Thursday, March 7, 2024

Of All Things Sacred by Moses Yuriyvich Mikheyev


 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.


A prophet has arrived in the small mountain town of Red Tree, California, bringing with him a revival. Repenting of sins. Healings. Exorcisms. Speaking in tongues. Visions. Prophecies.

Something big is happening in Red Tree, something so transformative the small town can barely contain it. And Iron King's mother is the Prophet's most committed follower, even though Iron's father isn't totally on board.

Any doubts the townspeople have that the Prophet was anointed by God evaporate when a man who questions his integrity is struck by lightning on the church steps. Unreproachable, the Prophet's stature—and his control over the souls in his care—grows along with the size of his church, despite whispered rumors and his increasingly strange prophecies.

Until Iron falls in love with a girl and realizes that between God and Satan, between truth and deception, lies a great contradiction. And a horrific terror.







After a great start with an intriguing and gory prologue this turned into an unexpected disappointment, considering it was labeled as horror.
A self-proclaimed prophet arrives in a small town and soon has everyone speaking in tongues and believing that everything from wearing jeans to owning a TV is a sin.
The prophet himself is just hiding behind religion as a front for molesting teenage girls.
The book could have been cut by half if all the bible passages were removed. They did not contribute to the story or help the flow, they merely increased the length.
The teenage characters seemed strangely innocent for their years, lacking basic knowledge.
The author doesn't know how the morning after pill works and doesn't know the difference between plan B and abortion.
For some reason, the letter L was omitted at the end of every word that should have ended with two instead of one, making it very distracting. 

This is not a book I can recommend personally, although others have enjoyed it so perhaps you will too.

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