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The poetic, treasured King James Version Bible eBook, designed for an exceptional reading experience.

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Published May 24th 2011 by Zondervan (first published 150)

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Aug 27, 2007 Dennis rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: level a crooked table

Badly edited, poor continuity and internal consistency. Authors seem to change between books. Plot is cliched and thin, with virtually no character development save for Judas Iscariot. The main characters of Jesus and Moses are entirely one dimensional messianic figures. The novel opens with Adam and Eve, and then ignores them for the next thousand pages or so. The built-in bookmark was a nice touch, but a little pretentious.

Oddly, it wasn't shelved with the other fiction books.

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Jun 01, 2007 Keely rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: the inconsolably confused

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, fantasy, religion, reviewed

I usually like historical fiction, but this particular example has been so mitigated by the poorly-hidden didactic tautology of its too-many-cooks legion of anonymous authors and editors that it was rather difficult to enjoy. It also fell into a similar trap to the somewhat similar 'Da Vinci Code', in that it utilized a lot of poorly-researched materials and claimed them as fact.

A lot of the data matched up poorly with other historical accounts, especially when it came to numerical data. It see...more I usually like historical fiction, but this particular example has been so mitigated by the poorly-hidden didactic tautology of its too-many-cooks legion of anonymous authors and editors that it was rather difficult to enjoy. It also fell into a similar trap to the somewhat similar 'Da Vinci Code', in that it utilized a lot of poorly-researched materials and claimed them as fact.

A lot of the data matched up poorly with other historical accounts, especially when it came to numerical data. It seems that the authors of this book had a need for an epic beyond epics, and several bodycounts beyond the capability of a pre-modern war.

There was also a problem with the moral and ethical position presented by the book. Normally, I'm not one to nit-pick about such things, since the exploration of ethicism is an important and interesting philosophical task; but, again, this book went in so many different directions with it that it was difficult to keep up. Though the intermittent noir-ish first-person narrative made a lot of moral claims about peace and justice and acceptance, the actual actions depicted by the self-same 'protagonist' were often in complete contrast, such as when he killed all the people in the world except one family.

In fact, the entire book seemed to be filled with sensationalist violence, sex, and incest. It's surprising that I haven't heard more crimes blamed on this book, which often orders the reader to kill people by throwing stones at them (I've heard the sequel, the Qur'an, is even worse).

Eventually, I began to suspect that the book was some sort of in-joke. I think that when all of the editors and writers saw what the other ones were writing, they decided to take their names off the book. Eventually, I guess they just decided to pull a sort of ultimate 'Alan Smithee'; but of course, once all culpability is gone, I think a lot of the authors lost their will to make this into a good book, and so it just got published 'as is'.

I know there are a lot of fans of this book, which makes sense, I guess, since it is really a lot like that Da Vinci Code book, which was also a bestseller. It is pretty fantastical and has a lot of really strong characters, like Jesus (though he's a bit of a Mary-Sue, isn't he?) and Onan. One of the main reasons I read it was because there's this really awesome Fanfic this guy Milton wrote about it, and apparently a lot of other authors were inspired by it, but I have to admit, this is one case where the Fanfic is a lot better than the original.

I guess it's like how sometimes, the first example of a genre ends up not really fitting because it feels so unsophisticated and erratic. I know that it can take a long time to try to get these ideas down pat. Maybe someone will rewrite it someday and try to get it to make some sense. Then again, it wasn't that great in the first place.

There was some really great writing in the book, though. Some of the poetic statements were really cool, like 'do unto others' or 'through a glass darkly', but I heard that those parts were stolen from Shakespeare, who stole them from Kyd, so I'm not really sure what to believe.

I think this is one of those cases where the controversy surrounding the book really trumps the book itself, like 'The Catcher in the Rye' or 'Gigli'. In fact, the Bible is a lot like Gigli.(less)

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Mar 28, 2013 Manny rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: linguistics-and-philosophy, science, science-fiction, too-sexy-for-maiden-aunts, why-not-call-it-poetry, transcendent-experiences, pooh-dante

I've already done a review of the New Testament, so this one will focus on the first part of the book. Looking at other reviews, most of them seem to fall into a small number of categories. First, there are the people who are telling me that this is the word of God, and the greatest book ever written. Second, there are the ones reacting to the first group and telling me that it's worthless. Third (probably the largest contingent), we have the wise guys making flippant remarks. And fourth, we hav...more

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Aug 24, 2012 Kira rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Cain

Recommended to Kira by: Abel

Shelves: angels-and-demons, books-to-use-as-weapons, lost-the-will-to-live, made-me-want-to-choke-myself, made-no-sense, will-read-for-all-the-wrong-reasons, train-wreck-romance, ghosts, zombies, dystopian, faeries, books-that-changed-my-life, go-choke-on-your-sexism, papa-dont-preach, purity-myth-crap, rule-of-abeko-you-broke-it, your-slut-shaming-is-disgusting, so-boring-i-ate-my-own-face, wtf-is-this-racist-crap, oh-god-the-whitewashing

I strangely enjoyed this book. Probably because it assured me that my choice to stick that Darwin symbol on the back of my car was a good one.

