Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #149284 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

Customer Reviews

Assembly-line writing
I've read every book in Kingsbury's Redemption/Firstborn series and, sadly, this one seems the weakest yet. All the weaknesses of Kingsbury's style are here -- everything overwritten, as if we can't remember what happened just a chapter before, supposedly dramatic statements that, again, just repeat what we already know, awkward, overly wordy phrasing, etc. Perhaps this is because Kingsbury seems to be on a treadmill of pumping out books like an automaker pumps out vehicles. Is that really the best way to produce memorable novels?

The story is decent enough, about a Hollywood star slowly -- very, very slowly -- coming to grips with the parents who gave him up for adoption and coming to grips with the faith he left behind years ago. But this is yet another weakness, in my opinion. The story is simply being dragged out so long that it strains my sense of credibility.

Don't get me wrong -- I love the God stuff in these books. But holy shmokers, I just wish she'd tighten up her writing style and get on with it. Now, let's see if even one person gives this review a thumbs up