What would you change?

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The book, in question, is in every sense of the word, the author's. There is nothing we can change. Every creative decision taken had a motive behind it and thus, alterations would skew the book.
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the author at some point claimed that God is still learning. I totally refuted this claim. However, it's just his imagination as this is a fictional piece
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This book was professionally authored, it sounds theological though, it is fictional. I did not find any plot that would require manipulation; since it is based on the author's Bible research and imaginations.
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I didn't like how the writers aspect of how easily women could be persuaded to give themselves to a man in exchange of a mirror which can be viewed as wealth and their major role being procreation. In my view I would give some of them a role showing their contribution to salvation.
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I found everything clearly figured out by the author. Maybe the help Noah received in building the ark is what I'd change
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spencermack wrote: 01 Jun 2020, 23:29 It's a work of fiction so different readers will carry different understandings. Every book can confirm biases or help people change. Depends on the person.
I can't agree with you anymore. I am one of those who think that since the book is fictional, it is a good as it is and ought to be enjoyed by all as such; because we do not have facts to compare against the book.
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Abel's death. The Bible claims that Cain was always jealous of his brother(cause of death)but as for the author, he describes this death as being somehow unanticipated and accidental.
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Leen282 wrote: 02 Jun 2020, 00:16 I can't help but wonder if the author is serious or joking when he writes about Eve and her willingness to submit to Adam. Even Adam's reply sounds sarcastic to me: "That went well. She is going to listen to me after all. This is going to be easy."

I would prefer the author to make sure from the start that the reader knows if the author is writing a serious book or if he is adding comments like the above to add humor.
I also couldn't figure out what kind of book this was. Overall, I didn't like it. I thought it disrespectful to the source material and the modern-day colloquial dialogue made it seem, well, just silly.
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I think that as long as the reader understands that this book is a FICTIONAL account of the story in the Bible, it's okay to fictionalize it. BUT the problem comes when the fictionalization changes the true account in the Bible. To know one from the other it's necessary to really know and understand and believe the Biblical account.
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If I had a chance I would have loved to stop Eva from being Cain's wife
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(1) I felt the author missed an opportunity by not developing the relationship between Abel and Eva. I would have liked to see them marry. (2) I also did not like the depiction of Nephilim as slow (low-bred.) It seemed that their "angelic" would have made them more intelligent. (3) The author did not spend much time on the animals entering the ark. I would have enjoyed a greater emphasis on how the animals arrived in pairs (Gen. 7:15) - to the surprise of the people of Nod!
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This is such a tremendous fictional book that I can't figure out anything to take away or spice it up
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I liked that it gave an insight into what the characters might be thinking about their situations but I sometimes found it annoying how modernised the dialogue was. I would probably change it to fit the time a bit more.
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I wouldn't want to change anything, because the author did a nice job with his imaginations
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Seeing the book from the author's perspective, I didn't find anything in the book that needs to be changed. But, if I were to give my suggestion, then, this book could have been also written without adding fiction in its stories. There could have been more detailing in the real stories of the Bible.
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