Here are a few things that cheesed me off [read: irritated the fuck out of me]:

a) None of the characters are in any way rounded, and most of them are Gary-Stus. There are not enough women that don't end up stoned to death or sold to rapists by their fathers or turned into pillars of salt to include the Mary-Sue alternative.

Also, for a book that preaches "...more

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Sep 19, 2007 Jessica rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Everyone

Shelves: favorites, 100-greatest-books-ever-written

The Holy, Inspired and inerrant word of God! I can say no more than READ IT!

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God; begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made.

Who, for us men for our salvation, came down from heaven, and was inc...more

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Aug 25, 2012 Archer rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone in need of a doorstop

Shelves: historical, zombies, serial-killer, classics, fiction, sci-fi, thriller, they-cut-down-trees-for-this, door-stops, books-for-people-who-don-t-like-goo, books-that-make-your-eyes-bleed, books-that-need-to-be-burned, books-that-should-be-better, conspiracy-theorist, fantasy, high-fantasy, horror, i-d-rather-have-my-testicles-fed-th, should-be-better, fucking-awful

Self contradictory, Inflammatory, Racist, Sexist, Boring, Fundamentally Flawed, Full of rape, violence, incest, spousal abuse, slavery...

I have nothing nice to say about this book, except that some of the illuminated panels are quite pretty. The poetry and fables of the Qu'Ran, whilst no more believable, are vastly more emotive. One thing I do wonder though... Adam and Eve had 2 sons... Cain and Abel, who apparently fathered the rest of humanity... Considering there was only one woman and Cain...more

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Apr 09, 2008 Jeff Menter rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

God's first foray into the world of literature has made quite a splash. People the world over are talking about this book (or series of books if you want to get pedantic) and for good reason; It makes some grandiose claims, it purports to be the complete authority on almost all areas of human endeavor (aside from how to choose an internet service provider), and even makes threats to the reader.

Of course, English is not God's native tongue and this book has been translated from the original arama...more

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Dec 24, 2011 Ian Graye rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: cul-poli-phil-art, reviews, read-2011

A Bible You Can Bank On

My dear Holiness

Thank you for the opportunity to let the Church's Bankers comment on such an early draft of this first Bible Project.

While our familiarity with the Truth is more economical than theological, may we be so bold as to make the following recommendations after extensive consultation and debate.

Concerning Matters of Number

We were of the unanimous view that the Good Book only needs one Testament, not two.

If the Bible is to be the word of God, there must be only on...more

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May 29, 2007 Adrienne rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: EVERYONE

This is the only book you need for life. This is life's instruction manual. It will give you history, answers for EVERY issue of life, comfort in times of sorrow, encouragment, prophecy (only book with prophecies that all came true) and best of all the TRUTH of why we are here. This book is actually made of 66 books written by 40 authors over 1500 years!! It has stood the test of time. I encourage anyone to give it a try. Please do not knock it till you try it. And you dont have to start in the...more

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Jan 26, 2013 Melanie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Everyone!

I just finished a 1 1/2 year study of The New Testament. I think it was my 2nd time reading it all the way through. This 2nd time through was a much more in-depth study. I loved my study and I learned so much. My favorites parts were reading about Paul and then the Book of Revelation. Revelation has always fascinated me and so it was very interesting to really dig in and satiate my curiosity. One of my favorite verses is in Revelations 21:4, "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; an...more

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Dec 25, 2007 Max rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

As a work of fiction it's laughably bad and poorly conceived. Giant logical fallacies, poor character development, and all the plots are scuttled by a magical, invisible entity that's petty, cruel, tyrannical, and amoral. There is no central narrative that is worthwhile (or even believable), and each of the chapters seem written by committee rather than a singular voice. Clearly the book was so bad to begin with a team of editors had to step in and make major changes - which means no part of thi...more

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May 11, 2008 Wes rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Certainly not life changing or anything. The plot was hard to follow and the editing was horrible. The characters were painfully one-dimensional and this Jesus guy delivered some of the worst dialogue I've ever read. All in all I found it too long and it took itself way too seriously. The fact that it sells so well is beyond me and the way people hold it up you'd think God himself had written the damn thing.

