Official Review: Thr Re-Awakening by Carter Vance

[S dot Lennon]

[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Thr Re-Awakening" by Carter Vance.]

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The Re-Awakening by Carter Vance is a Christian fiction suspense novel regarding Armageddon and the Second coming of Christ. It is a sequel to the novel The Return and focuses on the child, Lazarus, who is Christ reborn. Lazarus is raised by his parents, Peter and Sarah, with the help of the Templars to fulfill his destiny. As he gets older he begins his schooling, trains with the Templars and eventually goes to college. All the while a major adversary, Sire, and his minions work to locate the child and secure certain religious artifacts from around the world that give different powers to their owner. As Sire waits for the Anti-Christ to come to full power and Lazarus continues to educate himself, both sides strengthen their armies for the war predicted ages ago in the New Testament.

The Re-Awakening begins with a short recap of what happened in the previous novel The Return. We become aware that there is discord in the Vatican, that there has been a misinterpretation of The Bible and that Christ has literally been reborn on December 21, 2012 with the help of the Knights Templar. Now young Lazarus and his family are in hiding. From here the story propels itself through Lazarus’ life and into the actions of those seeking to work against him. This novel moved easily through the landscape of good and evil while introducing other characters, like Prince Arthur and Prince Louie, whose role throughout the novel became more prominent and defined near its conclusion.

This could have been an extremely interesting and amazing novel, unfortunately it missed the mark. I’ve read a Christian fiction series based on the Armageddon and the second coming of Christ before so I had not only something to compare this novel to, but high expectations for this book based off my past experience. The idea of exploring a different interpretation of The Bible, where Jesus was literally reborn and raised in this day and age, seemed exciting but the writing lacked and the story didn’t thrive because of it.

More than anything the language was forced, especially in the beginning of the novel. Conversations between many of the characters were manufactured and lacked believability. Some of the characters were undeveloped and seemed to push the limits when it came to being diabolical or sinister. It seemed as if the author wanted to ensure the reader that “Yes, this character is as horrible as you can imagine” when in reality the actions were laughable and outlandish.

One thing I was certainly surprised by was the lack of biblical references. In a novel that focuses on the rebirth of Christ, I expected to see more references to his existence based on scripture. The author would mention the hard times to come like floods, the collapse of the economy and the Anti-Christ but didn’t supply any reference to why these things were expected to occur.

I give this novel a 2 out of 4. Like I said, the idea behind the novel had some premise but the story lacked in many areas that prevented me from wanting to dedicate myself to the series.

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