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A review by sarahanne8382
The Sword by Bryan M. Litfin
2.0
It took two attempts for me to finish this one and, frankly, I'm baffled by it. The premise sounds so promising: 500 years after humanity nearly destroyed itself, civilization resembles Medieval Europe, someone stumbles across a Bible, and we're left to wonder what they do with it.
Unfortunately, Litfin just can't get out of his own way and let his plot unfold naturally. Instead he constantly stops the flow of action to painstakingly lay out every cliche you'd expect in both bad fantasy and bad Christian fiction.
Still, there's something about this story that made me have to keep reading to see how it turned out. Maybe I was just lulled into low expectations by the beginning, but the story seemed to pick up a bit by the end. I believe I will end up reading the rest of this series, but I'm not ready to recommend it yet.
Unfortunately, Litfin just can't get out of his own way and let his plot unfold naturally. Instead he constantly stops the flow of action to painstakingly lay out every cliche you'd expect in both bad fantasy and bad Christian fiction.
Still, there's something about this story that made me have to keep reading to see how it turned out. Maybe I was just lulled into low expectations by the beginning, but the story seemed to pick up a bit by the end. I believe I will end up reading the rest of this series, but I'm not ready to recommend it yet.