A review by corymojojojo
The Jesus Incident by Frank Herbert

3.0

The premise and tone of this book really hit well for me and I think that’s the main reason I liked it. Unfortunately it was just frankly hard to follow with all of the dense philosophical stuff (which works for Herbert sometimes but perhaps not all the time) and weird pacing of the plot. The characters’ motivations were a little hard to follow as well and I think the meaning of it all went a bit over my head. That being said, it seems like a fascinating exploration of God and religious violence and while the term “WorShip” is a bit corny, the spaceship-gaining-consciousness-to-the-point-of-becoming-god is a neat concept. Am curious enough to read the follow up eventually.