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Apr 20, 2011 Dina rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

If you're a fan of Greek mythology, this one's for you. A penchant for fiery places, gnashing of teeth, the number 666, miracle-working zombies, and utter disdain for homosexuals and feminism are helpful, but not required.

**Spoiler alert**
He dies in the end.

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Dec 17, 2012 Demonic Circus Princess marked it as lol-no · review of another edition

Shelves: skeptism, scarred-for-life, terrified-the-chiz-outta-me

I could go on forever about how I was stuffed to the brim with propaganda my entire life in Catholic school, but instead, or at least for now until I write something real, just watch this whole video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUB1lV...

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Aug 28, 2007 Pete rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

inconsistent narrative; main character seems fickle. interminably long passages about wandering, followed by some pearls of wisdom, songs, lots of war, and plenty of stonings. passages can be interpreted or misinterpreted as mysogynistic, racist, and homophobic, if the reader tries real hard. apparently, every sperm is, in fact, "sacred". evolution and genetics called into question without convincing arguments or statistical data. last chapter seems to be written under the influence of psychoact...more

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Apr 08, 2012 Paul rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: god-botheration

I realised that in my house books follow a traditional Christian path through their lives. They arrive here from a mysterious place far away (I call it Amazon) and spend a long time downstairs (on shelves, the earthly plane of existence). Eventually they come to the Day of Judgement (when I read them). After that the judgement is pronounced (Goodreads!) and they are sorted into the sheep (three to five star ratings) and the goats (one and two stars). The sheep ascend to heaven (the loft) where t...more

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Apr 06, 2013 Gracula rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: God Lover's and friends

It starts off with a big bang of a sort. I mean how many people get to say, "Let there be light." And it happens! I mean right there I was hooked. Then it gets a bit provocative when you got two naked people hanging out in a garden. Then they anger the head cheese and get the boot. That's women for ya. Then there is a flood and a guy builds an ark with two of every animal. Come on, do you how hard that would be but he fricking does it. Then this bloke, Moses, turns his staff in to a snake...get...more

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Apr 29, 2008 George rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

What to say about this one?

Firstly, it is much longer than it needs to be to get the point across. I mean, do we really need a few thousand pages to basically communicate the ten commandments and how God is scary, and a few thousand more to communicate that Jesus is good? I think the problem here is that there wasn't enough editing over the years. Editing was only performed by popes and kings to rewrite history the way they wanted it to go. Today a publisher would scoff at any author wanting to...more

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Nov 06, 2009 Jack Osider rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I offer a a logical review for you:

Okay let's be realistic here, people who give this book one star are simply biased and blind to the beauty contained in this book. Whether you believe the theology behind this book or not you cannot deny the power and brilliance it contains. The whole idea of living is centered around the idea of love. A book with the phrase "Love you enemy" is a book unlike any before it. The poetry and proverbs are inspiring and show depth. Each book has a clearly different w...more

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May 14, 2008 Jen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: All seeking God's purpose and will and wanting to live Godly

The Holy Bible is the written world inspired by God and written by many who walked and talked with God over the past 6000 years. The creation of man, man's fall, God's plan of salvation, the prophets, judges, kings. Christ and his disciples and his ordained Apostles and their works. The Bible is the human handbook of instruction for our daily life. It holds out hope it teaches truth, it shows us the comforter and how to walk uprightly in truth and rightousness. It is a book of Mystery, Murder, L...more

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Sep 06, 2011 Laura is currently reading it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

I decided since I had never read the Bible this was the year, so I've started. Here's what I learned: Genesis is interesting with a good narrative, and has some good funny names, like the brothers Huz and Buz. Exodus is engrossing while they're still in Egypt, but once they get out of Egypt, it's a big bore. All that happens is that God gives them directions for building the tabernacle and so forth, so it's basically like reading instructions for a piece of Ikea furniture. Leviticus is pretty in...more I decided since I had never read the Bible this was the year, so I've started. Here's what I learned: Genesis is interesting with a good narrative, and has some good funny names, like the brothers Huz and Buz. Exodus is engrossing while they're still in Egypt, but once they get out of Egypt, it's a big bore. All that happens is that God gives them directions for building the tabernacle and so forth, so it's basically like reading instructions for a piece of Ikea furniture. Leviticus is pretty interesting, in the sense that I see where all those bizarre rules come from. Numbers -- well, they don't call it Numbers for nothing. Kind of like reading spreadsheets. I'm hoping Deuteronomy picks up.

I'm reading the King James Version because it's the prettiest. Don't care much about accuracy of translation.

