"For those of you who don't know, this is God's second novel after the
Old Testament. It's a marked improvement, in my opinion. He got rid of a lot of his previous angst and scorn, and has really begun to show
some of the maturity present in his later works. He's become a much
more loving and kind God, and, noticeably, he doesn't throw nearly as
many tantrums as he did in the first book.
That said, there is still vast room for improvement. Plot wise,
there isn't really much suspense, and the story can be incredibly
repetitive. In like four chapters, he just rewords the same basic story over and over again. To top that off, he puts those chapters one right after the other. Like we wouldn't notice! I like the whole Jesus
character, but let's face it, the whole good guy martyr thing has been
done before. There was no need to devote so much of the book to that
guy.
If you're really looking for a good God read, check out the Koran or the Book of Mormon. They're much more polished. Plus, the
storytelling in the Book of Mormon is wild. Some people say it goes too far and point to it as evidence that God's over the hill, but I beg to
differ. Just read it. God's like a genius or something. I mean, magic spectacles! Tell me that isn't awesome. I don't know how he dreams up some of this crap."
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