Review: Well here we are again...................
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2013
I was not going to read this one but it was free for some reason and I was out of books so being a go with the flow kind of guy I went along for the ride. I will get this out so everyone can see it, if you did not like the first one you won't like this one. I can respect a man that holds to his vision the first one was pretty cut down in most of the reviews and it would of been easy to either give up on the idea or change but he sticks it out.Good1: The relationships are interesting and they do get developed a lot in this one.2: Characters stay true to the original template you don't get anyone coming out of left field or a major change that you can't understand.3: Dialogue is still really good most of the time I did have some problems but that is for later. For the most part it is fun to read the banter and the jokes.4: The character development is really well done and you can see he put a lot of time and energy into it. Like with some books the characters feel real and more importantly you can feel for them.5: You get a lot more info on many of the character and it is interesting to see where they all come from or at least on in particular.Bad1: Like is said if you did not like the first on you will not like this one. This still comes across as a very strong moral tale with the theme of forgiveness and family. Although I can understand it, I think the biggest weakness of this book is that it is taken to extremes to try to make a point that anyone can be forgiven. While I might agree that does not mean that people do not deserve to pay for their crimes. Part of the tale also tells us that is is okay to make the consequences of actions go away for those we love. Imagine a world where Osama Bin Ladin or Timothy Mcvey had someone who could just wave a wand and all the consequences of their actions went away. No jail time, no manhunt instead total freedom. Would you consider this a good thing? Or a godly thing? Now to put the other shoe on what if your dearest family member was a killer and they were caught but with you money you could make it all go away, would you? All great moral questions unfortunately this book takes a very one sided approach to it. I do understand he is trying to communicate that god loves everyone and will forgive anyone their sins no matter how heinous and that Christians should try to be like that, for who has not sinned. Hate the sin not the sinner. However what happens to the child who never has to pay for a crime or a hurt? What kind of an adult does that make?2: The dialogue does get a little much and goes on a lot longer than necessary plus the whole chef talk was just hard as hell to read and try to make sense of.3:The main relationship that gets changed made me feeling like the addition was more important than those that had been there. I felt that the person that had been there was loved less not equally. Like maybe the first one she was with was really her second choice.4: Lots of sex way more sex than the first one but this one seemed longer to me. Still a LOT of sex all kinds of sex all over the place. Got a little much for me. I kept wanting to say "hey people are tying to kill you maybe I don't know do something about that?"OverallAs I said in my other review I think this author has a great deal of talent unfortunately for me he writes books that make me feel judged and condemned. Not really a big thing for me as I am comfortable in my own faith to not take it personally but still I can see how it would make this a bad purchase for a lot of people. I liked the characters I even liked the story but the overall feeling of the book prevented me from ever getting immersed in it. Would I recommend to a friend? No probably not I don't know anyone who would really like this particular blend. I think the audience that will really enjoy this book is very narrow and the greatest tragedy is that I think this author writes well enough that he could in fact write books that would have a huge following and bring a lot of joy to people.