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Title: Wil's Bones by Kevin Bowen ISBN: 1-930892-12-8 Publisher: Engage Publishing Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.85 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I'm ready for the sequel!!
Comment: The book is thought-provoking to say the least and better than a month of sermons from the pulpit. The plot was exciting and unpredictable. There came a point when I couldn't read fast enough...I just had to find out what was going to happen. The author's intertwining of religion and politics is very realistic and believable. I'm a Grisham fan and this author's writing flows much like Grisham's. An easy, entertaining read!
Rating: 2
Summary: Great premise, but extremely oversimplified plot
Comment: The initial premise is a fascinating one. But in the interest of maintaining a quick pace, Bowen rushes through the plot, making everything happen at an unrealistic pace. There's no way that followers of the Christian faith would so easily accept Wil's findings; there would be WAY more push-back. And his science seemed simplistic; he did little to investigate his unusual findings, beyond carbon dating. The idea that the rest of the tomb would not have been explored is hard to buy.
So I was disappointed. The first third was great, but then he had all the pieces fall into place too quickly, even stooping to employ the same tactic for illicitly entering the tomb TWICE, distracting guards with a pretty girl.
Overall, I wish he'd taken more time to flesh out such an interesting concept. I agree with several viewers that although the protagonist was (and remained) an atheist, the book got subliminally preachy at times.
I'd read more by this author, but I hope he digs deeper next time.
An interesting aside - I listened to the audio version of this book, which is read by the author. He has a tremendous voice, sounding like a professional actor - very impressive!
Rating: 3
Summary: good in some ways bad in others
Comment: I had mixed feeling while reading this book. The plot was not original, Dr. Paul Maier's "A Skeleton in God's Closet" is much a much more realistic and informative treatment of this hypothetical. I also felt that this book ignored in a large part the "what if" implications for the reader if such an occasion were to occur.
The book attempts to be a thriller, and it achieves this somewhat. Through the political fallout that the discovery of Jesus' bones causes, the character dodges assassination attempts and stumbles upon evidence of presidential secrets. But I wasn't thrilled by any of the action which I found to be fairlu contrived.
I have to give the author props though in developing the main character's anti-christian bias and for maintaining it to the end of the book. Most christian writers would have the main character convert at the end, but this book is much more realistic about intellectual obstacles to faith.
In short I appreciated this dimension of the book but failed to enjoy any of the other dimensions. I do plan to read other books by this author, but if you are intrigued by the "What if Jesus' bones were found?" scenario, than read Paul Maier's book.
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Title: The Third Funeral by Kevin Bowen ISBN: 1930892144 Publisher: Engage Publishing Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The True Measure of a Woman: You Are More Than What You See by Lisa Bevere ISBN: 0884194876 Publisher: Creation House Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: The Last Juror by JOHN GRISHAM ISBN: 0385510438 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Laura Schlessinger ISBN: 0060520612 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ISBN: 0385504209 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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