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The Holy Bible: King James Version by Anonymous

2 reviews

bajablasthole's review

dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

2.0

Pros: This book was a quick and easy read. 

Some of the overarching themes are conveyed in a true-to-life style without overwhelming the fantastical aspects of the many short stories written here. With a multitude of Authors involved, the reader is given multiple perspectives. This is a very creative book that lays down concepts that will leave other fantasy authors palming their foreheads and thinking to themselves, "why didn't I think of that?". 

Cons: The main Character (God) is lacking depth, dynamic, and consistency. He is surprisingly hypocritical and quick to anger towards people who make mistakes around him, which is odd considering that he already knew the mistakes would be made long before they ever were. He's extremely possessive and makes very unreasonable demands from other characters in the book. He also made someone pregnant without their consent, and condones slavery. could say more about the main character but this review would turn into a novel. The Ending of the book was pretty cryptic and crazy but everything leading up to that part was pretty bland, and the overall ending left me feeling like the author could have done more. This book fell short in many areas and I feel like the author could have taken some more time to really refine his work.

The main antagonist of the book (Satan) is pretty much everything a reader could want from a Fantasy villain. He's cunning, conniving, stupendously overpowered, and easily the best part of the entire book. He's honestly the only reason this book got two stars from me instead of one. 

Overall takeaway: You're much better off reading Tolkien or Sanderson.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Genocide, Incest, Infertility, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Rape, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Murder, Racism, Gore, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Homophobia, Violence, Child death, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, and War

bisexualwentworth's review against another edition

challenging dark funny relaxing sad tense medium-paced

2.5

I read most of this for school. There are sections I haven't read, but I've heard that they're pretty repetitive. I guess you might like it if you're a fan of long lists of genealogy.

 THERE ARE PEOPLE BEFORE ADAM AND EVE.

Where are the lesbians? Like we have David and Jonathan. We have Jesus and his disciples. There are plenty of queer men, but there's not really any sapphic representation, which is disappointing for such a long book with SO MANY CHARACTERS.

Also, is no one talking about how the only way there can be people after the Great Flood is if there's a LOT of incest? The authors just don't seem to have considered the long-term effects of this particular plot point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Genocide, Homophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, and Excrement

There is a WHOLE VORE SEQUENCE.