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wolfshine's review
5.0
~I received a free copy of this book in exchange of a review~
My rating: 5/5 Stars
Pray is a gripping story that’ll have you from chapter one! At the beginning of the story, each chapter break brings the reader’s attention to a new character. With the Rapture cleansing the world of those who are pure, those that have been left behind have an important decision to make—follow the one true God or to be damned for eternity. As the story progresses, the past and future of each of these so-called “players” is revealed. They begin to cross paths and things really get interesting as the Book of Revelation slowly plays out from the rise of the Antichrist to damnation of Earth.
The characters stand off the page, and I can’t wait to read book two!
My rating: 5/5 Stars
Pray is a gripping story that’ll have you from chapter one! At the beginning of the story, each chapter break brings the reader’s attention to a new character. With the Rapture cleansing the world of those who are pure, those that have been left behind have an important decision to make—follow the one true God or to be damned for eternity. As the story progresses, the past and future of each of these so-called “players” is revealed. They begin to cross paths and things really get interesting as the Book of Revelation slowly plays out from the rise of the Antichrist to damnation of Earth.
The characters stand off the page, and I can’t wait to read book two!
myeverskye's review
4.0
I have very mixed feelings about this book. I'll start with what I like. It's a very fast-paced, easy to read book, the plot moves a long quickly, although sometimes it does seem rushed, and though it is based on prophecy in the Bible, I am intrigued by the supernatural twists.
There are quite a few things I do have issues with. A minor thing is the plot seems rushed. I don't like a book that drags on, but we're talking Rapture, 2 days later the Beast is made known & takes over the world & the next day the 2 Prophets are preaching at The Wailing Wall. Huh? The Tribulation is a 7 year period, not seven days! I'm just trying to figure out why the events are flying by. And then at the end, we're given snippets from passing years. I mean, I'm sure he has a reason for this, but it just seemed a little strange.
Also, I wasn't crazy with Samouel being an actor & otherwise celebrity who becomes the Anti-Christ. I feel like the Anti-Christ will be someone who will at least have some sort of political and or military background that will actually have the clout behind him to keep all the crazy people from bombing everyone & to sign a peace treaty. The book makes it out like this Samouel character (I guess because he is possessed by satan) mentally & supernaturally manipulates the world into following him, which I feel like could be reasonable, but I don't know, I feel like the biggest deceptions are usually the ones who seem a little bit reasonable & have a little bit of truth or sense to them.
Another thing that drove me crazy is "Miz Netti". Seriously? Could there possibly be a more stereotypical caricature of a Southern black woman? I am from the south and we all have our accents and slang, but it was over the top and slightly offensive. Just because you're writing an outspoken, jolly, Southern black woman, doesn't mean she has to talk like Mammy from Gone With The Wind... And why does the one black person in the story have to talk or act like that anyway? Why couldn't Netti have been the quiet computer programmer? Just a thought...
The final thing that almost made me stop reading the book is the language. I try not to read books with a lot of profanity in them, but I definitely have higher standards for books that are portraying Jesus and anything relating to the Bible. I've read several Christian books here lately that have had a few cuss words sprinkled throughout it here & there, usually said by non-Christians & though I don't think it's totally necessary, I can kind of see why they do it so it feels more realistic. But- I don't need to read them saying "god****it", the F-bomb or taking Jesus' name in vain. I understand that might be realistic, but you can simply say "Vince cursed at the voices" I don't have to know specifically what he said, especially if it is explicitly offensive. I'm not trying to be legalistic here, but it turns me off to have someone leading someone to Jesus one minute & then cussing the next. The one thing I will say though is I'm sure getting saved during the tribulation will look a lot different than before, so I get that. But still, enough with the cussing especially the F word & taking God's name in vain!
The book was definitely interesting & written well for the most part. I found it interesting that he included monsters of lore into the story & the verse in Revelation about John seeing things but was told not to write about them definitely gave him a creative license. I'm going to check the next book out.
There are quite a few things I do have issues with. A minor thing is the plot seems rushed. I don't like a book that drags on, but we're talking Rapture, 2 days later the Beast is made known & takes over the world & the next day the 2 Prophets are preaching at The Wailing Wall. Huh? The Tribulation is a 7 year period, not seven days! I'm just trying to figure out why the events are flying by. And then at the end, we're given snippets from passing years. I mean, I'm sure he has a reason for this, but it just seemed a little strange.
Also, I wasn't crazy with Samouel being an actor & otherwise celebrity who becomes the Anti-Christ. I feel like the Anti-Christ will be someone who will at least have some sort of political and or military background that will actually have the clout behind him to keep all the crazy people from bombing everyone & to sign a peace treaty. The book makes it out like this Samouel character (I guess because he is possessed by satan) mentally & supernaturally manipulates the world into following him, which I feel like could be reasonable, but I don't know, I feel like the biggest deceptions are usually the ones who seem a little bit reasonable & have a little bit of truth or sense to them.
Another thing that drove me crazy is "Miz Netti". Seriously? Could there possibly be a more stereotypical caricature of a Southern black woman? I am from the south and we all have our accents and slang, but it was over the top and slightly offensive. Just because you're writing an outspoken, jolly, Southern black woman, doesn't mean she has to talk like Mammy from Gone With The Wind... And why does the one black person in the story have to talk or act like that anyway? Why couldn't Netti have been the quiet computer programmer? Just a thought...
The final thing that almost made me stop reading the book is the language. I try not to read books with a lot of profanity in them, but I definitely have higher standards for books that are portraying Jesus and anything relating to the Bible. I've read several Christian books here lately that have had a few cuss words sprinkled throughout it here & there, usually said by non-Christians & though I don't think it's totally necessary, I can kind of see why they do it so it feels more realistic. But- I don't need to read them saying "god****it", the F-bomb or taking Jesus' name in vain. I understand that might be realistic, but you can simply say "Vince cursed at the voices" I don't have to know specifically what he said, especially if it is explicitly offensive. I'm not trying to be legalistic here, but it turns me off to have someone leading someone to Jesus one minute & then cussing the next. The one thing I will say though is I'm sure getting saved during the tribulation will look a lot different than before, so I get that. But still, enough with the cussing especially the F word & taking God's name in vain!
The book was definitely interesting & written well for the most part. I found it interesting that he included monsters of lore into the story & the verse in Revelation about John seeing things but was told not to write about them definitely gave him a creative license. I'm going to check the next book out.
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