Review: A Wild Ride
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 6, 2011
Mike Malone is about to turn twenty-one, and his whole life is about to change.  Everything that he thought was true is challenged in ways that shake him to the very core.  His salvation, his existance, his family - nothing is what he thought it was.The character of Mike Malone is very much human and flawed, it makes him very likeable.  The Pastor is portrayed as a close man of God who has been chasing all the wrong things, but is willing to be set straight, and I love him.  Ahiel is so complex a character, he is almost bi-polar.  I love Linda, but Rudy is a bit too much "Shaggy"-like for me.  But perhaps in later books he'll become more dynamic.Overall I'd highly recommend this book for its super interesting doctrinal take.  Without question it draws you in and gives you vivid pictures of the worlds that Mike visits.  I feel like it would make a great graphic novel.The Rough Parts: CAVEAT - This book would be rated "R" without question.  I know that seems wierd for "christian" fiction, but it is without question edgy.  If you are offended by the "F" word, expect to see it more than 10X.  Additionally there are some graphic scenes and suggestions of violence and rape.  One in three women were once victims of rape.  I happen to be one of them, and there were parts of this book that I really had to hit the pause button on.And yet, I still finished it, and still enjoyed it tremendously.  I look forward to the next installment.  And if the graphic novel takes out some of the "F" bombs and tones down the violence, I'd pass it to my kid for him to read.