Customer Reviews

Quite negative in places - By: Tufty, 28 Nov 2008
While this book has produced quite a lot of cultural references still usedin the modern world, there are ample examples of negativity, especiallyin Act 1 ('The Old Testament'). For instance, the maddened patriarch known as Yahweh (also rather confusingly referred to as 'God', 'Lord', 'Jehovah' & 'Jesus') bans a couple from a garden for scrumping apples. Later, he starts striking people down dead, floods the entire world & is even caught telling women they must marry their rapists.

There's a nice bitin the middle (see Act 2 - 'The New Testament)' about a guy who wants everyone to be nice to each other, but the author kills him off too quickly & the message his character was communicating gets lost.

Having passed this highlight, the book rambles on quite a bit until it finishes with some crazy stuff about a 'rapture'. Fortunately, this is followed by some nice poems ('psalms') that the author seems to have added as an afterthought.

There's also a lot of homophobia & atheophobia throughout, but most people are aware of that so I won't go into detail. Just don't give it to your children - I'd recommend a 15 rating on this.