Review: Interestingly Different
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 3, 2011
For the most part this was an acceptable book.  I'm into the "end of the world" so I was entralled with the asteroid and how the citizens and world reacted. There were many parts I could have done without - the intricate details of the spacecraft for instance.  I didn't really care about that. Its a spacecraft.  I found several examples of this type of detailing yet leaving out other details that should have been included.**spoiler alert**Like another reviewer I didn't like Maria. Father Jenkins once stated "she is conniving" but didn't elaborate nor did it ever reveal what he meant by that.  I agreed and kept waiting for anything, something. Couldn't stand her.  Also, was Todd an idiot? He would have to be, I didn't buy the unconditional love and sexless marriage, maybe if they had been married for 10 years, but as newlyweds, no way.  I didn't like Jesus/Brother Michael - very creepy dude.  Very, very creepy. And his sidekicks and their women, very weird. Who were these morons? Couldn't he have found other disciples? I kept waiting for them to be locked up and put into the psychiatric hospital Maria was in. Who was he representing? Who was the "father"? I'm guessing it was Satan? Would God really be ok with drug dealing? Torture? Mind Control? Laundering money? Scamming the citizens for their land? etc.  I do not know, I'm not religious, but in my mind - NO, at least not any God that I know of.  I liked Blaze/Father Jenkins until it was revealed he was a pedophile. What the heck was that all about?  What happened to Jim Donohue? He just dropped off the page never to return.  Why was Dr. Perez stalked and murdered? Never cleared that one up either.  What about the "other girl" who died in childbirth, how weird was throwing that paragraph in? Shouldn't that have been more detailed?Other than the above I thought it was an interesting storyline, it was quite busy with an asteriod, cloning, prison, creepy miracles, etc.  Fit into my love of cheesy-sci-fi just perfectly.