Blogs / Reviews
Book Review of Justice by Jeff Hill
This book is heavy in justice rooted in vengeance. No redemption. And depending on your beliefs, it may be hard to swallow the justice aspect. Warning, if you’re a liberal, left-wing abortion supporter, this book may be difficult for you to read. I hope you do, though. What’s scary about it is wondering how much of the evil portrayed really happens. It goes way beyond abortion. The book exposes a culture of death, which I believe runs rampant in our country. At its core, the novel portrays a very real spiritual battle…
Book Review of Pretend You Don’t See Her by Mary Higgins Clark
This book features justice. I didn’t see any redemption and it’s not about vengeance. It’s a good old fashioned crime mystery. The second book of Ms. Clark’s I read in the last couple years. Not as good as the other one, but still well worth the read…
Book Review of Awakenings by Diane M. Dresback
This is a hard to classify book. There are the seeds of redemption. Possibly some justice coming. And much of it could be vengeance. But what makes this book so challenging is that it’s book one of the trilogy Awake as a Stranger. And this book does not stand alone. It leaves many unanswered questions. The three books need to be read to get the full story…
Book Review of Hans Waldemar Remembers Normandy by Aubrey Taylor
This is a short novelette about a former Nazi soldier now living in the US with his family. It ends leaving the hope of redemption not yet fulfilled. It’s modern times, so he’s in his nineties. His great granddaughter asks him to come to her school and share his experiences in the war. The story starts with Waldi, as he’s known, dreaming of his time in Germany, but most of the story is the interaction between Waldi and his family and the classroom presentation…
Book Review of The Hidden Saboteur by Charles Besondy
This is a story of redemption. One man coming to Christ and one man returning to God. There are some powerful Christian messages in this book. Overall, it’s a good read…
Do Readers Care about Point of View?
Lately, I’ve read a lot of books with different variations of point of view. There are the traditional private eye novels that are always first person. I’ve read third-person point of view. No surprise. There are novels with multiple first-person points of view – by chapter. Multiple third-person points of view, usually by chapter, but not always. And those with the protagonist as first person and the antagonist as third person…
