don't get those thrills.I blame the editor not the author for the above problems. These are things that could have been smoothed out before going to press.I give it 3 of 5 stars.
review 2: Best christian thriller I've read. Although it took me a while to get into I could not put it down a few chapters in. Particularly like the character Graham who is a bit cantankerous but a great prayer warrior. Story revolves around a journalist investigating UFOs and getting embroiled in something more sinister and real. Most memorable bit to take away was "be assured" God is in control. Similar in many ways to Frank Perettis novels. less

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