I do like Psalms (I skipped ahead a bit); it's basically like reading poetry.

Further updates as warranted.

Update January 2011: Well, I finally got through Numbers. What a slog. I have to admit that I started skimming because if I had read one more description of a burnt offering I would have offered myself up just to make it stop.

And here's the really bad part: I start Deuteronomy, and what do I find but that the first part of the book gives a short summary of what had happened in Numbers. So I could have skipped the entire thing and basically read the Cliffs Notes. Oy.

Anyway, onward.

Update August 2011: Finished with Deuteronomy. Finally! Moved on to Joshua, which is lots better (I'm having the feeling that the histories are going to be a lot more interesting than the Five Books of Moses, or at least more interesting than Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). But I keep getting distracted by other books, so, in keeping with the Jews' wanderings through the desert, this might actually take 40 years. I hope someone sends manna.

Update September 2011: Finished Joshua and onto Judges. The book itself is pretty good, although it drags in the middle, as the text in that part of the book is pretty much the same thing as reading property titles -- not exactly pulse pounding. But the stories of Jericho and Ai pretty much make up for it. What I learned from Joshua, mainly, is that Joshua was one BAD MOFO. Go read Chapter 10 if you don't believe me. Also, Joshua contains what will undoubtedly be my favorite Bible verse ever: "And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed, for it shall be a witness between us that the Lord is God." Ed! I love it. Names that the children of Reuben and Gad considered but rejected: Lou, Joe, Frank. (less)

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Apr 25, 2007 Jonny rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Nobody.

Shelves: fantasy

If it wasn't for the fact that some people actually took it seriously, this book would be a fantastic read. It's action packed, full of death and destruction, as well as advocating murder, vengeance, wars, sacrifice and rape, and even the stoning of adulterers and homosexuals - it's definetly a thrilling (if somewhat disturbing) read!

However, if you wish to read the original stories, then you may want to refer to Mithraic holy scripts, which predate the Bible by several thousand years, yet amazi...more

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Mar 08, 2008 Chris rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I felt this book had a very scattered perspective. Almost as if there were several different authors. The editing could have been better in order to eliminate the dry spots. (Begat, begat, begat, etc.... Boooooring.) Solomon's Song.... ??? What the heck was that all about. Also there were several highly unlikely characters. People living 900 Years?? 9 foot tall giants?? I'm dead, wait I'm not?? It's MY baby, no it's MY baby. Moms... wouldn't you know your baby? It is a little disconcerting you m...more

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Jun 29, 2010 Amy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone and everyone :)

Shelves: religious, favorites, non-fiction

The "LDS Edition" is great because of the footnotes and reference pages at the back that make it easier to study-- but as long as it's the King James Version it is good by me! :)

(I'm not a big fan of all these new-fangled Bibles where they use hip and simple words. There were enough things changed and left out by previous translators!! I don't think we need MORE people interpreting and "simplifying" the word of the Lord.)

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Jan 23, 2008 Chris rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Too much sex and violence for me.

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Sep 26, 2007 Mary rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Holy Bible—the Book of all Books. A guidebook for life: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” Explicitly shows God’s love for humanity in the sacrificial Gift of His Son – Jesus Christ. Explains in simplicity what a man must do to be saved. “Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail…” Isaiah 34:16

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Feb 27, 2008 Michael rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: novels

I guess it's pretty cheeky to give the Bible a bad review, but why not?

It's boring, self-contradictory, petty, and mean.

I only read it out of some kind of weird obligation to understand how the other 98% lives.

I did learn a lot, however.

If guests come by and want to rape my angel, I will let them rape my daughter.

So say we all!

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Feb 15, 2008 Juan Hovez rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really don't get what the big deal is. The dialouge is wooden at best, and the love stories are stapled on. The gay zombie knife fight at the top of a waterfall is almost worth slogging through the Book of Obadiah, but I admit I just skipped ahead. The One True Faith? Maybe for the Reader's Digest crowd, but I just couldn't buy it.

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Paul 'Pezski' Perry Titus2teen wrote: "Paul 'Pezski' wrote: "Titus2teen wrote: "What is wrong you people!?! This is how the world came to be! This is the history of the w...more Titus2teen wrote: "Paul 'Pezski' wrote: "Titus2teen wrote: "What is wrong you people!?! This is how the world came to be! This is the history of the world! You may not like it, but you can't change history: You can't..."

Not offended at all. I don't intend offence either.

If you mean that you believe the mythological stuff in the bible to be fact, then you are simple delusional. It is completely as odds with reality. The creation fable, the flood; these are all things that you have to ignore a massive amount of really obvious evidence to believe. Accepting them as allegory is one thing, but insisting they are factual flies in the face of reason.

