Review of Truth and Evil

[Jodi Townsend]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Truth and Evil" by G. Edward Martin.]

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5 out of 5 stars

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G. Edward Martin's novelette "Truth and Evil" is a thought-provoking story of a young German soldier in WWII who is given chance after chance to learn the lessons God gives us all: to love your fellow man and always to speak the truth.
The author wonderfully illustrates how simple this sounds yet how incredibly difficult it can be. Perfectly edited and concisely written, it is short, but it is a punch in the gut that we all need. The main character is taken through his life, again and again, in various stages, so that he can be tested. He makes the wrong decision and he is back where he started. He makes the right decision, and he is presented with a new challenge. Each time he fails, he has to face God, which is more humiliating and frightening than the trial that got him there.
This is a very short story, but it is proof that it doesn't take a long story to prove an important point. This was wonderfully written. I could not stop reading this until I finished it. The only people that I can see having an issue with this book are people of other religions besides Christianity. However, other religions also have views of good and evil, and of right and wrong. If the reader can put the labels of religions aside and read this story as an example of truth versus evil, as the title suggests, then we could all come to the same conclusion, under whatever names a person chooses. There were no grammatical errors, and the editing and the story were brilliant, so I give the book a full star rating, 5 out of 5 stars. This book is so much better than the mass of what is out there and one I thoroughly enjoyed reading.

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