Review: Religious thriller
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2014
"Let’s call it a religious thriller. When you were raised Catholic, as I was, you never entirely loose your religion (REM). I don’t believe that Mary was the mother of God, but don’t you go talking her down. I don’t believe in the divinity of Jesus, but damn it, don’t you go peeing on crucifixes.""The result was Virgin—a thriller about faith, about hope, about love and charity. And yet, for all its seeming orthodoxy, unquestionably subversive. It will offend some and bring joy to others. I hope you found yourself in the latter category."There was a long sermon expressed through the world by the Virgin Mary. I can summarize it as follows:"Abolish your ceremonies, your communions, your sacrifices, real and symbolic; discard your dietary laws, cast off your clerical vestments, disband your sects, cease calling yourselves Catholic or Christian or Jew or Muslim or Hindu or Buddhist, for these customs, these identifications, these sects, these labels serve only to set you apart from your kin... He did not create you to be divided... Forsake your dogma children, and find Harmony... And act not in fear of eternal reward or punishment. Your reward or punishment is here. This is your world, these are your lives. He has given them to you. Use them well, make the most of them, make them mean something, make them count. For this is your Heaven or Hell... You have but to choose. Find Harmony, children, and you will find Heaven."I read many other novels by this author, very different novels. I read "The Keep", "The Tomb", and many novels of the series "Repairman Jack". I love Repairman Jack. Jack's main tool to fix things is his gun. Wilson's novels are all excellent thrillers.Virgin sustained my interest too. No as much as the Repairman Jack series, but it was interesting even though I am not a believer.[...]  This is more my kind of religion. ;)But I read this as a paranormal thriller or a kind of fairy tale with suspense.There were a few typos. One particularly laughable: Instead of Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), it was written "S*** Bet". lollll Anyway, I give it 4 stars.