ARA Review by bellena of The Scribe

[bellena]

[Following is an OnlineBookClub.org ARA Review of the book, The Scribe.]

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4 out of 5 stars

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4 out of 5

The story starts in 30 AD. Jerusalem. Escobar had condemned the young man who died on the cross, between the two thieves on either side of him. Yet now, gazing at the Galilean wearing the crown of thorns, the ‘King of the Jews’, he’s tormented and shaken to the core. A changed man.
11 AD. Simone is a boy of fourteen, already a Galilean fisherman. After the storm that took the life of his beloved grandfather, he grieves for the man who taught him to fish. 20 AD. Cesari Ciccone was born into Roman aristocracy. He is stricken with grief upon the death of his wife after delivering four newborns, a son, and three girls.

The male child will be named Luke and is foretold by the Seer to be a great scribe, to write a Gospel. The story goes back to 30 AD when the Resurrection takes place. It continues, including Mary the mother of Jesus, John the Baptist, Andrew, Petros, Ibrahim, Sarah, Stephen, Saul/Paul, Thomas, Bartholomew, Philip, Simon, Andrew, Levi, James, John, Mathias, Ioanna, Jude, Marcus Aurelius, Scarpacco, Xavier, Xia, Rebecca, Timothy, Silas, John Mark, Barnabas, Daniel, Aniko, and others.

As a scribe, Luke travels to the places he writes about and meets with the people who had been directly involved and witnessed the events, including Mary, the mother of Jesus, Ioanna, Escobar, and Petros and he also meets with other gospel scribes to compare notes. He travels with Paul on some of his missionary journeys.

It was interesting to read the author's illustration of historical events while he used a simple and easy to follow the way of writing style.

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[dublinwriter]

Hi,
Thanks for your review of The Scribe. No obligation but I’d appreciate it if you could post the review to Amazon.

Regards Liam