Review: Mixed feelings
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2012
I have mixed feelings about this book.  Throughout, the author tries to show how smart he is by throwing around Latin phrases(without translations) and as I would call them "$10 words" just to be able to use them.  Then, he puts in scenes that seem "gutter-ish" and just down-right pornographic.  The story is too dis-jointed.  And whats with the main characters?  They go into hell to do God's work, but yet they do the cruelest things while there.  In one scene they make a competition on who can pee on the dead and they enjoy doing it!  In another the priest, a supposed man of God mind you, is kicking hot sand into someones face for no other reason than to be cruel, but then in another scene this same priest is telling another character they must love God and be good and forgive people and stuff along those lines.  These scenes also do nothing to further the story or the characters.  While in hell itself, it turns into a who's who, as others have mentioned, but again these scenes don't really help the story much.  The first half of the story showed the most promise, but please if you write another book with Latin, include the translations!  Overall, the story has premise and was interesting at times, I just thought the author went from overly-smart to overly-trashy.