Review: Disorienting
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 10, 2013
This book is written like a movie script, and in fact would have been better off written as such as opposed to a novel. The first few chapters were disorienting, and it was not until a third way through the book where things started to come together. One of my biggest pet peeve's occurred in this book, and that was the constant jumping between characters point of views. There are 12 heroes in this story, and they all start of uniquely individual and towards the end becomes a unit. However, on a single page one could end up reading from 3 to 4 different POV's, giving me whiplash as I didn't know who to focus on.  After reading the book, I still can't tell you the names of all 12 heroes, nor what their back grounds are, or their skills and why I should even care about them. I recognize the intent that the authors wanted them to feel like a unit towards the end, but in my opinion the effort fell flat on its face. Also, the content of this book is not for the faint of heart. If you are easily offended by someone imagining and interpreting what the end times would look like, as it relates specifically to Christianity, then I would not recommend you reading this book. However, if you take it at face value as someone imagining what the end times could be like, with a grain of salt then you'll probably enjoy the story. All though I slugged through this book, there were a hand full of endearing moments, and the final message of you can't do everything by yourself and so you must be willing to ask for help from above, is an endearing lesson.  As for family friendliness, I would probably not allow younger children to read this, who are stilling learning about faith and the truth, but it may make some great discussion points for young adults. Regardless, this is one of those books that I would encourage parents to read themselves before allowing their child to read.