3 Stars
There are three types of cheapo Amazon kindle books. Firstly is the one you regret spending 99c on because it’s just so bad you don’t make it through the whole thing or get through it painfully with your one star rating ready to dish out. The second is the average book that you are relieved you only spent 99c on, but enjoyed all the same and you are content with your purchase. And then you have the 99c books that are so wonderful that you congratulate yourself that you only spent 99c and discovered a masterpiece…
Unfortunately this is not one of those masterpieces, yet is absolutely not one of the cruddy ones. This was an enjoyable book… But I didn’t love it.
Picture this, an old man named Freeman has been writing a conclusion to a number of popular books he wrote years ago. Finally after missing deadline after deadline he takes his almost finished manuscript into his editorial office and confesses he has totally changed his viewpoint. He now believes in a creator, when his books have been totally the opposite. Unconvinced, his publisher goes through the evidence with him about this creator. And so begins this tale. It is a collection of stories, all intertwining with each other. All supposedly leading to the proof of a creator, but not in the traditional sense.
I admit It is really well written. It weaves in and out of situations and times, the characters are mostly interesting and there are so many different atmospheres in the book. It is creepy at times, other times funny or engrossing. However the next minute it drags on needlessly and you feel yourself just wanting to get through it.
I liked the mythology of it, and did get swept away in the “where does this all come from” aspect of it. I also think it’s clever that the author took real events and shaped them in a way that it fit his story.
Silly me not really researching this Amazon purchase was not a stand alone novel, and the story actually continues into another book. Not sure if it captivated me enough to read the conclusion to be honest. The need for an answer does not necessarily outweigh having to read another novel.
Although I have read some reviews of his other work and it is all well received. Perhaps another time.
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