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lizaroo71's review
3.0
this is an interesting book for several reasons. the story focuses on blake. he is married with one kid (a teenager) and in a boring dead end job. his co-worker, harold, is someone blake hasn't taken the time to know or notice. one day blake must fire harold. later that same day at dinner, harold proclaims he is the son of god. harold then sets out to define what this means.
blake is skeptical of harold's proclamation at first, but then he begins to question his own purpose in life. prompted by harold's cryptic comments, blake quits his job and begins to hang out with harold and his inner circle.
the group of pilgrims begin walking to austin. this poses a number of lessons about tenacity and faith.
this is a satirical look at what drives people to blindly follow questionable leaders and what drives those leaders to lead.
blake is skeptical of harold's proclamation at first, but then he begins to question his own purpose in life. prompted by harold's cryptic comments, blake quits his job and begins to hang out with harold and his inner circle.
the group of pilgrims begin walking to austin. this poses a number of lessons about tenacity and faith.
this is a satirical look at what drives people to blindly follow questionable leaders and what drives those leaders to lead.
colleenaf's review
4.0
This is what indie publishing should be about! A completely brilliant concept (what if the next son of god is that frumpy dude who has the cubicle down the hall) coupled with beautifully written and sharp comedy writing (at least three separate times I insisted on reading sections outloud to friends), I really loved this book! A friend passed it along to me with a huge recommendation and I've since passed it along to another friend with a "holy crap you HAVE to read this." If I had any more copies you could be sure I'd be forcing you to read it too. Didn't 100% love the ending, hence 4 rather than 5 (would have been 4.5 if I could) but the writing itself was so fantastic and there were enough twists and turns that I had no choice but to devour it quickly. Looking forward to more from Sir Egerton in the future.
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