Even leaving the magical stuff aside there s very little that has any historical referents. For instance, Moses and the exodus from Egypt never happened, there is not one single documented reference to Christ in the first century CE (although, on balance, he probably did exist but was one of literally hundreds messiahs in Judea at the time), returning to Bethlehem for the census is ludicrous. There is no evidence that anybody in the bible before King David actually existed at all, and the majority of things that do have some solidity are so enmeshed with fable and propaganda that they cannot be taken as facts any more than the Epic of Gilgamesh (from which several parts of the Old Testament is copied), the Mahabharata or the Iliad. So even treating it as a historical text can only be done with this in mind; most of it was passed down from several different cultures by a long line of oral retellings, altered and embellished as it went for various cultural and political reasons (the way, say, that the King Arthur myth has been told in different ways to represent Christian values or pagan, supporting the status quo or revolution). Even the bits written with the historical timescale - St Paul's parts, for instance - were written for a specific political purpose and either colour the facts to that end or, frankly, are made up to suit.

I hope that answers any thought you have although, if you are arguing from a position of faith I somehow doubt that it will.(less)
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Sharto Gay zombie knife-fight?
Maybe I will read it...
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Apr 17, 2008 Shane rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Poor prose, plot disjointed, internal logic flawed, no verisimilitude whatever. From a literary perspective, whether you're analyzing based on the idea that it's fiction or nonfiction. Most of it doesn't make sense. Worth reading because it's the basis of modern western civilization (along with the Torah, but I haven't read that), but also because you will find so much of it that has not been quoted that is just so...strange. So many things that one discovers that just do not add up, and I don't...more

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Mar 29, 2012 Kim rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: action, adventure, alternate-history, conspiracy, disliked, drama, fantasy, historical, mystery, religion, supernatural, mythology, middle-east, male-author, 17th-century

What can you say about one of the most boring books of all time, yet still tops the charts for best-selling fiction. Firstly the writing style is atrocious. It's like twenty guys were only given part of the story and told to make it up and make it all fit. The inconsistencies are everywhere. They really needed a better editor.

And with so many different cooks the styles are everywhere. From dry accountant listing everything person and every thing in exacting detail, to a fantasy nut who introduc...more What can you say about one of the most boring books of all time, yet still tops the charts for best-selling fiction. Firstly the writing style is atrocious. It's like twenty guys were only given part of the story and told to make it up and make it all fit. The inconsistencies are everywhere. They really needed a better editor.

And with so many different cooks the styles are everywhere. From dry accountant listing everything person and every thing in exacting detail, to a fantasy nut who introduces magical staffs and mythical beings who communicate through burning botany.

What happened to the plot? For the first section there is this evil overlord controlling every aspect of his minions life. What they can eat, what they can wear, who they must kill and subjugate next. I kept waiting for a big rebellion and maybe a lightsaber battle but they kept praising this guy. Can't they see they are just his puppets? And it goes on and on and on and on and on and... you get the drift. But thankfully it isn't all just lists, and doom and gloom and wait yes it is. There's some comedy pieces like this guy Noah who forgot all the dinosaurs and left them to die instead of taking them on his super arc. Must have been a cold-hearted guy and let them drown like the chick in Titanic did to Leo. So did Noah paint the dinosaurs like one of his "French girls"?

But then in the second half (or sequel I'm not quite sure. Maybe there was some writers strike between them) he just changes and it's as if he isn't even there anymore. Anti-climactic or what. Now his son is here to make the world a better place. I think the writers owe George Lucas some money for stealing his idea. This guy possesses all these superpowers but never comes up with a cool costume or superhero name. He just walks around, talking and occasionally doing little magic tricks. He could have headlined in Vegas! But no, he just tours the Middle East and forgets about the rest of the world. So in retaliation for not doing a gig in the Coliseum the Romans decide he has to die. And, lo and behold, he does! On a massive cross which must have hurt. But wait! He still has a magic trick up his sleeve (or robe or toga or whatever). He was only faking it. They take his "body" and put it in a cave and he does his Houdini trick and poof, he's gone. I'm thinking he was like the invisible man and ran off and married some little Arabian hottie. And story over.

So some minor magical fantasy pieces surrounded by the dullest of historical fantasy. At over 1000 pages, mostly with pretty small print, this tome makes for one hell of a paperweight and not much else. No wonder it's always left behind in hotels because people get 5 pages in and fall asleep. Do yourself a favour and go read some much better written historical fantasy. Or maybe Harry Potter. Hell maybe even Twilight. No scratch that, Twilight is still worse. Just.(less)

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