Review: ...but the greatest of these in LOVE.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 12, 2013
Oh Poppet, my Poppet! How do you continue to put pen to paper, words void of flaw, so damaging yet uplifting?To keep in mind that I am one of this authors biggest fans, know that I will and have never given her a mediocre review. Her books are vivid and emotional and soul-searing. This book is no different. It is the 3rd in the series and a good tie to what can only be said is the best work (I feel) she has done to date. Her ability to take her years of research and knowledge of one of the world's best known cults is one of the reasons she is my favourite. To expose the hypocrisy of said religion through the eyes of her characters is not only riveting but deep down creepy. As the 'good book' is open to interpretation, her characters are not. They are the epitome of evil to the core with the blessings of the Almighty. 'Goodness and mercy' is not in this deity's vocabulary.This title will have you questioning all you learned in bible school. If you have faith, what god do you serve? Reigning terror of the old or loving kindness of the new. Keep your bible handy while reading this and check out the scripture she uses in proper context. It's all there folks in black and white. Always question what has been methodically changed through history to make the men of position not feel guilt. Interpret for yourself!!!What awed me to the core, in the whole of this series, is the complexity of which this author presents her views. The underlining feel of the whole is mind-blowing. This read is not for the meek or mild. It is in your face and out in the open as only I know Poppet to be without recourse or apology.I'll leave you with this and only because it is for Victor that I share.1 Corinthians 131 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.