Review: And the Meek Shall Inherit
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2014
I finished THE COLLECTION OF HENG SOUK last night and had to mull over the experience. The immersing depiction of enduring POW imprisonment was gripping without overt, graphic descriptions, balancing perfectly between realism and general comfort zones. I also found the various crafted environments of North Vietnam very evocative, a bleakness that settles as a pall over the whole book, only to finally lifted at the very satisfying end. So many disparate stories and themes come together: a battered journal, a reviled uncle, a lost lover, a deceased daughter, family strife and secrets on both sides of the world; weakness, despair, faith, self-reliance, displays of strength and growths of maturity. Complex yet woven seamlessly, S. R. Wilsher has written a powerful experience for us to enjoy.----I received a free copy of the aforementioned book in exchange for a candid review. I have no genre bias, having always been extremely eclectic in reading tastes, and critically consider when applicable (in order of weight) titular promises vs content deliverance, stylistic qualities, general Kindle/physical formatting, and personal enjoyment.