Official Review: To Hell and Back A Test of Faith
Posted: 07 Oct 2013, 01:02
[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "To Hell and Back A Test of Faith" by VL Parker.]
The story starts off with Capt. Peter Roberts reading from his journal. We are introduced to a woman named Catherine, who is the main focus of the story. After a few pages, the majority of the book is told from Catherine's point of view. The last few chapters are then told from Captain Roberts point of view. This is a story about the end of days as referenced in the Bible. It also has a strong military flavor with a very good political background.
This story was very strange to me. I would go so far as to say that it is borderline sacrilegious. You can certainly tell that it was written by a Catholic, but I don't feel that it would hold much appeal for anyone outside of that realm. In the beginning of the story, I felt like we were going somewhere with the plot. After a few pages, the story line digresses so much as to become extremely bizarre.
There were a few typos in the beginning but the grammatical errors increased as the story goes on. It most certainly needs to be proof-read again.
That being said, the military and political points that were made were very clear and concise. It left you feeling like this was something that could happen in the not to distant future.
Catherine's diversion into Hell is somewhat difficult to swallow. From there, if you enjoy reading "end of days" genre of books than you will probably enjoy this one. I wasn't happy with it, but I'm sure it will appeal to someone.
I would certainly recommend changing the layout of the book. It was very confusing having the actual story in italics and the direct quotes in regular font. To me it was much harder to stay with the story with it being written that way. Also, the whole section at the beginning with Catherine trying to seduce her friend that was in training to be a priest was over the top and unrelated to the rest of the story. In my opinion, that shouldn't have been in there. That being said, if the point was to portray Catherine as a sensual person (and that being the reason for her foray into Hell), then it makes a little more sense but still leaves you with a dirty feeling.
I rank this book a 2 out of 4. Not the worst I have read, but I wouldn't read it again.
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The story starts off with Capt. Peter Roberts reading from his journal. We are introduced to a woman named Catherine, who is the main focus of the story. After a few pages, the majority of the book is told from Catherine's point of view. The last few chapters are then told from Captain Roberts point of view. This is a story about the end of days as referenced in the Bible. It also has a strong military flavor with a very good political background.
This story was very strange to me. I would go so far as to say that it is borderline sacrilegious. You can certainly tell that it was written by a Catholic, but I don't feel that it would hold much appeal for anyone outside of that realm. In the beginning of the story, I felt like we were going somewhere with the plot. After a few pages, the story line digresses so much as to become extremely bizarre.
There were a few typos in the beginning but the grammatical errors increased as the story goes on. It most certainly needs to be proof-read again.
That being said, the military and political points that were made were very clear and concise. It left you feeling like this was something that could happen in the not to distant future.
Catherine's diversion into Hell is somewhat difficult to swallow. From there, if you enjoy reading "end of days" genre of books than you will probably enjoy this one. I wasn't happy with it, but I'm sure it will appeal to someone.
I would certainly recommend changing the layout of the book. It was very confusing having the actual story in italics and the direct quotes in regular font. To me it was much harder to stay with the story with it being written that way. Also, the whole section at the beginning with Catherine trying to seduce her friend that was in training to be a priest was over the top and unrelated to the rest of the story. In my opinion, that shouldn't have been in there. That being said, if the point was to portray Catherine as a sensual person (and that being the reason for her foray into Hell), then it makes a little more sense but still leaves you with a dirty feeling.
I rank this book a 2 out of 4. Not the worst I have read, but I wouldn't read it again.
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Buy "To Hell and Back A Test of Faith" on Amazon